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FE Power Forums => Member Projects => Topic started by: Bad Byrd on December 30, 2013, 01:13:23 AM
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So this car isnt my traditional build, I am more of a glorified car builder.................not so much of a driver type builder, this is my first real attempt at every day driver vs a higher end car or bike as I will show in some piks below of the stuff I normally build.
The car is a 1961 Ford Thunderbird coupe, the engine is a bored and stroke cross bolt 406 to give me 445 CI. Trans is a Built C6 with a 9" ford and a set of 3.50-1 gears. The goal here is to build a nice cruiser with a little pop to it.............pretty tough to build one of these old motors to really create a lot of HP on pump gas. I will be hopeful to even get as much HP as the wife Sb Chevy I had built for her 32. That car is 405 RWHP and the car weighs 2150 with 32 gallons of fuel and her in it. That thing Rips!!! LOL
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/GrandNational2012060.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/GrandNational2012060.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/GrandNational2012055-1.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/GrandNational2012055-1.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/GrandNational2012010.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/GrandNational2012010.jpg.html)
Now on to the Bad Byrd
This is what it looked like when I bought it!
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/303_p4_l_zps1aa16e59.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/303_p4_l_zps1aa16e59.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/303_p5_l.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/303_p5_l.jpg.html)
This is some of the work I have done so far.
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/IMG_00121_zps06e3272e.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/IMG_00121_zps06e3272e.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/IMG_00151_zpsf7e31e2f.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/IMG_00151_zpsf7e31e2f.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/IMG_00261_zps74758df8.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/IMG_00261_zps74758df8.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/IMG_00631_zps2727625c.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/IMG_00631_zps2727625c.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/IMG_00641_zps189a96db.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/IMG_00641_zps189a96db.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd4004_zpscdcbcad7.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd4004_zpscdcbcad7.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdPhase2006_zps4dcb7f13.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdPhase2006_zps4dcb7f13.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdPhase2008_zps5ab7606a.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdPhase2008_zps5ab7606a.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdPhase2011_zpsfcd71f18.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdPhase2011_zpsfcd71f18.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/CoilOverconversion_zpscdb3e2cd.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/CoilOverconversion_zpscdb3e2cd.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd10-25-2013019_zps3c190e00.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd10-25-2013019_zps3c190e00.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd10-25-2013022_zps22cc6a4c.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd10-25-2013022_zps22cc6a4c.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd10-30-13001_zps85eac21b.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd10-30-13001_zps85eac21b.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd11-18-2013015_zpsae5ff654.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd11-18-2013015_zpsae5ff654.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd11-18-2013016_zps00513c75.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd11-18-2013016_zps00513c75.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd11-18-2013018_zpsc7293c0e.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd11-18-2013018_zpsc7293c0e.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd11-23-2013001_zpsd2125b77.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd11-23-2013001_zpsd2125b77.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd11-23-2013004_zps6bced78a.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd11-23-2013004_zps6bced78a.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrd11-23-2013006_zps985913e7.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrd11-23-2013006_zps985913e7.jpg.html)
Motor
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/MotorPik001_zpsb6e06f73.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/MotorPik001_zpsb6e06f73.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdBrakes007_zps909dcb99.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdBrakes007_zps909dcb99.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdBrakes010_zps79213f0b.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdBrakes010_zps79213f0b.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdBrakes013_zpscdcafffe.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdBrakes013_zpscdcafffe.jpg.html)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr291/bdastrk/BadByrdBrakes014_zps1276f1b5.jpg) (http://s493.photobucket.com/user/bdastrk/media/BadByrdBrakes014_zps1276f1b5.jpg.html)
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Fantastic work !
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Looking good!
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Awesome work! That is one cool Thunderbird...
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Could you explain where you mount the fan that is on the photos, on a fender ? and for what is the purpose
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jmcgalaxie
The Fans are used as a dual purpose
Both Fans are pulling outside air, under these is a trans cooler and an oil cooler!