look super nice. can't wait to see the exhaust setup for that single turbo setup

Jody - Looks great!

:king:

I'm not a sheet metal guy so I was looking to have somebody do the minitub for me. I bought the ABC Performance tubs. When I couldn't get the local shops to even contact me back after several tries I gave up and decided to do it myself.

Most shops claim 30-40 hours labor for this, so just for fun I'm going to keep track of my hours. Never done one before so we'll see how it goes. I cut out the hole for my T56, but the patch panel I had is not big enough, so I ordered a Tinman Fab unit made specifically for this car, but it was also not tall enough, and the hole I cut is pretty much minimal for clearance. So now I have a Bowler universal tunnel that looks like it'll work. I'll be doing that after the minitub.

So this is where I am after 5 hours; got the spot welds drilled out and the old tub removed.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/01...g?v=1576181920

You got this easily. Just takes patience and you have that. Look forward to seeing them in. Keep up the great work!!

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I did DSE minis on my Nova. At the time, the thing that really seemed to take forever was creeping up on the fit. Taking the tubs in and out a million times. DSE had templates and I used them, but it still only got me close. Each side was completely different and had fit issues in totally different places....
Having said all that... I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!!


Jeff-

I think you're a weirdo lol. Building an engine, chassis assembly, fabbing parts, wiring, tuning... Those are fun things to me. This is work. :disgusted:

12 hours in and one side is in place. Still need to do some small patch panels, but the hard part is done.

Looks good Jody. That car is really clean on the bottom. I used that same style trans tunnel on the Skylark I built a few years back. Worked good and saved a lot of fabrication time.

Looks very nice.


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Looks great