who wants to play "What is bfurches up to now?"

I had some time for myself for the first time in a few months....

Taking guesses on what I am up to...

Something independent suspension...
fwd...
rwd...
CV joints...
ahhh.... no idea

Whatever it is, it sure looks purdy...

sdstick wrote:

Something independent suspension...
fwd...
rwd...
CV joints...
ahhh.... no idea

negative.....not suspension related believe it or not lol

Is that some kind of a belt driven pulley for an "accessory"?

Matt Trakker wrote:

Is that some kind of a belt driven pulley for an "accessory"?

Not quite.

The one hint I will let go, is the flange bolts to the REAR of an LSX crank....

I'd say no to that.
Thats splined for power
So....maybe some kind of transmission input?


EDIT: OK , I was writing before the hint
Now...how the hell does that interact with the next part?
Reverse torque convertor mounting?...wtf?....I'm confused

Corvette IRS transaxle...like a d/s goes around that and goes to a transaxle? (I have no idea how that is set up, mind you, lol)

sdstick wrote:

...wtf?....I'm confused

Thats what I am going for LOL

Matt Trakker wrote:

Corvette IRS transaxle...like a d/s goes around that and goes to a transaxle? (I have no idea how that is set up, mind you, lol)

Nope. Good guess however.

lenco?

1984twodoor wrote:

lenco?

no, but that would be awesome

bfurches wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

lenco?

no, but that would be awesome

dang thought I might have been on to something. well some sort of crazy drive train upgrade that is very not normal lol

1984twodoor wrote:

bfurches wrote:

1984twodoor wrote:

lenco?

no, but that would be awesome

dang thought I might have been on to something. well some sort of crazy drive train upgrade that is very not normal lol

Yes! Now you are getting there LOL

Ok, so apparently that's some sort of adapter to mount an unusual transmission in there...is it like an nv4500? Or an Allison? lol

Some sort of direct to transfer case setup?

Some sort of torque tube?

Some sort of marine setup?

Pooge wrote:

Some sort of direct to transfer case setup?

Some sort of torque tube?

Some sort of marine setup?

No, No and NO

...same goes for you Matt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq-D2RvwoQA&list=PL944527CD0F6A10D0&index=7

Lol@ "the priaprism"

How does it mount to the next motor?

Pooge wrote:

Lol@ "the priaprism"

How does it mount to the next motor?

The next motor would have the female splines portion either pressed onto the snout of the crank or flange mounted to a dampener. I am trying to determine if I need to run a dampener on the second motor, or if I can get away with just one on the primary engine.

Thats funny, I started typing that 2 seperate times & deleted it thinking....
where would youever use it?

If you look closely at the piece I machined....it is actually an old shaft from an Allison Industrial transmission, with a stepped collar pressed into an LSX flexplate spacer. I had the thing keyed up in the lathe and it spins amazingly true. I am going to have the step collar tig welded around the flange to assure it wont spin. On the back side of the flange, the shaft is machined to slip into the end of the crank to center everything up.

These motors are so small physically....that I actually think I can fit two of them under my hood.

The car I linked the video to is cool and all, but I would like to have the motors almost ontop of each other to somewhat appear as if they were one-piece (hence my coupler design).

Back in the day (60s-70s), they sused two sprockets with a double row chain to link engines inline

Subscribed. Interested to see where this goes.

I want the $ that dude has in the header. Some people are mental.

The car belongs to a shop. Those headers look like the DIY street rod kits. They are most likely coated mild steel, and aside from time, im guessing they don't have much in them dollar wise.

I'll believe they are chrome plated gold and we'll leave it at that.

Cool link I found on Brian's site (bangshift).

http://twotogo.homestead.com/

Its all twin engine dragsters from 50s-now.
Kinda hard to navigate, but very cool to look at.

I thought it was a supercharger pulley and I got excited.

That's wicked cool, but I'd be a Hell of a lot more excited about it if you ever finished any of your projects...

toomanytoyz wrote:

That's wicked cool, but I'd be a Hell of a lot more excited about it if you ever finished any of your projects...

Pot...Kettle...For Sale sign

Cadet57 wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

That's wicked cool, but I'd be a Hell of a lot more excited about it if you ever finished any of your projects...

Pot...Kettle...For Sale sign

Not true. Crovo finishes every vehicle... Then For Sale sign.

toomanytoyz wrote:

That's wicked cool, but I'd be a Hell of a lot more excited about it if you ever finished any of your projects...

Ahh...what the hell man. Give me a little credit....at least the Caprice has been back together and running three times, and may I add it still is . LOL

Just an idea at the moment that I am playing with....I don't know if it will take off.

However....I did finish the other side of the coupler. I still need to have it welded so I can key it up in the lathe and do a clean-up pass....but here is what Ive got...





You might notice that the insert pressed into the female splines is actually the center section I machined off a truck dampener lol. I machined a press fit step into the female splines to lock the center hub, then I reversed it in the lathe to make certain it spun true.

Here are a few pics of the unit sliding together, then assembled to give you an idea of what it looks like as far as overall length.




There is still some room to shorten the assembly if need be....but I feel this is a really strong compact setup.

I can see this getting a little out of hand for your one car garage But I'm interested in where this is heading for sure!

I wish I had access to all the machining tools you do,
I graduated from a CNC programming course I took back in May and I STILL can't find a damn machinist job (even though the job search engine is FULL of them).

Ironfistdog wrote:

I wish I had access to all the machining tools you do,
I graduated from a CNC programming course I took back in May and I STILL can't find a damn machinist job (even though the job search engine is FULL of them).

I wish I had some idea on how to program CNC/CAD stuff. Unfortunately, I am still in the dark ages with a 3 jaw lathe and a worn out Bridgeport LOL.

However, one of the machinists I use recently picked up a scanning/ water jet machine. Amazing what those things can do and how much they simplify plotting. I gave him an LSX valley cover and had him scan and cut it from 1/4"




Best 30.00 I ever spent LOL