And it will be ok to admit it publicly Casey when you do finally widen the rear quarters.

We understand...

:relax:

Haha, as you guys know things change in a hurry. I have deviated from the original plan quite a bit already... Who knows.

Stielow's car is in the paint shop right now, no rear stretch. I'm sure it will be bad@$$

It's wrong for us to expect perfection from the man...all the time.

:D

Matt at Sled Alley did push the rear quarters out about a 1/2 inch a side. We debated on matching the front Anvil fenders and chose not to do it.

Car looks great. What tire size did you do on the front?

Mark

Great project Casey! Not sure how I missed it 'til now!

Quite a few things have changed over the last few months. A lot of the metal work has been completed and I have acquired a lot of important pieces. Here are some of the photos of the metal work. I Made the decision to go with an LS Engine and a Tremec T-56 Magnum so I bought a mock up block and ordered a new transmission with a Quick Time bellhousing so we could work on the firewall and floor. The new floor was fabricated with a raised tunnel, mounts for the seats were fabricated along with that. The firewall has been recessed and completely redone because we pulled the engine back a few inches. I bought Detroit speed deep tubs and we added around 3" to them so now I can fit 17" wide tires in the rear if I ever decided I wanted to. The trunk area was totally redone to accommodate the fuel cell and to get rid of extra weight. The stock rear subframe is gone because it's not needed with the full frame chassis. The full roll cage is in place, and we are currently working on installing the new Dash to fit around the cage.

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I decided to have a Naturally aspirated LS7 427 built by Thomson Automotive and my dad and I drove up there to pick it up about a month ago. I didn't trust my truck to make it on a 20 hour round trip so I borrowed my Mom's new Chevy Equinox. The engine just barely fit and she was not very happy about the whole deal but we made it.

The engine ended up at 665 Horsepower and 571 Lb/ft on 93 Octane. It has a Callies Dragon Slayer crank, Oliver Rods, Diamond Pistons, Trend Pushrods, Custom ground Comp Cam, etc... It should be a pretty solid engine.

Some of the parts I've bought: Kirkey Road Race Seats, MOMO Nascar steering wheel, Schroth Nascar harnesses, Joes Racing Carbon X Shifter boot, Fesler Trunk hinges, Wilwood pedals and masters, Borla Mufflers, RAINGEAR hidden wiper kit, Flaming River Steering Column and a few other parts. I have a lot of stuff to buy yet but things are progressing.

When BAD is a good thing -- ya got it going on in spades!



This is coming along really nicely!