65 Porsche w C5 Drive

[Mick Mc]

Originally Posted by Garage Dog 65

Exhaust hangar grommets came in today.

5$ per 4 grommets pack purchased from Street Rods by Michael.

Jim

Explain these for me, or a couple of pictures...

Mick

[Garage Dog 65]

Hi Mick,

They are mount isolators. A pipe/muffler mounting tab is attached inside the isolator 'clip' - and it's then bolted to the frame or another strap mount from the frame/body. The pipe then hangs from a rubber isolated hangar.

http://www.streetrodcatalog.com/prod...essories.shtml

[Fluid Power]

That is a good price, I paid $3.47 EACH from Stainless Works!

Darren

[Mick Mc]

Jim
Thanks for the link and pictures. You know I like pictures.

I was thinking about using the rod and donut hangers like the new cars do, but these might be a great substitute.

Can you send me a link to the tubing bender you bought?

Thanks
Mick

Are we meeting for Columbus?

[Garage Dog 65]

I'd like to use the donut style - but this little car has zero room left over - so I'm going with the smallest packaging I can get. The donut style have a ton more flex and isolation and would be a good solution with available space.

Columbus is a go ! I plan to stay for several days this time and leave late Sunday night to drive back to IND (4 hrs).

If you mean the car in Columbus - maybe 09.....

[Mick Mc]

Jim

We should start looking for rooms in Columbus. Someplace fun. I ready to get out of town and see some old friends...

Call me.
PM for phone or ask Rodger.

Mick

[Garage Dog 65]

Spoke to the tech support line at Pfadt. Their bushings have grooves like the Global West design that allows the lube to move. They also use polished alum inserts to reduce friction, binding and the squeaking. You can also easily remove the alum inserts to re-lube if needed. The diameter and widths are stock GM rubber measurements. They have their poly bushings on several C5 and C6 vettes that are daily drivers with lots of miles - no squeaks or other problems. I'll order those.

Geez, who woulda thought bushings would be a tough choice ....

http://www.pfadtracing.com/products/...&search=&page=

[Garage Dog 65]

Motor Mounts installed. Went with the Morrision versions - very nice product and tucks up close to the block and gives me the max room.

Transmission mount should be done tomorrow or Tuesday. I'm going to go over and watch them CNC those outta billet - so that should be fun. The shop told me it took 40 thousand lines of code to do one side - then they flip it in the jig - and do it all over again. Design looked really cool on the autocad screen. I'll try to get a screen print while I'm there too.

[Nate_ERC]

I'd like to see that.

[hotrodf1]

Well,

It took a few days of reading here and there, but I read it all. Very cool project. I love the attention to detail. That's going to be an impressive ride from every angle, even beneath from the looks of it.

Do you have an english wheel to make the curved panels for stiching the body back together? I guess that car is steel body panels right?