Really there is no choice - I would go back to Drum Brakes they look so cool

ok Just kidding - Bremboooooooooo

Thanks for the input Marty I hope to see you out with your car this summer or fall stay tuned in for more chevelle madness.

Ok so I have been lacking some new post sorry just been super busy. So here is were we ended up on the brakes fabricated some new brackets to mount the ctsv calipers to the fat man dropped spindles this was done old school lay out with a compass and protractor cut out with a plasma freehand and ground with a die grinder and a 4" grinder no fancy cnc. stuff here. the rotors were supplied by R1CONCEPTS they redrilled the bolt pattern for me as well 14" rotors do look dam sexy!http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...d/IMAG2221.jpg
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Nice job Eric. Keep us updated.:thumbsup:

Nice fab skills on those brackets Eric. Top notch right there!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Sweet!

Looking good. 70's are one of my favorite muscle cars. Looks like your going to need longer bolts for those spindels and brakets....

Thanks for the interest should be on a roll soon so stay tuned in.

Thanks for the interest and the kind words not sure about the top notch but hopfully they will work.lol.
Thanks Wayne hope your car is on the road this summer!

Thanks for taking intrest and your right about the bolts they all are just temp. to easily put it on and off tell I was happy with it then they will be replaced with locking harware. stay tuned for more chevelle madness.

Eric, to me they are top notch. Trust and believe, something doesn't have to be built by some high dollar, big name shop to be top notch. This is your baby that you are building with your own hands and putting your touch on it. That's not something many of us can say. I wished I could only a fourth of some of the stuff some you guys can do. Keep up the good work. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks for the kind words and I can say that it is going to start getting alot better soon starting to get rolling with the build so stay tuned in for more chevelle madness.

next on the list is getting the motor and transmission to fit and get the firewall looking like it should.
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I believe you'll be addressing your motor mounts soon.

you got that right hole filling and welding galore! ah what could be better.

the whole idea was to fill extra holes NOT make more :sieg: http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/u...psd0c34880.jpg
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I really don't know how time can go by so fast ,but it does and here we are in the middle of feb. and still not even done with the motor mock up started fabbing some shock mounts out of a old electrical pannel dug out of a dumpster 11 gauge steel is like gold bars to me lets cut it up and make something cool out of it.
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trying out some dimple dies!

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Awesome job Eric. Its great your son is getting involved as well. My oldest son is 12 today and past 6 months he has started to get more interested in working on cars. Its a great way for father and son(s) to spend time together.

Looking forward to seeing more progress. :popcorn2:

Thanks for the interest and I hope your son gets into it as well because this is the best I have found so far in life is spending quality time with my kids! my boy just turned 13 and he really is not that into cars but likes to build things in the shop, when he comes up with something I try to just drop everything and help him build and create,he thinks all dads are like this and this is normal.lol just made another video with me and him doing some airbrushing. I will post up a link soon.

well finally got some work done on the car attempting to get the shock mounts done.


ANY GUESSES ON WHAT THE SHOCKS ARE FROM?????????????
there factory shocks from ?

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A C5/C6 Corvette.

:lol: :poke:

lol I believe you have one of those and they don't look like that lol.

lol.

made a new video with my boy on the shop walls and doors check it out and let me know what you think. and and now back to your reg. program

I was being funny and forgot to put "LOL" behind my post. I said "C5/C6" because that's what 90% of all builds get now. Even some Ford and Mopar guys use Corvette stuff on their frames.

finaly got a couple hrs. to get some work done on the car still lots of planning going on more cutting and welding.shock mounts mocked up hoping to get the rest of the front suspension done this week then take the body off.
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ANY MORE GUESSES ON WHAT THESE SHOCKS ARE OFF OF?

Eric, no idea on what they came from. In the last pic you have posted, it looks as though your compression travel is gonna be short. In this picture, is the suspension mocked up at ride height? Nice fab work you have going on there!

lol. the suspension in the last pic. is just hanging there with no bags in it. working on the bag mounts and the A arms this week the travel is perfect shocks come 1/4" away from bottoming when suspensionis fully compressed.

work has been a bit on the slow side way to many distractions . but still chipping away a little at a time still working on getting the front end done made a video time lapse of the build in the last couple months. please let me know what you think!

looks like more hole cutting! I thought the idea was to fill the holes not make more . oh well looks like I was never to good at following rules.lol.
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looking to finish the front suspension this week wish me luck I really could use some. life has not been so good lately

Uhh...Eric, you still didn't tell us what the shocks came from mister! :headscratch:

Yup. Fess up. Year, make, and model, please.:hello:

E-Rod
I'm liking what you are doing on the suspension. Totally different than anything else. Keep up the updates.
As for the shocks, they kind of look like something off a Jeep. Aftermarket of course.

HEEP

ok this picture should give ya a hint or give it away.

this pict. should give it away

not aftermarket well they could be but they came factory on this.


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Bet you did not see this coming they are off my snowmobile.lol. not kidding just had them revalved we will see how this works

Eric my man, I definitely did not see that one coming. You know, it's not cool to steal from one toy, for the benefit of another. That's wrong, just wrong! :poke:

You sly dog...you!! :RunninDog: :RunninDog: If my life depended on it I would have never guessed that.

lol. I did not even have to I just bought another set that I had intended on putting these on my sled but they ended up on my car insted.

Marcus your car is looking great hope to see it together soon.

still chipping away a little at a time. Life has really sucked latley have not really had much free time the body is coming off this week and the rear suspension is next.

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Are you sure these shocks are going to work for this application ?

An average snow machine weighs about 500 lbs total - wet.
I agree there may be some issues with putting these on a car, this car probably has move than 500lbs per corner without the sheet metal :)

the car is what 3600lbs without bodies in it? I see that the air bag bares the weight but the ability of a shock absorber to do its job depends on the effective area of the working piston. It will be interesting to hear if these can keep up in discharging all that thermal energy.

Are those Walker Evans RMK Dragon air filled?

Marty I did do some research on this before and really thought about it and the valving in the shocks is completly tunable for the difference in weight. this makes such a huge difference on my sled getting the dampening dialed in it is just incredible how big of a difference a couple of clicks makes so after talking to my shock guy for building snowmobile shocks he custom makes all kinds of shocks and assured me I was not crazy he revalved them to care of my concerns I am confident they will work but I am not afraid to fail if they don't I am going to run the same in the rear.

these are off a 2002 pro x no air in these.
Marty I did do some research on this before and really thought about it and the valving in the shocks is completly tunable for the difference in weight. this makes such a huge difference on my sled getting the dampening dialed in it is just incredible how big of a difference a couple of clicks makes so after talking to my shock guy for building snowmobile shocks he custom makes all kinds of shocks and assured me I was not crazy he revalved them to care of my concerns I am confident they will work but I am not afraid to fail if they don't. I am going to run the same in the rear. glad to see your still making progress on your car

man there is so many little pieces to this getting it to look molded is taking forever I hope this turns out to be worth the extra effort.
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