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Hap Waldrop

Hap Waldrop

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This one came to me in two 5 gallon buckets, but now she's ready to hit the road in style. :driving:
 

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Nice work as always. Hope the vacation was good. :savewave:
 
drooartz said:
Nice work as always. Hope the vacation was good. :savewave:
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Drew, thanks, the vacation was killer, think I'm good on pizza, and pasta for awhile now though :jester:
 
regularman said:
Looks good Hap. Hope it goes in well with no scratches with that paint job. Did you do anything special to this one?
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It's a recipe I've done alot, it's what I call my stage one, it has the 9.7 to 1 pistons, a APT VP276 cam and lifters, vernier cam gear, ARP fastners thru out, all the proper machine work, blueprinted, head and rocker ars all completely rebuild with the best parts. It's good 80 hp engine, and should wind nicely. Next sttep for the street up form this is the stage II which just add porting to the head, form there, we can do big bore, roller rocker arms, aluminum flywheels, and any other fantasy parts the customer wants. I think a stage I and even the stage II represents the best bang for the buck, and the most HP per $, after that stuff cost alot more for lesser gains.
 
Hap Waldrop said:
regularman said:
Looks good Hap. Hope it goes in well with no scratches with that paint job. Did you do anything special to this one?
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It's a recipe I've done alot, it's what I call my stage one, it has the 9.7 to 1 pistons, a APT VP276 cam and lifters, vernier cam gear, ARP fastners thru out, all the proper machine work, blueprinted, head and rocker ars all completely rebuild with the best parts. It's good 80 hp engine, and should wind nicely. Next sttep for the street up form this is the stage II which just add porting to the head, form there, we can do big bore, roller rocker arms, aluminum flywheels, and any other fantasy parts the customer wants. I think a stage I and even the stage II represents the best bang for the buck, and the most HP per $, after that stuff cost alot more for lesser gains.
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A good solid engine with 80hp would be nice with none of that blower/turbo stuff to fool with.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]A good solid engine with 80hp would be nice with none of that blower/turbo stuff to fool with.[/QUOTE]

Hey now. I resemble that remark. :wink:
 
Hap, I see you have eliminated the coolant bypass and it appears the engine will run with and oil cooler. Am I right on that? Also curious as to the RPM you expect hte 80 HP?

Kurt.
 
Sure wish i could afford a Hap engine.

Naaa, I would prob get tickets.
 
nomad said:
Hap, I see you have eliminated the coolant bypass and it appears the engine will run with and oil cooler. Am I right on that? Also curious as to the RPM you expect hte 80 HP?

Kurt.
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Kurt, the by pass hose is there, the photo blends it into the shadows. I don't have any the hoses, and filter housing, I have no idea if the customer is running a oil cooler or not.

Jack, we can always sneak up on a 1275 if you ever want to do one, buy a few parts here and there and do it a little at a time, you ever decide to do this, we can make happen :smile:
 
I've no pesky bypass hoze, modified the thermostat by drilling a few small holes in it. It's in the David Vizard book.
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Nice Motor Hap. It'll give your customer a huge grin when he both sees it & then fires it up.
 
Well i hav'nt removed the hose just because I could never get the spigot out of the head. Next time I have a machine shop work a head I'm going to have it plugged. My current practice has been to cut off a short section of steel rod and shove it down in the hose to block it. (3 now). Once I figured out what it's for and that we can't get the correct thermostat any more I figured i might as well.

Kurt.
 
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