This is MY 67 Camaro

[makoshark]

Originally Posted by Sonar Chief

I am not building a stereo on wheels .... I may do a radio delete and let the engine sing! I will use the 2nd skin on the underside and the trunk and their Firewall product for heat dissipation on the the firewall.

I'm putting an extensive system in my car

[Errnie-ZL1]

Welcome to lateral g you will find doing the work yourself that in the end the car means more to you... Your doing a great job

[Roberts68]

Originally Posted by Errnie-ZL1

Welcome to lateral g...

Yes, er... welcome to July 2012 Chief.

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by Errnie-ZL1

Welcome to lateral g you will find doing the work yourself that in the end the car means more to you... Your doing a great job

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Roberts68

Yes, er... welcome to July 2012 Chief.

I was asking myself the same question? Huh?

I would have some updates if it wasn't so dang cold ... maybe got up to 21 degrees and still snowing.... spring is a long way off

[garret805]

Clean build, should be a beast.

[Build-It-Break-it]

Did you ever fix the subframe control arm/shock mount issue?

[Sonar Chief]

mounting point, no more clearance issues!!! Been busy with classes lately ... had a mount design cut out and then I didn't like it. So I said to myself ... self, why don't you just move the original shock mount back the distance you need and be done with it?

So, that is what I did today ... played hookie from school work and worked in the garage until it was done, I just finished!

Cut off the mount, plated the hole leftover, squared up everything, checked, and double checked .... add welder!



Mount all welded in secure!

Idea of how much I moved it over .... I'll weld inside when I pull the engine next!

Driver's side looks good ...

Passenger side didn't take as long ... go figure!

Sitting on all fours .... heck yeah!

Just had to get this done, it was bugging me soooo bad!

Thanks for looking .... I have some class work to do now

[bdahlg68]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Ahmed,

I have wondered how much load the upper shock mount is subjected to. There have been a number of adjustable upper mount designs over the years and I've not seen one break; doesn't mean it didn't happen and if it did happen at speed ... it could be catastrophic!

Anyone know mow much force is exerted on the upper mount? And how to measure or ensure it is reliable?

OEM rules typically apply a multiple of front GAWR for suspension design. IIRC lower ball joint axial loads can hit around 30kN+. Given the lever arm I would say 40kN at the shock/spring. So probably around 9000lbs. This would be a severe event though but not sure what happens if you run out of shock travel.

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[syborg tt]

I bet that feels good now get to work on the other side.


Marty-MJ

[pro66tour]

I second that - very impressive!