Toms Custom Shop

[tom.marg]

This one?s completed now! Came out alright!

[tom.marg]

Struggle to get on here as a lot of the time the site isn’t loading.

[Diablo]

Very, very nice work

[tom.marg]

The exhaust went on this Nice looking z28

[tom.marg]

Next up is Wicked Witch!
Lots going on!

[jsf55]

Coming on well Tom

[tom.marg]

So far on Wicked Witch.
I had a general look over to see what’s ok and what needs altering. I removed the tunnel witch ment removing the speedway throttle pedal / cable.
Shifter removal, but some wires were through the tunnel, I had to cut the terminals off and poke them through the hole, traced the wires back and they went under the car and back in the bulk head, so will cross that bridge later on. I figured out I think what switch does what And will try to locate them all in one place.
Tunnel eventually removed after some rounded Allen key bolts were removed / drilled out.
It’s not the easiest tunnel to remove but we will work with it.
next was to pull the fuel line out we were changing it to a solid pipe along chassis and altering the lay out in the boot.
also the pump needed a better earth as wasn’t working to start with, the pump will be moved slightly anyway.
It was then time to swing the engine and box in for the first time as a little mock up, all seemed good.
a few things became apparent, the what will now be a throttle rod will have to be bent to shape but will be ok.
The down to earth alternator kit looks to fit spot on.
Water pump seems ok. Hose layout not bad but will alter thermostat as will need a better run to rad meaning a new top hose.
Bottom hose is ok, may alter slightly.
I then pulled the motor and box back out. Trimmed the pass side engine mount and started running the fuel line.
there’s a brake line that runs along side that tilk secure somewhere it’s a bit of a wobbly copper one. The brake lines are a point of possible attention in the future.
tabs welded on for the bulk head fittings and the hard pipe bent up.
Battery removed, fuel pump unbolted and re positioning taking place.

[its still redoxide]

Neet Z28 and super neat exhaust system from one great project to the next.

Excuse my ignorance but whats the history on the Wicked Witch .. ? Another neat looking car destined for some inspired upgrades . Following along .

[tom.marg]

It’s an old gasser from the states, it was imported by Russ pepper who had a chassis fabricated then sold on, it’s now changed hands again and getting ready to go to the track, it’s not been on the track in the uk yet so essentially a new car

[its still redoxide]

Thanks for the udate , didnt Russ have this car for years before shiftig it along ? I didnt think it was painted or named when Russ owned it . Nice lookng project though .. Looking forward to further updates ..


Im up to speed now, its the next phase of this car ( link below) .. Cool to see its making progress ..

https://forum.nsra.org.uk/showthread...Gasser-Project

[tom.marg]

Fuel pump and in boot fuel set up position finalised just needs bolting up and some spacers finishing to hold the pump off the floor.
I have been running through some bolts on the front and rear of the suspension/ steering that need some attention.
The flex plate is on order so can get the converter spaced out where needed.
Gear box oil ordered refrence the fitting instructions via edge. They request a high quality race oil so we have got some redline type f oil on route.
A small issue I found was the internal door release was borderline not useable.
with a race car there?s something quite important about ease of exiting the vehicle in the event of anything happens!
With an electric window fitted on the driver side it leaves no space for the original bar that runs along the door (I cut this down on mine and re mounted the release) we also don?t have the mechanism the interior handle would fit too. So I removed the exterior door handle and the latch assembly. Having had stiff latches on my car I knew they would be dry.
I ground a sloppy rivit fixing out ans replaced with a short metic bolt and nyloc nipped up just enough to allow the release arm to move.
tapped out the latch securing holes to m5 for ease and attatched back to the door with 4 bolts rather than the 2 fitted.
also cleaned the overspray paint off the driver latch and lubricated the mechinism. It now releases 10 times better but still needs some tweaking for neatness.

I?ll be back over doing some work ok both mine and wicked witch!
we are both trying to be out at dragstalgia

mean while I?ve been at the track with the stock eliminator duster that I went to the states to crew on in 2024 my friend has now brought it back to the uk and we had a great weekend at the nostalgia nationals with it!



will update as and when I can get on here, still seems not to work more often than not!