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Builder Last Online: Jun 2022
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Started: 07-19-07
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Since I’m still working on the interior of my deuce, there are a few things I’ll need to do with that first before I can finish the seats and the seat tutorial. While I’m doing that, I thought I’d stick in another tutorial that many of you might be interested in. For my Celebration Deuce, which I intended originally to build “box stock”, (you guys know me well enough now that I just can’t leave anything stock and have to fiddle with everything ), I was going to shoehorn in a 390 Caddy engine, but it was just too durn big. I’d wind up having to put the shifter in the trunk somewhere. Instead, I’m putting in a
scratch built
1949 Olds 303 cu. in. Rocket engine with the older style rocker covers and a shortened version of a t-10 tranny. I’ll go ahead and document this build and make it a tutorial on general engine building. Remember, it’s the building principles I intend to point out, not the specific details of a specific engine. That way, you’ll be able to
scratch build
any engine you want.
As with any complex scratch building project, you’ll need to start with a blue print so you’ll know where you’re going. Murphy’s Law dictates that whatever blueprint you’re looking for will be the least available either on the net or in a book. You’ll never find it, so you’ll have to make one yourself. I usually find my engine choice from one of the smaller 1/25 scale model kits. I get as many measurements as I can, convert the measurements to 1/8 scale and draw the parts on paper at 1/8 scale. I measure in millimeters so I can avoid all those fractions. I multiply my measurement by 25 and divide by 8 or just use the handy dandy SMC scale converter. From that, I make a styrene
template and save it. That way, I can duplicate the engine without having to re-measure the more complex parts each time. Usually that’s the front and back of the engine block. Most everything else is square, rectangular or triangular which makes building easier.
I then use the template to outline my part on a sheet of Plastruct or Evergreen 3mm thick styrene
. The parts are cut out and rough trimmed.
. To keep your engine from being built lopsided, the front and back pieces must be exactly the same size. I tape the two parts together and trim the pieces as if they’re one piece.
You can see where the uneveness is.
1949 Olds 303 cu. in. Rocket engine with the older style rocker covers and a shortened version of a t-10 tranny. I’ll go ahead and document this build and make it a tutorial on general engine building. Remember, it’s the building principles I intend to point out, not the specific details of a specific engine. That way, you’ll be able to
scratch build
any engine you want. As with any complex scratch building project, you’ll need to start with a blue print so you’ll know where you’re going. Murphy’s Law dictates that whatever blueprint you’re looking for will be the least available either on the net or in a book. You’ll never find it, so you’ll have to make one yourself. I usually find my engine choice from one of the smaller 1/25 scale model kits. I get as many measurements as I can, convert the measurements to 1/8 scale and draw the parts on paper at 1/8 scale. I measure in millimeters so I can avoid all those fractions. I multiply my measurement by 25 and divide by 8 or just use the handy dandy SMC scale converter. From that, I make a styrene
template and save it. That way, I can duplicate the engine without having to re-measure the more complex parts each time. Usually that’s the front and back of the engine block. Most everything else is square, rectangular or triangular which makes building easier. I then use the template to outline my part on a sheet of Plastruct or Evergreen 3mm thick styrene
. The parts are cut out and rough trimmed. . To keep your engine from being built lopsided, the front and back pieces must be exactly the same size. I tape the two parts together and trim the pieces as if they’re one piece.
You can see where the uneveness is.
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