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Very nice Ned!!
I like the Wilwood Christmas! lol:thumbsup: :cheers: |
Your welcome and not a problem.
Also sound like your fender may be pushed in. Take a tape and measure from the fenderlip plumb bob to the frame rail and see what you get on both sides. If that is the case i have the fender lip roller that you can use and instead of rolling the fender lip you can gently flare the fender back out. I did this on the bed of my truck and it worked great. Quote:
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Thanks again Marty..
I've measured from just about every fixed point I can find to the fender lip and they are all about 1/2 off from side to side. If I sight down the fender, I'm pretty sure I can see it bow in just alittle. Plus on the Cuda there is a little flare just over the opening and if I put a straight edge from lip to body line it's pretty perpindicular on the "in" side and angles inward (body line above is inboard). The definition to this small "flare" is not nearly as crisp as on the "good side" either. Both are original fenders, but both have had some damage over the years So I'm pretty sure its pushed in about 1/2 inch near the opening on the driver side. |
Today I started to mess with the rear tires.... I'm using my stock rearend just to get me in the ballpark for BS and see what I have to work with. The plan is to get the rims and tires and then measure and order a custom Dana 60. Right now I just want to see where I stand......
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3933.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3934.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3938.jpg This is the passenger side lip clearence right now... the tire is alittle crooked in the pix..... I havent done any trimming or rolling of the fender lip yet, but that is the plan for sure. I should be able to move the rim out just a tad more and still have fender clearence and enough space up top to sink the tire up into the wheelwell when its aired out..... I have about 3/4 inch of clearence on the inside right now...so probably move it out about 1/4 inch and I should be perfect. http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3936.jpg |
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have you spoke to bill reilly and asked him about backspacing and rim size?
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Get yourself a contour gauge to determine if one fender is off from the other. When I do metal work I actually draw almost a graph on identical panels and the use the gauge from one to the other. They will always be off a bit but at least you will know if you are in the ballpark. You can make a quick one time gauge out of a piece of cardboard held perpendicular to the panel and trace the contour onto the cardboard. It takes a few times cutting it out but it works and you can make a couple for each section. Take your time and make them accurate.
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Ned, if you don't mind me asking,where did you get that wheel/tire tool?I must have one. BTW, great progress on your Cuda, I wish I was at that stage with my 71
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I actually borrowed it from a fellow Lateral-g member, but you can buy them from
http://www.wheelworksinc.com/mountmate.html http://www.autowaretech.com/mountmate/ It looks like a great investment if you do alot of wheels and tires etc Percy's also make a more generic version that doesnt actualy use a real tire..... http://www.jegs.com/i/Percys/760/01201/10002/-1 |
Awsome, it's good to have one of theese,I could've used it so many times. Thanks again.
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Is that just the air ride package they sell for the cuda or something completely custom?
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Hey Ned,
Hows your exhaust mock up coming along? Dave |
I actually havent messed with the exhaust yet..
Its the Air Ride kit but we cut the brackets down on the rear and channeled the k-frame up front so it will sit about 1.5 inches lower than the standard Air Ride set-up I ordered my Rushforth wheels this week....lead time is about 6-8 weeks right now but hopefully sooner :) Then I need to get my rearend measured and ordered. I hope to get all the suspension nailed down by the end of the year. |
Which Rushforth's did you end up going with?
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Which Rushforth's did you go with Ned? Car looks killer---
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Ned Ordered the Super spokes in 19x8 and 20x12. Thanks for going with Rushforths, Ned!
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Thanks guys...
Jason Rushforth has been fantastic to work with... I've been bugging the hell out of him for the last month or so...back and forth emails....me changing my mind....asking alot fo questions etc etc....hes been great through the whole thing....thanks again Jason. I cant wait to get the rims.... I went back and forth on the Super Spoke and Rated X....both are aweseom rims. It was a tough choice and I must have changed my mind 1000x...... just something clicked with me just a tad more on the Super Spoke..... I dont think I could have gone wrong with either one. |
Time for some new pix.....
Well it was a Wilwood Xmas again !!!! Last time I just got my hubs, hats, rotors etc..... my caliper came alittle later. They are fricking awesome....and huge !!!! They are the W6A 6 piston with the optional silver color. http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3978.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3977.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3975.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3980.jpg Wilwood still needs to make the caliper mounts for my application on the front. I dont have my Dana 60 yet for the rear, so I cant mount the rear stuff yet since the mock up rearend is way different. |
Once I finalized my brake combo I went back to the wheel fitment check...man was that a huge PITA..... I changed hubs and hats a couple of time to get a decent track width and try and get some dish to the rim etc etc....so it was a ton of changing back and forth and measuring over and over. So I'm glad thats over. The rear was much easier since I'm having a rearend made to specs..... the front was much harder since it all turns etc. I only hope I made the right choices with the wheel BS etc...time will tell....
I used my Camaro rims as a trial just to see if a real rim/tire fit okay and check the BS one more time. I used Marty's Mount Mate to do most of the measuring but it never hurts to have an actual rim on there. http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3994.jpg Then I went ahead and made some wheel stands. I had some wood lying around and I will need them for the rearend measuring etc so I spent a couple of hours ( is that better Greg?) making these... those are my old mock up wheels for now. http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_3997.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_4000.jpg http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...I/IMG_4001.jpg |
Looking good NED!!!
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Nice brakes!! I like the finish!! :thumbsup:
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Wow looking good Ned :thumbsup:
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Silver calipers look great.....didn't know that was an option for Wilwood
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Ned those calipers look great
I like how you got Kyle to hold the caliper on there "Hurry up Dad! Take the picture! I can't hold this thing!" You should have come over and got the framing nailer then you could have made those four stands in 15 min |
Rob -- I was thinking the same exact thing -- as in "how could it take a "day" to build some 2X4 crates"???
Then I remembered --- it was NED.... and he studied it for a couple hours trying to figure out how to make it just a bit more complicated... :willy: :willy: :rofl: Okay -- and the SILVER CALIPERS --- they're only silver while they're still in the box... two trips around the block -- they're a brown dusty color -- never to come clean again... :woot: Lookin' good NED... :thumbsup: |
Very cool Ned! I like the brakes. I think you were right when you said you couldn't go wrong with either choice from Jason. Both are really nice looking wheels. I can't wait to see them on your car.:thumbsup: :cheers:
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Very nice Ned. Killer build.:cheers:
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I mailed off a giant toothbrush so Ned can keep 'em clean!!
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Oh Greg...always with the jokes :)
It didnt take me all day....considering who I was talking to I should have been more specific.:willy: ..it took 6.265 hours on a late Sat afternoon....while it was raining outside....it was 55 degress at the time. After I did a CAD drawing and did some structural strength testing I made them by hand using a hand crafted and laser etched ceramic blade I had imported from Japan and stainless steel screws imported from Norway.......:D Better ? Geez......it only took me about 2 hours.... the only "back and forth" I did was how high to make them. As for the caliper finnish....... I dont think it will be any worse than keeping the red calipers clean...or the wheels for that matter. My BAER calipers are that dull rough gray color and they dont get covered in brake dust at all. Nothing alittle wheel cleaner and a hose wont wash off. And thats Monet's hand holding the caliper.....no way I would trust Kyle to hold them up :) They arent exactly lite...... |
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PERFECT RESPONSE!! I love it! Did you monitor the relative humidity? |
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Dang! Those things are huge-by-gi-normous! (Not Monet's hands, the Calipers!) |
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Rob..... I'm gonna have to show this to Monet now....dont be suprised if she bitch slaps you :) |
LOL, Greg I put that in there because I knew that if I didn't, you would get on with your wise-crackery!!! :D
Yes, you are THAT predictable!!!! :rofl: |
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My wife finishes my sentences - she does that because "I'm so predictable"... So... now you sound just like my wife! :rolleyes: :lateral: :cheers: :woot: BTW --- I think you two owe me breakfast or something... (if you can't remember I'll make something up!) I'm going to leave here on the 31st - O'dark thirty - and head your direction. Should be down there relatively early on the 1st sometime... and I'll be really hungry! |
Greg the least we can do if you are passing thru town on Thurs AM is take you to the local greasy spoon and fill you up with eggs and coffee (really - it's the LEAST we can do!)
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Hi Ned,
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But all kidding aside...... ANYONE coming through our area on the way to SEMA is more than welcome at our house.....yes, you included Greg :) |
Your Cuda is looking awesome Ned. :thumbsup:
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Ned we can take him to Amore's on 11th...Only one fatal shooting this year! |
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