A little more progress has been made. The frame is clearanced for tie rods, all welded up and back to 1 piece. I also welded in the sway bar mount after moving it up 5/8" and back 1/4" in an effort to gain additional ground clearance with the sway bar arms.
I mocked up the car at ride height and did an alignment to make sure it was at spec before I final welded the UCA mounts. I found they were a bit off. I could have used slugs to get it where I needed but decided to move the mounts a little so I can be at spec with as close to a 0 offset slug as possible. After that was confirmed I welded up the UCA mounts.
Its about ready to pull off the table and mock up in the car again. I still need to add a gusset to the UCA mount and final weld the shock hoops but I want to wait until its in the car first in case there is some sort of interference issue. I also need to mock the engine back up in it before putting it in the car. I will be raising the engine so the exhaust is tucked under the frame. I could remake the headers but think moving the engine is the easiest and won't really impact performance of the car any way I would notice. Plus the bell housing was too low so that will be better too.
I'm hoping to have the frame bolted back up later this week
Oh yea, I also bought a new Sweet 10-1 steering box. Had to clearance the driver side UCA mount for it but it wasn't too hard.
Mocked up for alignment
Bare frame all welded up
Gusset will be a piece of 1/8" flat bar 1" wide and the length of the UCA mount. it will sit on the inside of the UCA mount at basically the same angle as the base I made.
