Very Impressive work. Thanks for all the pix and keep em coming.:thumbsup:

Thanks for the comments guys. That's what keeps me motivated to keep going.

Thanks Chris. Well seeing as us Canadians live in igloos and drive snowmobiles everywhere, it's quite easy. That wasn't even that cold. For a couple weeks around Xmas it was down to about -28 degrees Celsius...I didn't go near the shop then. Today it was +1 so I was in the shop.


Here's an update: I finally got my rear sway bar package and converted arms for my air bar set up. The arms have been converted by Frank at www.gpsuperstore.com so they are adjustable now. These are what come with his prodigy bar rear suspension set up. The rear sway bar is a Hellwig package. I was able to get the rear suspension mocked up again today. Hopefully that's the last time for a mock up. It was definitely a lot easier to put together with the adjustable arms. I'm going to get the rear sway bar mounted over the next couple days so I can take a bunch of stuff, including the subframe and rear end housing, to get powder coated. Hope to have everything back mid next week after I get back from Las Vegas. Here's some pics:

Arms have been converted so now they are adjustable

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00483.jpg

Close up of the short arms

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00492.jpg

Rear sway bar package

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00502.jpg

Rear suspension mocked up with converted arms

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00513.jpg

Keep up the great work.
You're making great progress, in the cold, none-the-less!!!:thumbsup:

Thanks. Hasn't been that cold lately, today it was 0 degrees celcius.

Today I got the rear sway bar mocked up. Because of the back brace on the rear housing, I wasn't able to use the U-bolts. If I hadn't sold my plasma cutter, I'm sure I could have got the U-bolts to work. Instead I thought I would just weld the brackets to the housing. I also did a bit of clean up work on the subframe and got it ready for powder coating. Tomorrow morning I plan on heading to Summerland to Sunview coating and get the subframe and rear housing coated. I hope to head back down next week when I'm back from Las Vegas and pick everything up. Will post pics when I get everything.

Here's some pics of what I did today:

Rear sway bar mocked up. I still have to adjust it to make it level.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00563.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...PICT0058-1.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00594.jpg

Brackets welded onto housing

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00605.jpg

Subframe ready for powder coating

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00712.jpg

Motor mounts, trans cross member and c-clips also getting powder coated

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00722.jpg

I picked up the subframe and rear end housing from the powder coaters today. It cost me more than they originally quoted me a few months ago, but it included sandblasting, priming and coating so I guess I can't complain. It ended up costing me $480 to get the subframe, rear end housing, motor mounts, trans cross member and c-clips done. I love the way it turned out with one exception, which is my fault. This is the first time I've had anything powder coated and I got so used to how thick POR15 is. POR15 fills in a lot of blemishes and small dents and such. There are a couple small areas where I assumed the powder coating would have filled in, but it wasn't as thick as I thought it was. I wish I would have spent a little more time doing body work on the frame so I wouldn't have the few little spots. But on the other hand, if anyone sees the spots that I'm referring to, I better be at the car too cause they're way too close. Anyways, here's some pics. Hope to start putting some of it back on Friday.

Rear end housing

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/PICT0073.jpg

Close up

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00742.jpg

Subframe

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00772.jpg

Motor mounts, trans cross member and c-clips

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00752.jpg

looks awesome!
you going to have it done in time to bring it to our car show at the begining of June????:unibrow:

Thanks Blake. The beginning of June....2011?? Oh wait, you meant this year. No unfortunately won't be ready. I need to start picking up all the overtime I can to get the LSX454 budget higher. I'm just happy to be putting parts back on that will stay on.

wow.. I just found this thread now.
Great project and great work !
That looks like its gonna be a killer on the street.

I think I sold my Foose wheels and Falken tires to a guy I work with. Now that I have so much more room with the deep tubs, I want go with 315's. My buddy doesn't want his wife to know about buying the rims, so he's asked to pay in installments. Hopefully he doesn't take too long to pay. Here's the rims I think I'm going to replace them with. I'm looking at 17x11 in the back with 315's and 17x8 in the front with 255's.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...s_fastlane.jpg

I got some new leaf spring perches as the old ones were welded to the car and were ugly when I took them off

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d.../PICT00025.jpg

I got to spend some time in the shop today. Some of you may find this update boring as it's going to look very similar to some other pics, but it's exciting for me as I finally got the car completely off the rotisserie and got the rear housing and rear suspension put in for the last time. I just need to get the rear sway bar, axles, centre section and brakes in and the rear end is all done. Here's some pics of today's accomplishments.

Car finally completely off the rotisserie

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/PICT0005.jpg

Spring perches painted

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...PICT0004-1.jpg