Yep - What he said

I knew somebody was going to ask me that question...

Their is a piece of 2x2 sq. tubing .120 wall that we put inside of the inner cowl structure that was welded thru the interior underdash.. plus a 1/4 plate flange so that the round flanges for the down bars on the firewall have a bearing surface..

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I put in a request to the machine shop last week to make some more flanges.. waiting on cost to see if I will offer them for sale..

No paint work on this car Tony... Owner just want to get her running again & will get painted later..

Eric- I had three plates made & only have one more left... I am changing the design on the new ones I will be making.. I will sell you the last one if you want it.. PM me if intrested..

I already did this on a 2nd gen.. Tranny is huge! We will see how this one goes..

Nice projects going on Cris.:thumbsup:

72 Nova
 

Here is another project I am working on.. This little Nova came in for a LS conversion..

We tore the whole car apart & gave it a "Quick & Dirty" paint job... Getting a LS6 with T56, DSE mini tubs, leafs, shocks & spring relocation, was getting a Wayne Due chassis but decided to keep the orginal chassis, DSE upper & lower control arms, sway bar, & shocks, Baer brakes, Fiske wheels with PS2 tires & more...

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Once again Cris Lookin great.Called NPD only the fla. warehouse had the header panel in stock.Thanks for the offer Buddy.:thumbsup: Scott

man, im going to have to talk to you about one of your "quick and dirty" paint jobs. id love to stop by and talk on the way up to the parents in san luis in a month or so.

Tim

oh and more pics of that Firebird would be nice...

:unibrow: :unibrow: :unibrow:

I could also have gotten it from Dynacorn for you Scott!! We are in the same town.. let me know if you need anything else..


Tim- Your welcome to stop on by anytime!

That one is on a thread of its own... I will have some progress pics here pretty soon..

Oil breather can
 

Got a few cars here @ the shop that need remote oil breather can... So, we designed this one up tonite... Machine parts next week..

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Power steering fitting
 

I like to use the C6 Corvette belt track system for my LS conversion.. It just works the best for fitment on alternator placement & you can buy them from Pace Performance without A/C compressor for 500.00 bucks..
We made this power steering fitting to extend & be able to have a -6 AN male connection.. Works great!



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Currently working on A/C brackets to mount a Saden 7 A/C compressor to this drive system..

I would be real interested in that AC bracket.

Chris - what location are you looking to relocate the compressor to?

I'm not familiar with the LSx & stock-sub combination but is there not enough room to fit the compressor and alternator in the lower FBody positions? (I realize the YBody belt offset is different). Just curious as I've found a couple of possible solutions along the way.

Gandalf- Looking to put the compressor in the stock location of where the C6 compressor was.. It is a bit of a challenge because the is the one that GM offers that sits closest to towards the block.. with the early F-body & CTS.. The problem with early Camaro/Nova subs is that putting the compressor low will require modification to the sub-frame.. The Saden 7 is nice & compact! I try to use as much of the GM stuff on my LS conversions as possible..

The LS2(GTO) sits about .800 towards the radiator & the 2010 Camaro is 1.510.. I have all the these track system here @ the shop... & what I have done is use the LS2(GTO) & 2010 Camaro harmonic balancer with water pump & machined spacers that move the alternator/power steering bracket from a C6 towards the front of the car for belt alignment..

Awesome Job!!!! :)

Ok - sounds like the same battle but different directions. I admit I have the luxury of having an AM sub so I have the room lower-down where I wanted to run the accessories. I have the C6 offset and wanted to keep that without having the accy way up high. I managed to find a bracket for the alt to do just that and then brackets to do same with the Sanden comressor and PS. Again, wasn't sure if you had the room with the stock sub and since it took me months to find the right combo, just looking to pass the information on.

Nice job on the Mary's car and recent projects - keep 'em coming!

G.

Gandalf- We have already done an LS2(GTO) A/C bracket system with an Art Morrison sub-frame with Saden 5.. Looking @ changing the design to use the Saden 7.. Accy drive system is close to the one on a F-body..

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Looks great - especially that a/c bracket. Correct me if I am wrong but based on where that PS pump is positioned, this won't work with a YBody accy offset? (I'm not familiar with the GTO offset as compared to early 98-02FBody or YBody). I'm running an ATI balancer on the LS7 so I've let that dictate lining-up the accy drive (ie: YBody). Running a VA compressor. Always open to other solutions.

G.

Cris,I will putting a SD7 on my GTO-LS2 in a few week's.Will send some photo's over if they don't look like a 3rd. grader made them.Your stuff look's awesome.:thumbsup: Scott

Nova progess!
 

The 72 Nova is coming along nicely.. We got all the sub-frame assembled with motor & transmission.. Car is now on the ground!!

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As long as it works Scott!! I am more than certain that you fabed pcs.. will hold together.. :thumbsup:

Another great build coming out of your shop. Very nice.:yes:

73 Camaro Firewall
 

Here is the latest on the Anvil 73 Camaro firewall.. Got all the pcs welded in the firewall with the body work done.. next steps is to get engine back in with sheetmetal assembly & get the down bars bent & in place.. As you can see that I changed the sheetmetal fender inner bolt down to match the down bar mounts @ the firewall..

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Cris those are some amazing looking pcs.Now Matt is going to have two really BA rides.Keep up the great work.:thumbsup: Scott Mock (Pres. of the Cris G. fan club):lol:

Matt has a 3rd car in the works! Top secret prototypes being fitted on that one! :D

Well Scott.. your first act as president.. finish your car so that I can drive it!! LOL

Sure thing Boss,It was delivered to the paint shop sun.afternoon.It's up to Brian to make it look good and get it finished ASAP.:thumbsup:

Nice looking work over there ! :D

Great work cris, your shop rocks!

rich

Looking forward to seeing it in paint Scott! :thumbsup:


Thanks guys!

Oil breather Can
 

Just got pcs in from the machine shop today & got our oil breather can fabricated... If all else fails as a oil breather can.. I will have a cool whiskey flask! :D

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Wow!! Amazing as alway's.:thumbsup: Scott

I forgot to mention that the whole tank is out of 304 stainless!

Cris Cris Cris....... outdone yourself again! you set the bars way too high!!!

Looks amazing

Nice looking pieces Cris, I like the whiskey flask!

So so sweet. I'd use it as a table ccenterpiece for my next dinner party...

Wow that looks awesome.

Love it.

Yes... simply beautiful

Thanks guys! good to see that you liked my oil flask!

Sometimes we design things & have no clue if they will look good.. The oil breather tank was one of those items..

Looks great Cris. You seem to amaze us every couple of days or so.:yes:
Good job.