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Had to move a couple of tubes on the headers for clearance and also rolled the rack back for a better u-joint angle.

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After the steering shaft was final, Jim fabbed up a mount for my pedal box. It is made where I can change the pedals front to rear instead of moving the seat.

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And yes he did mill the mount

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From there, Jim moved onto getting the exhaust routed. He had to drop the intermediate collectors 2 inches to get them under the car and he still had to do a small mod on the floor. Those headers are off a cup car...Jimmie Johnson's 48 to be exact.

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From underneath

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We are trying to keep as much heat away from the driver's side of the car and also keep the exhaust as high up in the car as possible for ground clearance.

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Jim made the transition to oval tubing. Notice that he made a connection between the to oval pipes as a H pipe/balance tube.

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Okay I am impressed !!

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Originally Posted by syborg tt (Post 613843)

Okay I am impressed !!

Seriously?

.........it's just another run of the mill street car around here.

With a couple cool Pettigrew & Sutton mods.

:underchair:

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Originally Posted by Sieg (Post 613846)

Seriously?

.........it's just another run of the mill street car around here.

With a couple cool Pettigrew & Sutton mods.

:underchair:

good thing your hiding under that chair

Pettigrew is the man. And Payton is the man for taking his car to Pettigrew.

So did you par the 400 yard drop off hole? :popcorn2:

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Originally Posted by Flash68 (Post 613855)

So did you par the 400 yard drop off hole? :popcorn2:

Without or without Mulligans? :popcorn2:

Looks awesome Payton! :thumbsup:

Looks great Payton! Dave getting any new ideas?

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Originally Posted by bulldog19 (Post 613897)

Looks great Payton! Dave getting any new ideas?

Yep. Some big ones. :happy23:

Very cool exhaust work. Will the exhaust go over the rear and out the back?

a sure bet to win Optima Street car honors next year.

Thanks Guys!

I did actually par that hole on the second day.

The mufflers will bolt to that flange and exit the passenger side quarter panel. Here are the mock mufflers Jim built and Spintech are making them as I type.

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Got the gas pedal in and finished up the cover on the fire wall

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Cover

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Oil tank mounting in progress this week

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Nice updates!

What waterfalls are those? Thats not looking glass falls.

Looking Glass falls were around the corner. That one was about 400 yards from our camp. There was a smaller sliding rock about 100 yards away too.

everytime I see it...just more to jaw drop with

Wow. Keep the pictures roll-en.

watching this one closer now...:goggles:

What an incredible build!!

Payton, sorry I missed you at Optima, was a fun weekend for sure!

So after reading all through this, I hate my life, I hate my project....scew you!

Actually his is one of the absolute most cool builds I have ever seen. I think the closest thing I can think of to it is Big Red but this is that to the next level for sure. In fact I would love to see some head to head at the Silver State or something like that when it's done.

Quick question on the Watts link, I've seen systems that mount the pivot on the rear end and then each bar to the chassis and then ones like yours the mount the pivot to the chassis. Can you or someone explain the benefits and liabilities of each?

Can we change the title from thrift shop to pro shop now??

This build reinforces that my next build of a track car will be a tube chassis - start from scratch....

That - or for about 40 grand I could buy a Cup car...

LOL

Thrift shop Camero

Next car a tube frame car....

I have had several guys tell me once you drive a tube
frame car you will never want to go back.. kinda like driving
a car with Horsepower then trying to go back

Very cool stuff going on with this one

Bob

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Originally Posted by GregWeld (Post 614261)

This build reinforces that my next build of a track car will be a tube chassis - start from scratch....

That - or for about 40 grand I could buy a Cup car...

LOL

NOT QUITE 40K ;)

http://www.racingjunk.com/GT/1825339...-Tomorrow.html

http://www.racingjunk.com/GT/2909827...stock-car.html

Wow man--that's serious progress! Love the exhaust and the tin work. Can't wait to hear that motor sing---make sure videos are a planned part of this threads future.

D

Thanks everyone...still have a long way to go but it is moving in the right direction.

have a little better control and more adjustment with the watts mount not on the rear housing if I remember correctly. Seems like I read that on the Ron Sutton thread in the suspension section.

Been awhile since I have checked into the site and things are lookin' good! Today is exactly 1 yr that we packed up and moved back to CA and my car has not exited the trailer once in that timeframe so it is good to see someone keeping the ball rolling! Coming here just makes it worse :lol:

Good to hear from you Tim. I was wondering what happened to your project. Time to pull it out of the trailer and get to work.

Stopped by to see the car today and the oil tank install is complete. We modified an existing tank by changing from 3 inlets to one 16 AN and changing the outlet to 16 AN. 3 breathers to 1 that will have 22 AN and will run to a catch can/ breather combo. Moved the drain to clear the frame and be able to drain the tank without making a mess.

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We also bolted the doors on in prep for to door bar placement.

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Originally Posted by Payton King (Post 615576)

looking good Payton,, progress that's all a guy can ask for.

This car is unbelievable! The amount of engineering and fabrication is outstanding.

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Originally Posted by MX145 (Post 616367)

This car is unbelievable! The amount of engineering and fabrication is outstanding.

X2, Payton.
Are the rear suspension pieces propietary to Ron Sutton or outsourced? Same for the Watts Link? Are the rear shocks going to be mounted to the Watts x-member, as I didn't see any upper mounts? Have you decided on a specific brand yet?

Sorry for all the questions; just curious( and jealous!).