B&M 250 Supercharger: Finding and Fabricating the Missing Parts (78 Firebird Ep.30)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The supercharger itself is back together and buttoned up, but we are still missing a few important accessories that are needed to use it. First up is the pop-off plate for the intake manifold which we are going to have to fabricate from a piece of aluminum plate. Following that, we will piece together everything needed for the belt drive system. This was a big undertaking for such simple parts, but we will work through it all and get everything together to run this blower on our engine!
Timeline of filming: March 11th, 2020 - May 30th, 2020
Song List (Order of First Appearance):
0:01 A Dusty Road - Dan Lebowitz
5:30 Simon's Song - Dan Lebowitz
7:53 Mysteries - Dan Lebowitz
12:24 All Hail the Queen - Dan Lebowitz
19:05 Glen Canyon - Dan Lebowitz
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This is, finally, the last video of the supercharger rebuild mini-series! This episode's pacing and balance of talking/working was difficult to manage since there was a lot to explain, but I'm pretty happy with how it came out! There is still a ton to cover on this engine swap but the videos will be speeding up from here so hopefully it will be back in the car before the sun burns out.
If you like doing dangerous shit like holding stuff whilst drilling or cutting it, like I do, use sandpaper and gloves. It works almost too well on round objects. Be careful.
Even though the videos took a while in between each one, i was still excited to see them come out. Great job on breaking everything down Barney style for us.
So excited for this! You're doing some awesome work!
Sorry the sun already burnt out 😂
But all jokes aside really exited for the rest of the series
I've really been loving this series. Also, I work in a pretty large machine shop called Valmet. I'd be more than happy to help you with some parts in the future if you would like. I'm always happy to work on smaller stuff for myself and wouldn't mind at all helping you as well. Keep up the great work.
As a CNC Machining Instructor at the local technical college, I’d suggest he go visit his local vo-tech. Jobs like that make good practical practice.
The Finnish valmet?
can't believe we're looking almost 3 years into the past.
Hope it all worked out in the end and that we'll see the end results soon
I agree
Built a bracket based off the scale of a dave and busters card. Dude you are something else! Loving the series
@fuzzy dice projects, you should definitely use some NYLOK nuts on the two studs for the blowoff plate. Don't want those backing off on you.
I was coming to say just that.
And use studs with an unthreaded portion near the intake so that the plate can slide freely and not bind or shave off aluminum chips that would get caught under the gasket and hang the plate open or even worse, bind it closed
Love the way you find solutions to missing parts and use everyday tools to achieve good results. Keep up the awesome work.
Thanks for sharing this messy slog. It's been super interesting to see older power products being given a new life through hard work and ingenuity. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your content throughout 2023!
I'm not used to seeing so many videos from Fuzzy Dice in so little time! It's nice!
I loved this build. Those custom aluminum parts were looking great! Also, seeing the disassembly, cleaning and reassembly of the pulley along with the new bearings was super satisfying.
Can’t believe the amount of perseverance you have! Very nice work!
That is an amazing amount of work needed for this setup. Great job, and it now makes complete sense why the videos take so long to be made.
Holy smokes. I think most people probably would have just thrown this super charger in the trash and ordered a different one! That was some serious work and dedication.
I've watched all the rebuild vids of this charger and I am strangely enthralled. Good job, dude!
i love all the work you do and your dry sense of humor. thank you for making such great videos!
Another absolutely amazing video. I love the story telling you are able to do to make it so much better.
Been following your progress for years. Crazy to think you were working on this before the pandemic!
Yes! Finally, another video comes out, and on my birthday no less!
I gotta give you credit. I’ve never seen someone make life so much harder on themselves buying cheap parts. Great job making it through though!
Just a note about the idler pulley internal spacer, and to be clear, I've never touched one of these superchargers, but I have installed _lots_ of bearings in a similar setup. I'm practically certain the OD of the original internal spacer was probably nearly the same as the OD of the bearings. The reason is to support the outer races of the bearing as you push the halves together. With a spacer that size, the assembly process was (almost certainly) to put both pulley halves on at the same time. The outer races would be supported by the spacer and only undergo compression loads, which should be pretty trivial to them.
Hopefully they don't, but if the idler bearings get noisy in a hurry, this is probably something you should consider when addressing them.
Keep up the good work.
I like the brute force aluminum fabrication. We do what must sometimes!
Got me on the edge of my seat again. Love the McGuyvering!
The section of you holding the spacer with gloves on while deep drilling was terrifying.
I was incredulous that they did not use a drill press vice.
That was a lot of work and very impressive from a garage.
Great work! Always love your ‘let’s do it the complicated way’ mentality. I mean. Why make it easy?😊
Nice job on the bracket’s and installing parts
A drill press vise for the drill press is a must for your project.
That bracket looks pretty good tbh! Hoping it ended up fitting, but I'm gonna guess that bit didn't work out since you ended up measuring an OEM part at a show 😂 Still, pretty cool to see the process of making a part like that. Can't wait to see the SC fit up!
I don't normally like to make negative comments, but, holding that part with gloved hands and drilling is not only dangerous, it's deadly!That drill press is a lot stronger than you can imagine.
The perfect video to watch after a long night at work, always so stoked to see you post a new episode!
You should put jam nuts on the pop off plate hold down nuts to keep them from slipping from the engine vibrations.
Nicely done! Can't wait to see it all together and running you put in a ton of work into making that whole supercharger nice
great job! I truly enjoy watching your videos...greetings from Brazil!
It’s been your videos that’s have single handedly gave me the confidence to do some of this stuff myself lol. Before I seen your videos I probably never would have attempted any engine work at all. Can’t wait to see how this thing runs
Dude! You really need to get a mini lathe. It's great for making spacers and washers. Not only will they be more accurate but you can make them quicker so can we can see this thing run in less than 2 years! After I got one I couldn't see how I got by without it.
Love the detail, man - thanks!!
you did some pretty fine manufacturing there....looking good...keep going!!!!
Great start to my morning! Have you considered an adapter and a BOV?
I was thinking the same exact thing!!
Good idea. I believe a wastegate would work better though.
@@carstenpedersen3200 Cool yeah. How would you actuate it? Just a spring?
@@microstorm
Yep, no vacuum needed.
@@carstenpedersen3200 nice idea. I didn't think of that 👍
and this is what I call a long time project with lots of elbow grease and patience :)
Yes! Saturday morning is looking up now.
Messing with these superchargers is fun, I’ve built many small blocks Chevy’s for the 144’s.. great video enjoyed watching it 👍
If you take that belt to motion industries in Baltimore, they can hook you up with a brand new belt. It’s a little bit of a hike for you but that’s the go to for belts and such!
Yeaaaa. Finally a new video. Happy new year. Hope you and family are well.
Very nice work.
I can realy recommend a to use a scroll saw with a fine toothed blade to cut brackets from aluminium plate. These saws can be picked up used for cheap, cut through up to 8mm of aluminium at reasonable speed and allow for much more precise cuts relative to a hacksaw or sawzall.
Nice work dewd. Definitely get yourself a drill press vice.
Early as hell. Been working on my car all night, finally decide to lay down and get the notification lmao looks like I'm staying up for awhile longer
Awesome video dude, just luv this project. Looking forward to the next episode 😎🇨🇦
The "engineered better way" to hold round things in machine tools is a set of V-blocks and a vise. Blocks are available on Amazon for under $20 and then whatever a cheap vise costs. My pucker factor watching you run a drill pretty much into your hand was about 8 out of 10. 😳😆
Just found your channel. Your narration style has a Ronald Finger vibe to it. Good stuff!
Nice job!
Our man is back!
I love Fuzzy Dice Projects videos!
Highly recommend trying to use heat expansion when press fitting things instead of oil to help out. The parts aren't supposed to move if they are in a press fit and the oil isn't going to help with that. A little toaster oven, or some careful work with a propane torch is all you need
This channel is awesome!
See, who says you need a fully fledged machine shop to make some decent bespoke parts 😊
Man, great job.
It's all coming together now. 😎
Might be helpful, might not as it's not for the B&M supercharger specifically. I just found a PDF manual for pop off plate installation from Weiand (4257151-1), and I'll rewrite it here: 1) install the pop off valve after the manifold is on the engine. 2) Using a Teflon sealer or equivalent on the bolt threads, install the gasket, pop off valve plate, spring, spring retainers, and bolts to the intake manifold. 3) Installed spring height, measured from the manifold surface to the top of the spring retainer, should be approximately 1 3/8".
You sir are a legend. Well done!
For future reference: it’s better for the bearings if you just heat them for install. Heat them to 250-260°F in an oven or toaster oven and they’ll slide right on
Such an awesome channel. Been a huge fan for a long time. Keep up the great content!
Yes! New video!
Some nice suppler should send this super cool guy a lathe .
You should consider grabbing that vise and using it with the drill press
I would think about making the pop off studs with pop off plate end with just threads to match manifold hole depth and just plain bar for area the plate slides on to stop the plate locking on the thread as it will not always lift flat if it pops and then will not file hole out on the threads also, Next time you need to refit the pulley half's try putting the pully half's in to boiling water for a minute (expands them) before dropping them on the bearings and less chance of damaging the pulleys. If it still tight put the bearings and shaft in a waterproof bag in the freezer overnight (shrinks them) as well.
Letttttttssssss gooooooo! Love all the effort you put 😗 not these!
You should use nylock nut, normal nuts will back themselves out, especialy when they are spring loaded
Getting good at this...
I love what you're trying to do here but you need some kind of a lathe when you're making round things and you got a bore a hole through around thing. I found a used one and it has been an indispensable tool for making spacers and standoffs and all the things that you're trying to do.
Good lord someone buy this man a lathe already!
You’re driving me crazy, hurry! But, nah, I love each one, I had a B&M 250, maybe’91, tightened the belt too tight, killed it, sent it somewhere back East, $600, back in business…
I did´nt get any of your uploads shown on my subscription list since a year now!
Thought you stopped uploading
love the videos moreee jaja
I think you do enough turning operations to justify getting a lathe.
You need to tell us about what is going on with your friends from the Trip???
Love your videos, have a cold one on me!
Hey, thanks so much for your support! Glad to have you watching!
drill press vise maybe to keep you hands safe
Oh man! I admire your tenacity, but I really think you would benefit from a knee mill for your machine work, or at least some good tool vices for your bench press. You can find knee mills at auction for cheap sometimes, and I know you're in MD, so you should check out Terrapin Traders at UMD college park, they have a whole bunch of great tools for cheap that have been decommissioned from college use.
You should go to Harbor Freight and buy a drill press vise that can be bolted or clamped to your drill presses table. Your lucky you did not injure your hand holding that part while drilling.
My man here needs a mini-lathe
FUZZY DICE UPLOAD HELL YES
Nice!
Using some sort of lubricant with the drilling would have made your life a million times easier since aluminum likes to stick to steel. Drilling oil or even wd40 would have been an improvement.
What happened to the 91 firebird?
This video is justification for buying yourself a cheap laithe!
Sometimes on this old odd ball stuff you just gonna make your own junk to make it work. All the old guys had to back in the day.
What happend to the blazer
Just gonna put this here that 5th bolt hole you are using has a purpose.
ever thought about buy a cheap slide table for your drill press? You could save yourself a lot of time and fab more precise parts.
What is the timeframe for the supercharger? Like when did you start work to finish? Or still working on it?
Notification squad.
You need a lathe my guy
I'm just a hobby machinists but some of this video gave me anxiety mainly holding the round stock as you drilled it
You, my friend, need a mate with a lathe 😅
Wouldnt be a bad idea to get a CNC machine and produce these parts on a per need basis make a little money on the side
I feel like if a professional machinist saw this, he’d weep
The fake dewalt batteries just make it all make sense
lets go early gang
Why buy one for full price when you can take months of fabrication, countless headaches, re-buying various knick-knacks, and end up spending just slightly less than new?
I'm a little disappointe3d that your not aware of the fact ARP makes a really sweet set of polished stainless steel intake manifold bold with washer's designed for the installation of ANY intake the one's I ordered were 12 point 7/16 or 3/8 I can't remember which I also purchased the same ARP header bolts and NEVER had any issues with fitment of my rather stout 2 in primarys . But hey if you have the kind of time necessary to grind down every fastener then go for it .... But I can tell you that unless your father owns a Salvage yard that you can rummage thru until you find everything your going to need to make everything work power steering included for the benefit your going to get from that . I'm kinda wondering why you didn't just go ahead and find an old Phony blower guys would hide a carburetor under . We used to see them alot in the late 70s early 80s at local car shows ...For what you can expect from your "Killer combo" you would have been better served with a good Cam ^ springs maybe a Cheaper holley Avenger series ...and saved yourself the nightmare of a wet motor every morning from the Gaping hole in your hood .. I'm waiting to see you pull out a pair of Big Box store edelbrock NON performance idiot proof carbs . those are the ones with the huge thumb sized adjustment screws .. But i'm still curious about just what it is your doing ? A Motorhead building his ass kicking dream car isn't out to see if he can toss one together without ever stepping foot in a machine shop or on the phone with Comp Cams Or the Fab shop ... He's not interested in seeing if he can't build a car for under 500 dollars .and so here is how I know your NOT a real motorhead but more of an accountant a Cheap ass one at that .... NO self respecting "Car guy" would ever be caught dead in his shop grinding down bolts to fit on his 671 or 871 blower manifold .. unless he was strained in the middle of nowhere maybe ...then maybe ....Yes I'm sure you have a Group of like minded clowns out there who are not really sure if they are or they aren't and think your the absolute Bomb ...Great ....wonderful... Please PLEASE don't let your finishing touches be a Satin black paint job you did with rustoleum rattle cans ...Just to show everyone it can be done ..
Does anyone know any similar yt channels?