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Very nice fab..!!!
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I like your start/direction of the trans x-member mounting.
What manufacturers aftermarket trans x-member/s were you looking at? I figured someone (pro-touring type of vendor) made something decent for the early Ford stuff that might work/adapt across multiple platforms. |
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Part of my dilemma is that I want to use the subframe connectors as the mounting points and not the rocker panels or the floor. That said, the floor will play a small role in all this. When I mocked up the fab'd extension on the passenger side, it hit the underside of the floor. Not a lot, but enough to be a problem. For several weeks now, I've been unhappy with the front floors. They look like a patchwork quilt and not in a good way. The interference with the trans extension was enough to send me over the edge. So today I made another trip to Metal by the Foot and picked up some 16ga panels and when I got home, I cut the offending area out of the driver side. I'll build clean panels from scratch and kill two birds with one stone. It will give me the clearance I need and scratch my OCD itch. |
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Gotcha.
I didn't know if your intent was to follow the Sled Alley arrangement like they used on several of Stielow's Camaros (that utilize the DSE front/rear suspension set-ups). Def allows getting the x-member where you want it vs being a low point under the car. |
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Yesterday, Kathy and I went to a Van Der Brink auction close to the house. The owner of the place was selling about 80 classic / muscle cars. One of them was a 69 Dodge Coronet with a transplanted 440 and 4 speed. It went for $5500 which was probably a fair price. If I had a place to store it, I would have bid on it, but I took a pass on it instead. It was a fun outing though. |
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So, here's the trans x-member mocked up. Had to do a little fine tuning to get it lined up like I wanted but that's to be expected. Once it's all welded out, I can put the floors and tunnel back in and move to the back of the car.
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Nice! Keep going......
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Here's the welded x-member. Shot some primer on it and covered it up with the floor pans. Outta sight, outta mind. |
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Still tunneling...
Cut out the old tunnel back to where the forward edge of the rear seat sits. I then mocked up a straight length of 5/8 tubing along the projected centerline of the trans. It's going to be a tight fit, but I think the driveshaft will clear with a few degrees of down angle. The intermediate tunnel is pretty close to where it needs to be but I'll have to scab some sheetmetal onto it to reach the floor like I did on the front section. Cut cut, fit fit, weld weld, hammer hammer, grind grind, cuss cuss, repeat. |
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Nice work!!!
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Looking great!
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does this have a build over on pro-touring dot com?
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The PT.com vs Lat-g is similar to my g-body forum experience. I used to be on MalibuRacing but stepped away because of the characters & BS. Now on the 'g-body forum' & it's similar to being on here so I like the easier generally more respectful flow of comments/assistance/members. |
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Andrew and I go back to when I built the 57 wagon. He advised me to get a Holley ECU for it and he tuned it for me. One thing led to another and next thing I knew, I was plumbing a turbo on his GTO and helping him drop a supercharger on his Cougar. We have lunch at least once a week at Chicken & Pickle. He's a wing fanatic. ;) |
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Always look forward to and enjoy your updates!
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I've migrated to the rear of the car just for a change of scenery. The subframes are completely rotted out around the rear leaf spring mounting point. I cut away the (equally rotted) floor above the passenger (worst) side to expose the sub. The replacement pieces need to be 1/2" taller at the front to match the frame at that point. So I bent up some material and scabbed it onto the new sub. It was only tacked, so I had to weld it anyway, so the extra piece wasn't much work. I have the driver side piece tacked but not welded out yet. Some new material will be required on the rear panel. I plan to raise the level of the trunk about 2" to allow more room for the 87 Blazer EFI tank. The inner wheel wells I'd forgotten to order arrived today. They match the outers I already have. They're for a 66-67 Fairlane, so I'm sure they'll require a healthy dose of modification. That's the problem with orphan models, parts are hard to come by. In order to fit them in, I'll need to cut away a lot more sheet metal. However, before that, I need to replace what I've already removed to restore the structural integrity. |
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That looks about the same as my 64 frame rails before I replaced them.
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Nicely formed/built rail sections.
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The surgery continues. I decided to replace the entire rear panel the subframes attach to rather than piece them together like I started to do. It will be a much cleaner approach. Here's a shot of the Z06 Corvette fan and radiator I plan to run. It fits in the available space pretty well. I'll have to extend the shroud where the stock air extractor duct sat since it won't fit my application. . |
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Got the passenger side subframe mocked up after a bit of slicing and dicing. It's not a super tight fit - more like a saddle on a sow, but it will weld up okay.
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