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Originally Posted by preston
I know you dont' want to get into the problems with your shops, but I just can't understand how you could go from a fairly completed chassis and front end to ripping EVERYTHING out. Was there really some super serious fitment issue or radical mis-alignment ?
I do 100% of the work myself, and I'm not always happy with my "shop" either. So there's that.
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Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab
when you have the choice of having to compromise suspension geometry due to factory sheet metal and another mans design or tearing it all out and build the suspension they way it needs to be, the later is the smarter choice. Albeit the more expensive choice but it will be worth it in the end. Honestly I don't know one shop that would finish any car that was started in another mans mind. onward and upward
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Vince probably knows more of the dirty laundry than I have aired out here. I bet you would also agree Preston if I had the energy and willingness to post more. I just don't see it being fruitful. Onward and upward is right.
It did come down to fitment and then safety. When I started this version of the car in 2012, I was not married and a not yet a father, so real safety was not a driving force (to a degree, it wasn't completely ignored).
Lots of things (from different shops) were done without a lot of thought or experience in how it would function and actually work. My fault in that was too much blind faith. I have blind faith in Pettigrew because he deserves it and it is warranted via his real world experience.
FYI, the front sub is not getting completely redone, just modified a bit and then reattached, similar to Payton's (we have the same sub).
To me, tying the front and rear together is the biggest gain and improvement here with the perimeter (tank) chassis. It addresses a number of issues I had always wanted to do, but now the time was just right, for the reasons Vince has touched on.
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Originally Posted by GregWeld
I just want to know who loves the new little race car more? You or Garrett? LOL
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Probably me but he'll come around! Garrett says thanks Uncle Weld.
Can't you hear the SB2 noises he is making here? I can.
