how about some of those bolt in door bar clevis parts.... nice/clean/removable

:woot: That's a GREAT idea. :thumbsup: Now I just need to mount the alternator and begin planning it out.

I finally got the tranny cross member finished. It tucks up about 2" higher than the glide member that was in it.


Here is the rearview, the angle is misleading but the bottom of the new cross member and tranny case is almost perfectly even with the height of the body line.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0884.jpg


From the side you can see the stock member hanging below the body but the new one is out of sight.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0879.jpg

Once again, great looking fab work. I may have missed this earlier, but is that a one piece fiberglass front end you have? How much weight do you think you saved with it?

Yeah, it's a one piece. I haven't made mounts for it yet so I am constantly taking it off. I am not sure how much weight it saved but it is easy to move around the garage. :unibrow: :lol:

copy & paste from Steve's Nova Site


I have been thinking real hard about where this project is going to go once it is running. Here is my problem, I get used to power production very quickly and I am worried about getting bored with it. Now I know the car is probably going to be faster than anything I've ever owned before(previous quickest was a 12.1 car on street tires). Not that this car is being set up to drag race but I still like that 0-100 acceleration. I looked at some basic bolt-ons like an LS6 intake, big cam and even a set of Patriot heads. These parts will easily top $1500 so on my tight budget they aren't really an option right now. So I thought to myself, "just get the car running and then when you get bored with it go ahead and get the upgraded parts at that time". Well therein lies the problem. How long before I get bored with the extra 50WHP those items have added? Because after those items have been purchased the next step up in performance gets VERY expensive. There has been one other problem I've been facing lately and that is the routing of the headers in the small confines of this chassis. Making long tubes is possible but they will create some major ground clearance issues.



SOOOOOOOOOOO without further adeu I give you pics of my solution :lol:

















http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0904.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0903.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0896.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0897.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0900.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...r/101_0899.jpg

WOW!

I would love to have that hanging on the front of my engine!

I thought you were doing a "low budget" build?

Well, I probably won't be able to afford double adjustable shocks now. :lol: I am still shooting to keep the project budget under $15K. :thumbsup:

I bought the CHRA a few years ago for $250 when I had the 2JZ and I just picked up the housings for $190. Those tubes, pipes, and clamps were plucked out of the recycle bin at work.

i will give ya a set of shocks of you can find one of those TT Duramax projects in the recycle bin.:unibrow: