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Originally Posted by Duckworth (Post 3390753)

Keith - if it's not a headache - perhaps you'll consider showing us some of the tuning and 'whatnot' taking place with that motor. (?)

Basically...., we're all curious about the powerplant.

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'32 Ford 'A'

Duckworth - it is a Timmins-built, Dawe's-tuned 3.9L based on a 993 motor. All we've done is depinned and cleaned up the harness, and given the vacuum system a materials-revision - basically an engine facelift so that everything gels visually with the car itself...

I drove i about 30mins ago and it has a satisfying lope at idle and is not extremely loud. Car feels pretty light from the driver's seat, good stuff.

Hey Keith,

Have y'all put it on the scales yet? I'm curious what the car weighs in it's finished state.

Congrats on finishing the project ...or nearly finishing it. I'm sure Matteo will be really stoked once he finally gets his foot in it.

Cheers,
JZ

HA! I'll be back in the US on Monday. Can't wait to see it/drive it...

Weight... I will guess around 2,350 with half a tank, fluids and roll bar. That should give us a power to weight ratio close to 6....

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Originally Posted by Duckworth (Post 3390753)

Keith - if it's not a headache - perhaps you'll consider showing us some of the tuning and 'whatnot' taking place with that motor. (?)

This is the most interesting stage of the whole project.......
Once it's on the road, the fundamentals of the motor, mapping, timing etc. diminish to some degree. But hey, you got your hands full with it.....and most likely have things to work on besides entertaining pelicanites.

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Excellent updates thus far...

Basically...., we're all curious about the powerplant.

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'32 Ford 'A'

As Keith said the motor was built by Timmins and tuned by Peter Dawe.

It has a 993 case, 3.9L displacement, upgraded rods, springs, retainers, solid rockers, ported heads, bigger/lighter valves, ITBS (Jenveys) induction, aggressive cams, Motec M600 ECU.

Peter (very busy as we are in the middle of the racing season) tuned it and was impressed by the torque. He's sending me the dyno sheets but the motor was putting down 310 rwhp at 7,000rpms.

The cams are designed to hit the peak HP at 7,600rpms.

So (very grossly) at 7000rpm the motor is putting down 232.5 ft/lb of torque.

We'll lose some torque but at 7,600 I would think the motor would put down around 330rwhp.

We can talk numbers all day long.. I am not interested much in wether it puts out 375hp or 390hp. To me driveability and throttle response are top....

Plus if Mr Dawe was happy with it.. then I am happy too....

310 rwhp at 7,000rpms that,s awesome Teo ! i would gladly take the boat over to see that car :cool:

Cheers,

please excuse the cross-post, but I thought everyone should know:

Guys, we're going to open the shop and have a combination

"Matteo moving to Europe/BLUE '74 IROC unveiling
& Bob Mack Birthday/WHITE '84 930 unveiling" PARTY!!!!

It will be Saturday, AUGUST 4th at the shop.

ALL PELICAN COMMUNITY (and random strangers) INVITED!

For those of you who don't know, this is the address:

340 A Seaboard Drive
Matthews, NC 28104

Come by and wish them well, and see a couple of beautiful cars built with the Pelican community's influence. (no birthday spanking, however)

hmm 612 miles from St. Petersburg

Teo & Keith-

I'll be there! I've been looking forward to it for several weeks now!

Keith, I was talking with Bob last night, and I am trying to get a flight out there for the party. But right now it is looking like 1300.00 bucks....... I am still searching though.....

Chees

well...870 miles from boston...do I fly or hop a plane and rent a car...I know what the wife would say and it WON'T be, "honney, why dont you not spend the $$ on the trip to see a car and spend it on your car instead!!"
I may be screwed either way...oh sh^t...

Barring any complications, I should be there sometime! Can't wait.

Later,
Mike

Taking into consideration what this car has underneath it's skin, visually it is somewhat understated.
By the way it's AWESOME looking!:eek::eek::eek:

*DROOL FACTOR!!!*

wow it looks just like the picture of a blue (IROC?) Porsche in one of my books that I've decided I want to turn the SC into...;)

i'm surprised about the black headlight rings/brezel's? why are they not body coloured???

-great looking car, love the stance, love the blue in all light, and love the wing, been a while since i've liked any wings..:eek:

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Originally Posted by Facey (Post 3408614)

i'm surprised about the black headlight rings/brezel's? why are they not body coloured???

Contrast, my man, contrast.

That's how it was done back in the day.

Anyone interested in a little parking lot swap, as long as we're all there? Save a trip to Thomasville? I may have a few goodies in the back of the truck......

Oh yeah baby, that is one sexy b*st*rd right there ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ynn/teo391.jpg

We are nearly there.

Honeslty with the risk of sounding a jackass the pictures do not do it justice. The car is beautiful. And especially when it's on the road...

As you can see there are a couple of little things that need to be addressed (the rear view mirror will be swapped for a black one, the brake ducts need to be installed and the bumper cut, the oil cooler grill mounted etc) but we are se close now....