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Sheck44 · #1 03-04-2018, 03:33 AM

Hey Scratch, love the build but have to ask ... why go to such lengths to build a serious car like this and then stick an old TKO600 in it ?

Cheers
Steve

Dave Pratt · #2 03-04-2018, 04:09 AM

I never get tired of seeing builds like this.Looks like a beast of a frame.What wheels are those,they look killer

Scratch · #3 03-04-2018, 06:03 AM

Scheck what else would you suggest? Hot rods have three pedals in my eyes so any auto is out. I've got a car with a t56. While it cruises great at 95 mph sixth gear is unnecessary. Also I got the engine and trans before I conceived the whole project. You could say the car is being built for the driveline.

Dave thanks I took the body out of my sons 1:12 camaro and made several scale frames out of brass rod and solder for prototypes. Definitely not cad designed or engineered so may fall apart the first time its it from the table! The wheels are c6 z06 wheels they've got pilot ss rubber on now.

rustomatic · #4 03-04-2018, 08:42 AM

This looks like it has a very high level of fun potential so far! As for the TKO, most don't seem to realize how much lighter it is than a T56 . . .

On the note of lightness, .16 gauge sounds awfully difficult (and kind of heavy) for interior stuff. I think the NASCAR standard is like .22. I used .20, and it feels great, but there are lots of tubes supporting it (some of which are only about .065).

Here's to maintaining traction on the project!

**DOOM** · #5 03-04-2018, 12:39 PM

Pretty cool project keep the updates coming.

Che70velle · #6 03-04-2018, 01:55 PM

Awesome. Love builds like this! Scratch, what’s your plans for the exhaust routing? Is this a street warrior, track car, mile runner?

Scratch · #7 03-04-2018, 05:47 PM

Did you use 20ga for your floor too or just to skin the doors, close in the back etc.? I've started the floor but not too late to change if I know lighter will work.
Thanks for your input.

Scratch · #8 03-04-2018, 05:58 PM

I'm going to have to put exhaust along the trans tunnel. Glad you brought that up, I've got corvette side pipe headers on it now, scrapping that plan. Need a header that stays as tight as possible to the scatter shield but can't go lower than the oil pan. Thought about stainless works c6. Welcome ideas on that. Street warrior/autocross is the intention

**waynieZ** · #9 03-04-2018, 07:10 PM

Nice project, it's going to be interesting to watch.

rustomatic · #10 03-05-2018, 04:20 PM

I'll throw a couple pics in here--the rest is in my build thread (1963 Falcon), I think. My whole interior is all 20 gauge, short of the plate where my masters bolt up. My firewalls (front and rear) and the tunnel have tubing structure (mostly .095, some .065, a few .120, depending on location/load potential), so there are no unsupported spans of sheet anywhere. I even made my last version of wheel tub extensions out of 20 gauge; the more it's welded and formed, the more rigid it gets. I (spot/tack) welded the snot out of the interior panels to whatever tubes were available--I took logic from modern car structure, as they advertise these days how the frequency of welds in unibody structures increases stiffness overall, kind of like racers have been doing forever. The car is still lighter than the C4 Corvette it once was.

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Originally Posted by Scratch

Did you use 20ga for your floor too or just to skin the doors, close in the back etc.? I've started the floor but not too late to change if I know lighter will work.
Thanks for your input.