Torino 10
 

Moving this over from introductions.
A few more pics of my 69 torino build. Got the floor and firewall cutout a couple of months ago. I began the front clip/suspension this weekend. I used C4 spindles and upper arms. The rest of it is custom built to fit 325/30 on 19x11 wheels all the way round. The V10 will be pushed 5" into the firewall giving lots of room for the steering rack.

Looks good!
 

Did you fab the lower control arm?

Yes, I fabbed the lower arm and all the frame sections

Looks good! Your lower control arms are nice. In the pics with the rack, it looks like it is forward of the tie rod on the spindle? If that's the case, you could end up with some ackerman and bump issues. I like the V10 move, I can relate...

http://i876.photobucket.com/albums/a...77/file-77.jpg

I have many hours runnning the whole setup in a susp. design program...it all works quite well.
My V10 is actually a ford , not the dodge

Wheels showed up on Friday. 19x11x 6.375 backspace. Put on one of my
325x30 tires for testing, these will be on all four corners.

Got a few more bits made. The Corvette to Mustang inner tie rod adapters, rack mounts and shock mounts. Have the initial alignment specs set at +5 castor / -1/2 camber. Set the rack mounts to get .010" bumpsteer through 4" of wheel travel.

Excellent Job! :thumbsup:

Nice fab work! Look forward to more updates.

Now to really put some time in on this project. My wife and kids are gone for a month to South Africa, so now I can work on it big time. Its been awhile since I have done anything on it. I have spent the last few days getting the front clip installed and it should be a roller soon. The next thing to do is the rear tubs/quarters and rail modifications.

That I noticed, just cool to see another V10 going in.

You're doing some amazing fab on this build. I really like the tunnel you've built, I think I'm going to adapt some of that to my build. I am planning to rework mine anyhow. What size tube did you use for that? Very nice work overall!

Can you tell me where the engine is sitting in relation to the front axle centerline? I'm limited on space in the cab of the car so I'll have some hanging forward of my centerline but really don't want to. However, at 6'6" legroom is a necessity.

I have moved the engine into the firewall 5". The v10 and the old 390 are the same length if you include the waterpumps. My number 1 cyl. is roughly on the the axle centerline. I am tall also but will still have lots of room for my legs, but I probably have 8" more of wheel base than you. The rect. stuff is 2x3 or 2x4 with .120 wall. The lower main rails are 1.5" round with .120 wall and the uppers are 1.5"rd with.065 wall. The small rd tubes are 1" x.065 wall
The rd tubes by the eng/firewall are 1.5" x .120 wall. The front frame rails will get a few diagonals yet. Tonight I bagan cutting out the rear floor above the diff. I have to raise the tubs and rails about 2.5" . Then that will tie into the rear of the tunnel tubes. This car will not be getting a cage or rollbar since I want to be able to use the rear seat. I will put bolt in pads for a removeable rollbar.
What are you reworking on your project. Are there any recent pics?

Thanks for the info Gary. I wasn't happy with how my frame rails came out so I ordered some custom bent front and rear rails from AME. I've also been struggling with some sort of a back brace. I wanted to do something like what you did but didn't have it in my head visually. I initially used 1x3 tube but couldn't figure out what to do above and just wasn't happy with it overall. What you did is more or less what I was trying to come up with in my head, just never thought about using round tube for the entire thing. I don't have any recent pics but I'll have some in a week and a half. I'm in Switzerland and building in Michigan; I'll be back for 2 weeks over Christmas and am going to town.

I have done this backbone setup before and it works quite well. The front and rear susp. is tied together this way and the sills are still part of the structure. I will be running a torque arm rear susp. and dual 3" exh. so that tunnel will be full. It also allows the seats to be mounted right on the flat floor if desired.

Wow this is going to be awesome
 

Not that I'm bias about your car choice or anything.

This is a very cool project.The fabrication work is outstanding.:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Very Cool
 

:thumbsup:

NICE WORK...


Tom

Thanks for the compliments.
Thursday night was not too productive. It took over 2 hours to get the rear glass out. I want to reuse it, so being careful was the name of the game.
Got the rear floor trimmed away and raised the rails. Now I can get the Speedtech Performance torque arm into place and build the shock mounts.
Then its time to cut off the quarters and cut out the tubs. The tubs get raised about 2.5" and then widened about an inch outboard. Going to be a busy weekend.

Looks good. How are you planning to tie in the upper tubes of your back brace?

A few more pics of the progress. Will, you can see in the pic how I finished the rear of the tunnel.
The tub is raised 2.5" ,the tire is at full comp.
I found no surprises when I cut off the quarter, the driver side may be different though.

Looks great Gary. Love how you finished the tunnel off. Thanks for the pic. Keep up the great work!

I've been busy. Now have the trans mount and front torque arm mount done. Both rear tubs are raised. The steering column is mounted and temporarily connected. Both rear quarters need to be flared/bulged outward, hope to have them done this week. Then I can begin the firewall/trans tunnel covers.

Love the updates, that is one serious tunnel! Keep the updates coming.

Beautiful work Gary!

Moving fast
 

Wow you're moving along quickly, looking awesome so far!

For your reference, Rad Rods by Troy did fender flares on their project Torino recently (if you haven't checked it out already).

Thanks. Since the better half is gone I can put some hours in on it. I will probably even work on it on christmas day, the neighbours will love me. The family is back on the 28th so I have to keep up the motivation until then.

Vector006 , yes I have seen that build at Rad Rides, that car is incredible.

I now have the quarters widened 1.25" and tacked back on. Took a lot of messing around to get them right. Next thing to do is the wheel opening lip. I will have to custom form them for all four corners. Progress will go back to slow now, I have a todo list a mile long that will put this back on my "spare time" list. I will keep fabbing up the small parts in the meantime.

Damn, I really like the stance...

Damn those are big quarters!!! maybe a set of 22" :unibrow:

Looks good Gary.

Got to work on the power window motor conversion. Cut the adapters brackets out of 3/16 and welded them to the back side of the crank. I will have to re index the window arm to be able to spin the whole assembly down to get the motor below the glass. The door already has the mounting holes. I still have to make the drive gear bushing that will go inside the original crank mount cap.
I also got my header flanges cut out of 3/8" stainless. Since the car is now tucked away in my spare garage I will have to wait before I can play with those. A 5 tube collector should be fun to fab.

Picked up my 5-1 collectors from Stainless headers, a work of art!

I'm looking for some Torino updates and a Bronco picture.

Sorry for the absent replies, but no progress on the Torino project. Had to put it on hold while I finish ten thousand other things. I have picked up a few parts, an aluminum rad and the front seats. I have spent some time planning some of the things to be done, but thats all thats gone on there. I hope to get some time on it in about a month....hopefully.

Heres a few pics of my daily driven Bronco. These are during construction and at a couple of events I drove 1500 miles to attend.

Sweet Bronco. I'm guessing you built the coil over conversion. I looks like you did a 4 link or something out back. I thought about that on my wifes but just went with stock style springs and leafs and bypass shocks.

I hope to see some Torino updates from you in a month. :D

I have no idea how I've missed this thread. I love what you're doing with the Torino. Best of luck moving forward

WSSix..its easy to miss when I haven't posted in months.

FE Torino I have been watching your thread on your Torino , thats going to be one hell of a car.

I built the frame in my Bronco along with everything else. Things rust so bad here using any stock 30-40 yr old stuff is pointless. It has a 393 running on propane with a ZF 5 spd , 4.56 gears and dual detroit lockers. The front 44axle is 2 piece housing and still uses stock radius arms. The rear uses leafs and fox shocks. Gets about 16" of travel frt and rear. Using coilovers in the rear means little or no rear seat and that doesn't work for me.

The Bronco sounds like a nice rig.

Your build, the Twin Torino guys and Jasons formal roof with the DSE back half all inspired me to step mine up a notch. So its partly your fault.:D

You can blame me but don't send me the bill.

smithberg racing has a CNC profile for these V10 heads btw.

just a heads up.