The project is moving along, just slowly due to work. As of today I have the full suspension mocked up. Lots of work was need to get the front x-member in due to the Detroit Speed subframe connectors and the lowered body mount. I had to cut the frames apart in order to get the x-member in. Now I need to add some plate to reattach the frames again but this time the front side will be welded and the rear will use a couple thru bolts. I'll try to get a few more pics but here are a few bad ones I took while working.
Picked a good weekend to focus on it. ACL festival is in Austin this weekend and I can hear the entire show from my place since it's only 1.5 miles away.
Picked a good weekend to focus on it. ACL festival is in Austin this weekend and I can hear the entire show from my place since it's only 1.5 miles away.
Congrats on the progress! Where are you living now? I thought you were up north for some reason. I'm about a mile from Zilker myself and listening to the bass beat through my windows as I type.
Thanks, hopefully soon its back on the road and I can join you on a track. was reading your thread and it's great to hear your car is doing so well. I'm over at Lamar and Oltorf area back behind Blacksheep kinda. I just work up north over at 183 and Oak Knoll
Exhaust is something I haven't even thought about yet beyond the fact that my current 3" with x-pipe and full madrel tails is not going to work. I might see if I can move the X more forward and clear and most likely run dumped mufflers for a while. I'm more focused on how to convert the brakes to full manual and swap to the 6 piston 12.88 front brakes. I'm going to need to change the pedal ratio and I want to run new 3/16 brake lines all around. Lots to do to get it back on the road....snow ball is in full effect
Made a little more progress this weekend. All parts are painted up. Crossmember is welded upon the rear. Slowly putting the parts back on tightening up the bolts for the last time (I hope). Subframe connectors have been capped off, aluminum body mounts were cut down 3/16 to fit the TA front crossmember and subframe has been realigned (not shown). I also dropped off my driveshaft to have the u-joints changed and rebalance to match the 1350 yoke on the 9" center sections. Luckily I don't have to change the length of the shaft at all, I was shocked to see there was still ~1" clearance at the trans with it test fitted with the old u-joint.
Still need to pack the rear wheel bearing, tighten all the bolts on the rear rotors and do the final mount on the rear calipers but decided to do this on the car after the front brakes are all installed. Tonight I'll be installing the pumpkin in the rear and installing the TA.
I also bit the bullet and purchased the new 6 piston/12.88 front brake kit from MCB on Friday. I opted for the 2nd gen Camaro kit but decided to swap from 1.1 rotors to 1.25 by swapping out the Rotors to the Spec 37, changed the hat offset and swapped the calipers. I also changed from the standard pads to the Poly-E compound to match the rear. To match the kit I decided on a manual 7/8 tandem MC and picked up some bulk 3/16 line to rerun for the entire car. Thinking of lines, I'm probably going to run all new 3/8 fuel lines and a new fuel/axle vent setup while I'm at so it all looks pretty and make me feel more comfortable.
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Where are you living now? I thought you were up north for some reason. I'm about a mile from Zilker myself and listening to the bass beat through my windows as I type. 
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