Thanks for the explanation, Ron! It all makes a lot more sense now. I really like that design and it seems like it'll allow for the damping to be very consistent.

Ha, missed that! Awesome car. :cheers:

Mr. White.... (Reservoir Dogs comes to mind there).... I've been fortunate to hook up with a great group of people on this project here.. with Payton's Camaro already paving the way for some of the things we are doing on mine, plus Jim's Nascar background and Ron's diverse racing background, I could not be happier with where things are going here.

I loved the simple adjustability of the jack bolts to manipulate ride height (if necessary) when going from track to street and back.

So how is your car coming? We need some updates from Terry... :rules:

updated pics
 

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Very cool to see regular progress updates Dave!! Lots of cool tech going into this car now.

True that. I can definitely see a benefit there.

I personally don't see much street time in the future with my car as the streets in Houston require 4WD, at least 8" of ground clearance, and lately a snorkel... I bet it could make a highway run on TX-130, though. COTA to Lake Travis? 5th is 1:1 so the gear whine shouldn't be too bad...

My car is coming along. The guys at Vorshlag have been hard at work on it the past couple of weeks and their shop seems to be getting more and more work this season. They have recently been getting into the exhaust, trans tunnel, final welding, and starting on some interior panels. I'm sure Terry will post an update soon but I'll let him do that when he's got some time. I will say, there are some exciting things coming together currently and some very generous vendors supplying some high quality kit.

Thanks Chadwick. I'm having fun... finally. :)

Right on. Good to hear. :thumbsup:

The pics are looking good.

When I click on the photo links all I see is Daves cat hanging from the furniture. i had to laugh when I realized it's a maint page. Ironic how photobucket chose a pic of a cat!

Looking good! I'm loving these max effort builds.

Pics are back.. Your car is one I have to watch. The high level engineering and craftsmanship is outstanding. Thanks for sharing Dave!

Dave I've got no clue what I'm looking at but it looks AWESOME! I'm not sure if I asked already (A.D.D. with a horrible short term memory) you've got all the running gear already, is it good to go? Or does it need a refresh?

:thumbsup:

Thanks guys.

Dan, the drivetrain was good to go.... a couple years ago. :lol:

13:1 437 sbc on E85
Tex Racing/G Force T101A trans
Ford/Roush 9" locker 3.64 gears

I'll have the motor looked at in NC since that's SB2.2 World HQ and it's been sitting awhile after run with E85 on the dyno.

Looking Good Dave! I'm going to be down in Charlotte next week, perhaps I can hook up with Payton and go check it all out in person! Looking at the pics, I noticed the steering arms changed from a previous version? Reason?
I'll be back in Charlotte at the end of July for the Optima event, I'm going to try and make Ron's workshop, or at least meet him in person.

Sorry Mills, I didn't see this post til now. My bad!

I was wanting to go to Ron's workshop and come out and see the car, but it's too close to #2's due date so no dice.

You can see the steering arms and rack changes here in these pics.

Starting with V3.0 of the X member :lol:

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Looks like progress on a frame for somebody's car. Yours?

Now THAT'S a Rack & Pinion!

It's Sweet! Literally.

Sorry, couldn't avoid the pun.

I've always enjoyed this thread, even now when it makes sense.


:D

I don't recognize it.

I was going to say something along those lines, but figured I'd let someone else come in and hit the game winner. LOL

I'm not sure it does yet. :)

#2017

I know...I was just trying to unify the party, uh...thread.


:P

Might wanna get this one...always good to have an extra SB2 in the shed. ;)

#halfSB2halfJET

Big step
 

Body back on frame. She'll sit for awhile now while Jim moves over to the Mustang in the shop to finish it, and then will do some more work on Payton's 68 before coming back to mine later. I'm 2 weeks away from kid #2 so the timing is all good for me.

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Looking Good DG :thumbsup:

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/2010...r-23001082.jpg

Wow thats a big step forward, thats awesome.

:lol: Looking good buddy!

Coulda just bought my Lotus -- run quicker -- whooped up on some o' dem big bad ass Corvettes..... and I think it would be what you've got tied up in storage payments on this thing and it's STILL not done....


Like Colin Chapman always said.... "adding more horsepower will make you faster in the straights -- but less weight will make you faster EVERYWHERE......"


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ronton...57671957477146

Thanks, or something. :smiley_smack:

#2017

#2018

#whatever

One problem. Sieg really likes the Lotus. Therefore it's blacklisted. #zoomzoom

:mock:

The car looks awesome! Congrats on the growing family.

Thanks Neil. Lovin the Vette.

The car looks more like a car on every update, that's a good thing. Now all that's left to do is everything else!

Congratulations on the kid deal, better you than me!

:cheers: :thumbsup:

Congrats on the new family addition, Dave. Glad to see the car looking like a car again, too.

You forgot the second page of the calender Sieg.:popcorn2:

It wasn't for a lack of effort brother. :unibrow:

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Looking good Dave, Looking good!..

Congrats on the new addition to the family!..

Since you got rid of the rear seat, are you going to fab some sort of a click in system for the child race seats? :idea:



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Where's the plywood? :tiptoe:

And the hurt continues. :lol:

Art, I figure he will be able to ride in the front seat by the time the car is ready. :tv_happy:

Wow what ever happened to just removing front bumper and change the fan:D

While watching this "all aboard the pain train" clip...
 

...'Jimmy' thought of this build thread.


:P

Fixed it for ya, buddy.
:thumbsup: