Well it's funny because I engaged Brett about a year ago to do just the flare project and look where we are now. :)

He is still Plan A to do the flares but I might take the car home dirt track style for a while and then bring it back to him for the flare work later. He really is brilliant with fiberglass, among other things.

don't do it....finish it cause the next time you'll get a chance will be when she graduates college.

the rounded flares look better.

Hey. It's a HE, bro. :bitchslap:

:lol:

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Looks exceptional Brett. :thumbsup:

Thanks for posting those progress pics.

Looks fantastic Bret. :thumbsup:

Love it.

:theresa:

Dave haven't been on a lot last few months, car is looking good I hope you get it back on the road again soon.

Thanks man! Stick around here a little more.. and hey if Ron can get his car running, that gives any man hope. :cheers:

It's a very sweet piece and C&R just makes great stuff.

^^What Skip said. Looks great!

Great progress on a killer car

Making some good progress!
Having a hard time getting a good angle on this tie rod relocation but on the surface I am digging how that pick up point has been moved down inline with the lower A and appears to be moved in a bit to align with the lower ball joint. Assuming the rack gets put in the right spot relative to the lower A that should seriously fix the bumpsteer mess I am finding with the stock Vette spindles. Do those arms bolt on inline with the three hub bolts? If so, do they clock to the counterbores in some way to ensure the bolts stay centered on the threads? Not a big deal, just for personal info, as I have been considering making my own bolt on arm using those three bolts and just getting longer fasteners, tho' I would need to bore out the centers so my CVs could fit thru on the rear...

sorry, also, who makes that bolt on piece?

That's BAD A$$ right there!

Hey Tim

Dave asked me to put more random stuff on his thread, but since this is car related, I may have to find pictures of kittens.

Jake had the arms milled. He now builds them out of DOM. For the most part they are the same location as the C5 as to retain the same Akerman. They are moved down because the rack is moved down for packaging on that subframe and to keep the bump at zero. They bolt to 2 of the holes on the hub and one on the upright itself.

Blue Mustang Ron (Good Ron) has the same subframe in his AMX, but moved the motor back far enough as to run the rack in the stock Corvette location and is running the uprights as cast from GM. Same concept you are using from your build photos, not sure why you are having bump problems unless the pivot points on your rack are different than on your LCA.

...or kill 2 birds with one pic.


:hello:

By bolt on piece if you mean the brake spindle duct plates, those are from LG Motorsports.

Payton knows the long arm JRS setup inside and out (for better or worse) and much more than I do. I do have him beat in the kitten department I am certain.

Your car is coming together nicely Tim. Payton and I will load up and meet you in the middle of USA one day. :guns:

Hopefully the most Bad A$$ on my street anyway. :D

DAMN!!! I have missed alot of updates on this car...

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f..._Mascoll_2.jpg


I remember when it was said the other one got out of control and this one was to be a car you can beat on..... I guess you are going with going out of control and beatable at the same time:thumbsup:.

Vettes have bad bump much beyond 1" to 1.5" of travel. On a race car you really never get there as it tends to be so stiff so I will likely not have a real issue. It is a notorious problem on lowered Vettes as guys will drop the cars by backing off the ride height screws - nothing gets relocated and essentially the car is now riding around at say 1" of bump as nominal. Now when they hit a bump and have 1" of motion, it is more like 2" of motion on a stock height Vette and the tires steer quite a bit.

It just drives me a little nuts to have bumpsteer in the car even if I will likely never experience it :thumbsup: I moved the pivot point around a lot with adjustable bars I fabbed up as I was measuring the bump (starting with the pivot point exactly in line with the LCA inner pivot) and where it is now I have up to around 1.5" of bump looking pretty good now, but I know I could cut that arm off of the spindle and relo it and essentially get zero bump over 3" of motion. Is what is as they say.
Sounds like a great idea... of course that means all three of us have to actually finish :D

Good progress Dave. :thumbsup:

I did beat on it. Then it beat on me back. And then this all happened. And it's everyone else's fault. :D

Good to see you on here Nick. Hope all is well. :cheers:

Yeah that seems to be an awfully common problem 'round these parts. :headspin:

:cheers: Corey

So I'm trying to get my boy Doug over here to Lat-G but he has this killer Winston Cup framed Chevelle he just got moving under its own power for the first time. These maiden voyage videos are always cool and this car is just killer in my book. :thumbsup:

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps0861de88.mp4

Ya, that's badass!

:thumbsup:
Dan

Isn't there a build thread of that Chevelle over on PT??

I connect with him via email and on Corner Carvers.

Just making my weekly check in yup nothing to see here move along people! :peepwall: :confused59: :mock: :stirthepot:

:welcome3:

Wonder what gone old guy had to say ....:flag2:

Nice radiator. :thumbsup:

Just installed one myself. Got rid of the Ron Davis junk.

Yeah,...I was thinking the same thing. I think he liked it actually.

One of these weeks you might win a prize Rick. :mock:

It's his old pal was giving him the thumbs up he said. :thumbsup:

Nice! Yeah it really is a sweet piece and as long as it does the job, which it should, then it was worth it.

Well.........Is it going to be ready for this weekend?

:D

Mine's working really well. Haven't hooked up the oil cooler yet. Doing that tomorrow. The C&R is running 4-5 degrees lower than the Ron Davis both at idle and at speed. That's in our lovely 110-115 degree weather here in AZ. :lol:

And no leaks yet. Unlike the RD. :whistling:

Are you guys using a dealer for the C&R piece, or ordering directly from them?

It coulda been, but I told Brett I wasn't ready.

Those are good data points. Especially in that weather!

I went direct via Paul Hammond. Very helpful and I had a lot of dialogue with him before ordering.

I suspect he is aware of this car, but in case he is not, this is a pretty cool car that my friend in CA that raced circle track let me know about probably 10 yrs ago now and obviously relevant to that car. A simple search of Mike Face Chevelle will bring up images.

http://www.superchevy.com/features/6...olet-chevelle/

I don't know if he knows it (I would also assume so) but I know of it well. I also know it sold for a song not too long ago. I should have bought it. BEAST.

Got my passenger seat all ready to go. Looks pretty safe to me.

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f...psfp9ybep6.jpg

AWESOME!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: