Saturday I got back on the driver quarter and outer tub. To get the rear part done first I needed to address the quarter that didn't line up right because of the wide body mod. I had to pie cut the quarter to fix the gap.
With the out of the way I was able to finish up the outer tub.
Since thats the main part I had planned for the day I was able to also check fitment of the supercharger tank that I've been tinkering with. The fitment was good so I'll get the back welded up and get the fittings welded in and check one more item off the list.
I also picked up a 5th gen hood vent to see how it will fit. I like the more forward option and it will clean the supercharger this way as well.
The rest of the afternoon I played with ideas for exhaust layout. I decided to run a Borla muffler even though its only 2.5" and I'm running 3" all the way back. The plan is for it to be quiet when normal driving and not drive me nuts with drone. Its an X style muffler and I'll run the exhaust in from each end and out the opposite side in a cross flow setup. I'm not to worried about it messing with the flow of thing as I'll also have vacuum actuated bypass valves. Since I went with this setup and with the trans cooler in the back it made me have to change from exhaust center under the tail lights to a center exhaust. It will still blend very well into the rear defuser.
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Fantastic work so far and such a *major* undertaking.
I was wondering if you are worried about rolling the car around without the rear stub axles installed. I have seen the hub/bearing fall apart on other vehicles because of the lack of support the stub axles provide, even just rolling through the shop.
Keep up the great work, I have been following since the beginning.
Fantastic work so far and such a *major* undertaking.
I was wondering if you are worried about rolling the car around without the rear stub axles installed. I have seen the hub/bearing fall apart on other vehicles because of the lack of support the stub axles provide, even just rolling through the shop.
Keep up the great work, I have been following since the beginning.
Thank you.
I was concerned at first and I took the half shafts apart so I could put the stubs in, but I rolled it to see if they would loosen up (because I have also seen them come apart) and they aren't even loose. Its been 3 years like this so I'm thinking I'm good to go. I have another set of lower mile bearings that I plan on using when the car gets finial assembled so I can toss these in the scrap pile then.
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Saturday I decided it was time to tackle the front fenders to get started on making them wider to clear the wheels. In order for that to happen I needed to get the lower fenders mounted. I decided to extent the outer rocker and start the flair with that. I bought a repop outer rocker to save myself some time making the bends hoping it would line up easier. To get started with everything I marked the fender and made my first cut into very expensive fenders.
As you can tell from the picture below the repop rocker wasn't even close to the same size, bend angles, or dimensions as a stock rocker.
With the top part of the rocker the only thing remotely close to right I took the rocker sections and rolled them with a very flat wheel in the english wheel.
After bending the correct dimensions into the rocker I ran it through the stretcher and again through the english wheel to give it a little curve by the door area and it was enough to flow with the body and gain me 1.5" of flair. And yes, I know the body line doesn't line up. I have some more trimming to do on the bottom of the fender, but its easier to remove then it is to add.
With the passenger side tacked mostly welded in I moved onto the driver side.
With the new extensions mostly welded in I went back to the passenger side to start finishing it out. I started with the end cap so I could tie into the frame rail and make sure nothing moved. I left the top and bottom open as I need to install Rivnuts to mount the wheel well liner when I get that made and I need to weld in tubed so I can run bolts up into the fender. The back side of the fender will have aluminum L channel bonded to it on the back side.
I also checked fitment of the trans tunnel plate as well. I made it 3.5" longer because of the wheel base change and cut it out of 1/8" aluminum. This is more than likely going to be made out of carbon fiber as well.
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Hi AJ. Wonder your thoughts. After getting my extended rockers and the inners completed... I sort of regret that capped the rocker in front of the tire such that the tire would kick debris towards metal that will be body color. I did think about this while I was building it but didn't worry about it because I had intended on clear wrapping the entire bottom of my car...that was until the PPG guy advised not to do that as it could cause the paint to fail (and the skim coat of filler), since it wouldn't be heat cured.
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