Black Cloud Boob Job Build Thread

[MPG_Bronco]

Wow, subscribing...

Awesome build. Awesome parts... both will be amazing when done.

 

[JefeAZ]

Drooling...

 

[coby]

More pics of the heads.

AFR 225cc, CNC ported, 72cc head.

Neat shape on the port...trying to maximize it.

Intake doesn't look too bad either.

Note the deck thickness....apparently that's for nitrous/turbo/supercharger apps for strength. Beefy.

These need a bit of cleaning up/deburring.

Three in the stink...

Side views showing chamber shape

 

[Mark]

It's like seeing porn for the first time when you're a teenager.

"three in the stink" cracks me up!!!!

 

[AaronB]

So it became apparent today that I have been slacking at posting updates on the fab side of things. If y'all ever start to go through withdrawals, you can always check out all the various photos over on Coby's site here or over at mine here.

With the front links in place, I was able to slide the chassis back onto the table and get it centered and leveled out once again. I placed the rear housing in it's approximate new home. Then started on the nose. Bent up the main halo bar, and a few mini hoops for the shocks, and made a few mock up "compressed" coilovers. And also bent up a lower firewall bar.

 

[AaronB]

Also got a start on the rear axle. Like with the front, we wanted to follow the housing design with our trusses. The upper link mount truss tacked into place:

Had to "french" in a spot to access the fill plug for guys like me with fat fingers.

Then started mocking up the rear bracing.

 

[AaronB]

We added some more structure to the front. Then played around with some of the front sheet metal to figure out how narrow the nose will have to become.

Little more work done on the firewall area.

Picked up a few more goodies from the Spidertrax crew.

 

[AaronB]

Finally getting some important specs from a couple different manufactures who's parts are still MIA, lead to us being able to have some more "Arts and Crafts time". The made a mock up blower we nicknamed the "Wiffle", and a mock up radiator.

Then Hogan finally returned one of the MANY phone calls to let us know some shocking news. The custom intake they were building for us will be about 6" taller than expected! So with no time to spare we quickly mocked up the new location for the blower. It's going to be tall!

This last one is for all those poor girls I made wear one...

 

[coby]

More parts(while Aaron reminisces about his dates in paper bags).

Lunati I beam rods, JE pistons, and the Lunati 4" stroke crank. Fun, fun.

Aight...so I'm getting carried away. I really liked how they looked....so sue me! (there's more pics on the pic site, believe it or not)

Enough of the rods. Here's a few of the JE pistons. Check out how the valve relief eyebrows cut into the dish....now that's some clearance! Not that we're pushing the valves anywhere near that much throw.

Crank...I admit I didn't take it out of the bag for this so pics are limited. I'll get more during engine assembly of this work of art.

Next step....engine block machining! yay!

 

[JefeAZ]

Too soon to drool some more?

 

[coby]

Too soon to drool some more?

If you do, it'll just add to the pile of drool that seems to be a constant at my feet right now.

 

[yewhi]

Holy ****! Why do I keep looking at this?

 

[hucklburry rev2]

Coby,

Its amazing, you and Blackcloud were really pushing the envelope back in the day.

And don't take this the wrong way, everything looks awesome.

But why does it still have a distributor??!!?? ;D

--Jim

 

[73bronco]

It has been a long time since the last update, how is it going??

 

[coby]

Coby,

Its amazing, you and Blackcloud were really pushing the envelope back in the day.

And don't take this the wrong way, everything looks awesome.

But why does it still have a distributor??!!?? ;D

--Jim

Thought about going distributorless.....really did. Didn't end up doing it though. Not sure what advantage it would be for this, if any. It was considered.

 

[Cobra11]

i saw in the colorado thread that you're using the stronger arb engagement collar in your truehi9. did the guy do that for you when he put yours together or did you change it when you got it? im thinking of getting one and didn't know if he did that or not. thanks man...and awesome build!!

 

[coby]

i saw in the colorado thread that you're using the stronger arb engagement collar in your truehi9. did the guy do that for you when he put yours together or did you change it when you got it? im thinking of getting one and didn't know if he did that or not. thanks man...and awesome build!!

The folks at TrueHi weren't recommending the upgraded ARB unit though they said they've put them in before. I'm having Aaron put them in after the fact...we've already got the diffs at the shop all setup.

 

[Heus33]

Unbelievable stuff guys, truly out of this world.

 

[coby]

Thought about going distributorless.....really did. Didn't end up doing it though. Not sure what advantage it would be for this, if any. It was considered.

Just to clarify...I'm interested in hearing more about distributorless...got some thoughts and some sites/threads to check out for more info?

 

[72_EB]

Those pistons are works of art! Love 'em.