THis is going to be a crazy ride. Very impressed with ALL the fab work and engineering going into this "home built" project.

If you run a 5spd you will save probably 65lbs+ over a 6 manual transmission.
ie TKO600 vs T56 Magnum. The 5spd is also a little slimmer than the latter. I'm not sure how crazy you are going with the weight savings; however you could also run a small diameter clutch and lightweight flywheel shave an easy 20lbs+ there. If you go too wild with the weight of the clutch/pp/flywheel setup it could affect driveability a bit.... but it'll rev like crazy :lol:

^ Thanks for the tips!

I am working on the rear quarter panels now, I have to fabricate the arches and wrap the metal back onto the body. It actually looks like its going to work :) You should see the rear end (from the back) on this thing now!

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/DCA%...rough%20in.jpg

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...0in%20side.jpg

The opening at the top of the rear quarter, near the divers door makes a perfect place for a scoop.

not so sure.
 

I am beating away on flares, rough work is coming out now but I'm not sure if its heading in the right direction.

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...0flare%201.jpg

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...0flare%202.jpg

I took a break from this to see if an engine would actually fit. So far the measurements are looking good. These are close to scale

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/Medi...fit%20diag.jpg

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...s%20Render.jpg

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/Medi...e%20w%20FR.jpg

What do you think of the work on the flares?

Hard to tell with the close up pictures. Only thing I would be careful of is to make sure they don't end up looking like the stuck factory flares on 4x4 trucks. I personally prefer when the flare flows with the fender of widened fenders.

I am thinking I will build new rear quarter panels. I don't like the flares.

There's a lot of rust and patch work in the current ones anyway...

Need 3 more hours in a day :)

Or I stop playing with pictures on the computer and get some work done...
http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...with%20new.jpg

back at it?
 

September is always too busy - no time for toys, today I had a few hours to look at the GT again.

Some time ago I made these little close out panels to wrap the frame rails and tie into the sill:
http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/dca%...%20out%202.jpg

I finally got them in - this image is taken from under the front of the car looking at the floor near the drivers feet:

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...0connector.jpg

Now the front floor, frame and bodywork are all closed in, I have a piece the trim in there still but it came together pretty well.

I mounted my new mirrors:

http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...9%20mirror.jpg

And started to work out the front wheel openings:
http://www.daemoncustomauto.com/P180...t%20fender.jpg

its great to see some progress again, i am still looking for one myself, have even been thinking of doing the wagon version too, did you decide on a motor yet? i have been reading a lot on the t5 motor but it may be hard to sort wiring and rwd trans for it, it will more than likely be an ls1 or derivative as they make great power and performance parts are abundant, i have an ls6 in my nova and its great! good luck with the build:thumbsup:

I was planning on ordering an ls3 at Christmas - something came up and it may have to wait. The layouts I have done are based on the LS engine, fuel pump is set up for LS and everything just seems to line up so nicely for one. A V8 is total overkill but...

I like turbo's and considered a T5, but the work would be in making a FWD or AWD engine run a RWD transmission in inline layout rather than transverse has to be considered. It can and has been done.

One very popular version what at Sema - very nice execution!
http://stadium.weblogsinc.com/autobl..._amazon_04.jpg

Let me know when you start yours!

oh i will, there will be build pics too! these will be like 69 camaros soon! lol, my nova is up for sale but nearly wrote it off today!! on the highway at 130km/h when the steering wheel started wobbling like crazy then a grinding of aluminum sound! managed to get it pulled over across 3 lanes in rush hour, i have a set of (old) 3 piece racing wheels and 12 of the 36 rim bolts had sheared and the wheel came apart over 10"or so in length like a buckle and was hitting the grease nipple of the lower balljoint, scared the crap outta me and these wheels will be scrapped, which means delaying the sale to get new wheels to sell the car, no way i could sell it knowing what could happen, ! all the bolts in all wheels were replaced last year after i found a few sheared off but i cant trust them anymore, if a few more had gone the whole wheel would of fell apart and its scary to think of the consequences!!

scary **** - what kind of wheels?