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**GregWeld** · #1 08-28-2014, 08:46 PM

Well that's pretty wild and wooly stuff!! Nothing good comes from parts falling off cars!

I think the part I like the best about auto sports is the peoples willingness to help everybody including the guy that might beat them. It's just a great group of people.

Glad it worked out for you.

Chad-1stGen · #2 08-29-2014, 04:16 PM

Efrain,

Glad you made it home okay! I didn't want to say to much in my thread but since you shared the carnage here I just wanted to say I have huge respect for you getting that car back on the track Tuesday! I'm impressed that not only were you still eager to have it beat on but even more that you came prepared with enough spares to rebuild your swaybar.

Hope to meet up with you at a track soon!

Oh and having been on the receiving end of a similar offer to help me get my car home recently it is humbling and amazing what a great group of folks there are in the car world.

EDIT: one more thing. Great pic in post 113!!

efs69 · #3 09-01-2014, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

Efrain,

Glad you made it home okay! I didn't want to say to much in my thread but since you shared the carnage here I just wanted to say I have huge respect for you getting that car back on the track Tuesday! I'm impressed that not only were you still eager to have it beat on but even more that you came prepared with enough spares to rebuild your swaybar.

Thanks Chad. I was lucky with the spares. I was cleaning up and just threw that stuff in the bag instead of putting it away...lol

Hope to meet up with you at a track soon!

Say the word

Oh and having been on the receiving end of a similar offer to help me get my car home recently it is humbling and amazing what a great group of folks there are in the car world.

EDIT: one more thing. Great pic in post 113!!

Sometimes I get a good phone shot

efs69 · #4 09-01-2014, 09:13 PM

I spent this weekend tearing the car down to check on the damage. I found that the sway bar impacted the wheel and took a couple small chunks out of the edge of the inner barrel. It also put a large dent in the frame, put some marks in my upper a-arm, and bent the steering tie rod. So I have some work to do.

The chunks that were taken out of the wheel and a-arm are about a 1/4 in or so. Would you suggest replacing The barrel and the arm?

efs69 · #5 05-01-2015, 04:07 PM

It's been a while since I updated so here it goes. After the Super Chevy Suspension Challenge I went about fixing some of the problems that were exposed namely the sway bar arm. I came off at the track causing some damage so out came the BFH and I used a Home Depot Map Gas torch to heat the arm up enopugh to bend. Not the easiest method but it was all I had. I got some threaded end links and lopped off the end of the arm, drilled it, tapped some threads, mocked it all up and it was good to go after some final adjustments.

efs69 · #6 05-01-2015, 04:21 PM

Since the car was in the air and I did not get a chance to install it before Super Chevy I took out the old T56 trans to install the Tremec Magnum T56. There are some differences in the Magnum vs the standard T56. The Magnum is just a bit bigger, heavier and most obvious is that the shifter is in a different position. so changes had to be made to the tunnel to accommodate the shifter location. After some measurements and a few cuts I made a access cover for the trans tunnel so that I could get the shifter out if needed down the road. I also relocated the stock center console a bit just to make the shifter look centered.

efs69 · #7 05-01-2015, 04:32 PM

After rolling around on the new trans which is breaking in nicely and having sway bar arms that I don't have to worry about I went to a few auto-X events to get some much needed seat time. during these events the rear end was acting a bit odd so I had a few people drive the car and it seemed that the posi was giving out and it was. I pulled the axles and center out and replaced it with a Strange unit with 3.89 gears. while I was there I put on thicker axle retainers and changed the rear spring on the Ridetech shocks for some heavier units.

efs69 · #8 09-01-2014, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Well that's pretty wild and wooly stuff!! Nothing good comes from parts falling off cars!

That is for sure!,,

I think the part I like the best about auto sports is the peoples willingness to help everybody including the guy that might beat them. It's just a great group of people.

Glad it worked out for you.

I agree that was really cool.