Okay - we need more! We need more! We want more!


Nice project!

Okay spoke with Carl....Rick's Vaporworx tank ordered with a ZL1 pump. That will pay for itself being returnless now to loop the fuel rails at the back. It will clean up the engine bay even more. Thanks for the advice!

Anyone need a perfectly good DSE mini tub SS fuel tank?...lol.

Thanks guys! Won't be long now we will be stripping the paint...a couple gaps to fix then a reshoot of some Guards Red Glasruit.

Nice work!

very nice.:popcorn2:

thats not much fun stripping paint,that color looks great on your car,nice work so far that motor looks good in there also:thumbsup:

Headers
 

Which headers are those?

They are Chassisworks headers as they are specific to their subframe. These of course are for BBC with 2" primaries. I modified the three bolt flange and had a 3.5" V-Band welded in its place. Looks like they fit '68-'72 Nova's as well when using their subframe.

http://www.cachassisworks.com/p-414-...-2-coated.aspx

I thought those were a modified set of our headers. Can't wait to see the whole thing together!

Yes, the same headers fit the 68-72 Nova when running our subframe.

Some progress on the firewall...almost there. The trans tunnel modification is complete. Paint soon.

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Looks good,that's a lot of work but will pay off:thumbsup:

Just when you thought a plan was coming together doing my brake upgrade Chassisworks sends me the old style obsolete SL6R calipers that now don't match the rear ones. The new style has been out for two years now. I even pointed out to them they have the old style in their catalog and was ensured I would not receive the old style. Found the new style part number that is a match with Wilwoods help. Ugh! Waiting for them to swap them out.....if they will call me back that is. Sorry being patient just a little annoyed

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Liking the way this turned out.

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Firewall complete...moving on to some bodywork. Car has been stripped. The original quarters need just a bit of work but overall in decent shape. Elected to save them versus aftermarket.

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Before:

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looking good,save the quarters for sure,much better than aftermarket.

Man .... I really Like where this is going ...NICE work So Far...!

I am working with Ben Hermance on renderings but here are some glimpses of what will be included in the build. :G-Dub:

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I'm really liking this build keep the pics coming.

Received a little bling from the polisher.

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Stripped and epoxy sealed. Originally a vinyl top car we found the typical rust from the window channel location...typical. Car was media blasted and body filler was used. It was holding fine but we will cut this area out and replace to save the OE quarters.

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Stripped and epoxy sealed. Originally a vinyl top car we found the typical rust from the window channel location...typical. Car was media blasted and body filler was used. It was holding fine surprisingly but we will cut this area out and replace to save the OE quarters. The rear deck fill panel was replaced with a NOS stamping.

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Ben did a great job in capturing my vision and plans. Really motivated to keep pushing to the finish line.

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Ya gotta love the looks of that!!!


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Excellent...that's gotta really help. :cool:


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Awesome rendering!

Love it and I typically don't like red. Maybe I'm coming around to the color with all these good looking cars being painted red. Hmmmm. Regardless, good luck with the build

Thanks for all the comments!!! Very much respect the opinions around here so it means a lot.

My first red car ever and I certainly had the chance to change the color but something about Guards Red with the black hockey stripe just grabbed me and won't let go!

I changed my project name....sounds much better and certainly appropriate IMHO. Never really like "Flux"..."Twice Baked" seems more fitting since this is the second major rebuild of this car in 7 years.

Moderators...can you change the name of the thread as well?? Hopefully that is allowed. Thanks in advance.

Some updates:

Change of plans.....New AMD quarters, outer wheels wells and door shells. Overall was very clean considering the born with quarters were still on the car but ultimately needed replaced to match the caliber of the build. Besides I just could not stand not getting to the inner quarter and taking care of the unknown (ie. rust). Pretty close to having all the sheet metal fitted with proper 3/16" gaps.

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Meanwhile doing some tinkering with the subframe...Willwood 6P brakes, bump steer tie rod ends, etc.

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Took the motor back out of the subframe.....decided to have it gone through plus bumping compression with new pistons, ARP hardware throughout, AFR CNC heads, custom cam, etc....should be north of 800 on pump gas. Will post the dyno run soon.

Man and I thought it was a nice car when you first got it. Looks like not much will be left of the first rendition when your done. Looking forward to the transformation.

[QUOTE=cjfirstgen;572681]I changed my project name....sounds much better and certainly appropriate IMHO. Never really like "Flux"..."Twice Baked" seems more fitting since this is the second major rebuild of this car in 7 years.

Moderators...can you change the name of the thread as well?? Hopefully that is allowed. Thanks in advance.

Name changed & you're welcome!

Nice update! Looks great!

Like Al said I liked it when you first started,subframe really looks great:trophy-1302:

Man you are one brave person to take a a good car and build it your way

Now THIS is a pretty sight.

Finishing up some trunk pan replacement and exhaust cutouts. Last of the sheet metal replacement.

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New to market 105mm Accufab throttle body LS style to feed the reworked 572 and new AFR heads (in progress). Should be able to hit our target of 850hp on pump gas.

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Progress has been slow lately but things are picking up now. A bit more metal work to complete.

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Having the big bearing 9" rear diff converted to a floater with the Strange Pro Touring Floater kit. Anyone have experience with this kit? Also having the a Strange Pro HD Aluminum Center section installed. The standard 550hp rated iron case and 825hp is no bueno. Changing from 31 spline axles to 35 spline as well. Will have the 31 spline Moser axles available for a 1st gen mini tub car if someone is looking for a set.

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