Need a "Like" button :)

What kind of front mount is the torque arm using ?

This is an all new Sutton/Pettigrew TA.

Hey Rog! :cheers:

I believe it is the poly bushing that came from Cortex. I will verify with Jim next time I speak to him.

Yes please. :cheers:

Looks awesome. Is the plan to have it basically flat on the underside at ride height? You going to make a belly pan if so?

Thanks man. A general goal is just as much clearance as possible. The front frame and oil pan are basically even and the plan has always been to have a belly pan that at least protects the engine and all the dang oil lines going everywhere. That should still play. We'll know soon enough as that is coming up next.

Awesome! I know it adds complexity, especially with maintenance, but there's just something about having a belly pan or rear diffuser that screams I'm serious about speed. I think it would be right at home on your and Preston's cars.

Bromeigo...that is some straight up SEXY right there! :faint:

I like the 1x2--I've been getting into that lately myself. So much seems over-tubed these days . . .

Belly pan? I'll just drop this here....

Yeah my car is a flat bottom front to rear with a diffuser.

I did have to create a cutout to account for droop of the 3rd member, and I also have a cutout for the bellhousing which drops about 1.5" below the "ground plane".

That makes it better than nothing but having those holes probably reduces the benefit quite a bit.

In my case the floor is the flat bottom, and then I just have dzused on panels front and rear. The panels are alumalite which doesn't make the best material for a splitter but it works great for these kinds of panels.

If you design the car right its actually pretty easy to do this, they key is getting the exhaust out in the rockers so you're not trying to encapsulate it.

If one was serious about tracking the car you would want to extend the flat floor out beyond the rockers anyway but that's just having fun at that point.

I don't know what good its ever done me except to encapsulate oil leaks ha ha.

Really looking good now Dave!


I'm going to have to build a new race car to keep up with the lap times you're going to lay down in your street car! LOL

The belly pan (like a lot of cool fab) doesn't always get to be enjoyed due to being hidden once the car is assembed. You know it's actually more of a skid plate here I guess but a small one is a must here and has been planned since the engine was built and dyno'd back in 2004. :lol:

A diffuser is very striking and obviously functional if done right (really dig Alcala's on his Mustang) and that may be something added to Jim's punchlist before it leaves NC.

Well we were planning on doing 2x4 and 4x4 tubing but then Chad called it a tank so I got sensitive and self-conscious and we cut that down to 1x2. :peepwall:

Ha. Good point. I'll try to remember that.

Gwen, is that you? Surely Greg would not say such positive things in this thread. :headspin:

I'll be chasing Payton anyway.... so you should target him first. :trophy-1302:

Gwen, is that you? Surely Greg would not say such positive things in this thread.

Ha Dave I was thinking the same exact thing till you said it.:knokwood: Any way nice progress and good to see you moving in the right Direction.
Shane

I'm liking where this is going!

So you like "nowhere, fast.... "


hahahahahahahahahaha


That must be Gwen posting.

That's not fair, Greg. This car has traveled many miles over the last ten years. Not under it's own power, but that's progress?:tv_happy:

Hey Shane! Thanks Brother! How's your car coming along? :cheers:

Appreciate it Neil -- I finally do too! :D

But would that make it ... UNFAIR? :sieg:

Skid plate? You planning on off roading?? :confused59:

:D

He has to take short cuts to keep up.

Sure. I would need to do that to keep up with you and Rob out there. :poke:

It certainly could help. I saw Cris G do that once but not sure it helped. :underchair:

With the right suspension setup and correct tire choice I'm sure you will do fine. Cris G isn't afraid to explore the outer edge of the envelope is he.

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What's up, Dave?
:popcorn2:

You've got some impressive engineering going in there! Nice.

It's only been a couple months.

DG, aka Biff, likes to pace himself on the way to victory.

:P

Is it done yet???:underchair:

Hi. Stuff is happening. Stay tuned. Or not.

:)

This BadMonkeyFinger build just hit 370K page views, without any visible means of 'thread support'.

Now that's some :secret: sauce!


:P

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This little piggy is on jackstands, and this little piggy went we we we, all the way home.

...proud Mary keep on burnin'.

"Hi, I'm IKE, I'm the original BMF, fyi, so there"....

Moving right along at a pace I couldn't be happier with. Not too fast. Not too Slow. :cheers:

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Amazing what can get done in 8 or 9 years.....



LOL

I know they're not your floors, where's all the quilt work? and the seven layer salad? Must be on the wrong thread.

Flash has a life outside of posting on lat-g ya' know...

Your plan is working.........most of your 'primary' competition will be using walkers by your first shake-down run.

God I love this place. :lol:

I second that emotion.
You've come to expect this with each of your posts, yes?
I must admit...every time I see activity in your thread, I smile because I know there will be humor upon reading. You could post pics of finished car next week, and these guys would still roast you about something.
The kind of stuff that makes this place the greatest performance car site!
Extremely nice work there, by the way!

Thanks Scott. And you definitely nailed it. :theresa: