Voracious Cuda "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" - Page 3 - Lateral-g Forums

GaryBetsy · #21 11-28-2011, 06:27 AM

Hey SuperB70 thanks for the positive feedback. And those slots in the firewall are for a front mount. More pictures to follow. But here is the new news. The current owner of the car is flirting with the idea of possibly selling this build. But we are determined on seeing this car all the way through to completion. We thought we would post this on our form to see if there is anyone that would be interested in seeing this project through to completion. There are alot of parts ordered and project is still moving forward and fabrication is almost finalized. We do have alot more pictures of the car they just have not been updated yet. Contact for more information.

GaryBetsy · #22 12-02-2011, 05:40 AM

Hey everyone here are a few more pictures of us fabricating our motor mounts, transmission mount, and front sub structure mounts. Also us locking in our front cowl structure. Take a look and give us some feedback.

CornHusker4Life · #23 12-02-2011, 05:49 AM

That is one B.A. Mopar.

millerman340 · #24 12-02-2011, 06:42 PM

Hope the owner finishing the car, It's too sweet of a ride not to finish.

GaryBetsy · #25 12-05-2011, 06:56 AM

Hey everyone here are a few more updated pictures of the build. We wound up ordering a set of off the shelf stainless headers to try and help keep build costs down for customer. Were not to sure whether we are going to go the polished route or coated but with some minor modifications we got them to fit with plenty of clearance. Also our new radiator came in with the cooling fans. We fabricated our radiator halo and started to mock up our front sub frame structure. Also our new AMD shaker hood showed up. We wound up cutting the opening bigger and started to mock up hood opening. Thank you for all the positive feedback so far. Take a look at the new pictures and tell us what you think.

GaryBetsy · #26 12-15-2011, 05:15 AM

Hey everyone here are some new and updated pictures of our build. We wound up ordering a set of off the shelf stainless steel headers to save on build cost. With some minor alterations they actually fell right into place. We removed the top collector O2 sensor and are going to install them in better locations when we get to fabricating the exhaust system. Also our all aluminum radiator came in. We fabricated our radiator halo and started to lay out our front sub frame structure. Take a look and give us some feedback.

GaryBetsy · #27 12-19-2011, 06:26 AM

Hey everyone here is a few more pictures of our cuda project. We wound up ordering all new front sheet metal from AMD including a shaker hood, upper header panel, and lower valance. We aligned the fenders and started to square the nose. Due to the engine set back of 8 inches, we then determined to lengthen the shaker opening rather then moving the entire scoop back on the hood. We felt that by extending the hood opening would look proportional to the car rather then moving the entire scoop back. By extending the hood we wound up shaving the hood vents and went with he smooth style hood. You can see how far we moved it in the picture of the stock shaker trim ring compared the extended opening. Here are some pictures of our hood customization. Take a look and give us some feedback.

GaryBetsy · #28 01-05-2012, 09:20 AM

Hey everyone in this next set of updated build photos you can see that after we locked in the location of the hood and front end sheet metal we continued with fabrication of the front tubing structure. We bent it all out of .120 wall DOM tubing and fabricated frame stand offs out of 1/8" plate. Here are a few of the pictures of us getting the structure all tacked together. Take a look and tell us what you think.

SuperB70 · #29 01-05-2012, 11:34 AM

You got talent.

Looks nice, keep pic coming.

Are you mounting anything else than radiator to the support, just wondering why is it build so heavy or is it supporting hole front end sheets?

GaryBetsy · #30 01-09-2012, 05:38 AM

Thanks SuperB70. We really like how this project is coming out so far as well. Here is the next set of build pictures. In this set you can see how and why we laid out the front tubing structure the way we did. It not only supports the front end sheet metal but also allows us to mount our radiator and duel transmission coolers that we are running in series. This will allow us to run the auto trans at the proper temp and not allow it to over heat or get sluggish. After welding the front structure together we weighed it in comparison to what was originally holding the front and sheet metal. Not only did we add tons of more strength but we shave 50 lbs. Take a look at this set of pictures and give us some feedback.