Yet another 2nd Gen Camaro - Project/update

[gerno]

Started to put the frame back together this weekend. Used a sheet a 10ga and made a press brake using some spare angle iron I had. Pretty happy with the results so far.

[GregWeld]

Well aren't you just Mister Fab!


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Looks great Steve!

[gerno]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Well aren't you just Mister Fab!


LOL


Looks great Steve!

Thanks Greg.

Long time ago I was told to work smarter, not harder. Many times I forget to follow that guidance but not this weekend. It took a few hours for me to make the brake and its far from a perfect design but overall I think it saved me a lot more time and made for a better overall end result. Now I just need to get the other side tacked up so I can make sure everything clears.

[waynieZ]

It's looking good, nice job.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by gerno

I never planned to give up on the Camaro but I did get another car too. Picked up a 95 Mustang GT with the 5.0 and 5 spd for $1k. It was from the original owner with ~300k miles and the AC still works. Certainly no show car but its a great beater to practice Axing while I get the Camaro back. Last AX I put air in the old tires and added 2 qtr of oil. That was enough to beat out 3 of 5 BMW's on the course. Who knows what will happen with decent tires. Later on I plan to build it up as a NASA CMC car. Wont be as cool as Robs AI car but should be fun none the less.

Weld has seen the beast in person and can attest to how magnificent it is.

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Originally Posted by Flash68

Awesome score.



Yes it will.

Dave is just pissed he is not part of team CMC / AI

Looking at the progress you are making on the Camaro and your fab work I have no doubt your CMC car WILL turn out better than AO.

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Your doing a great job!

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Well aren't you just Mister Fab!


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Looks great Steve!

I gotta agree with these guys.

[gerno]

A little more progress has been made. The frame is clearanced for tie rods, all welded up and back to 1 piece. I also welded in the sway bar mount after moving it up 5/8" and back 1/4" in an effort to gain additional ground clearance with the sway bar arms.

I mocked up the car at ride height and did an alignment to make sure it was at spec before I final welded the UCA mounts. I found they were a bit off. I could have used slugs to get it where I needed but decided to move the mounts a little so I can be at spec with as close to a 0 offset slug as possible. After that was confirmed I welded up the UCA mounts.

Its about ready to pull off the table and mock up in the car again. I still need to add a gusset to the UCA mount and final weld the shock hoops but I want to wait until its in the car first in case there is some sort of interference issue. I also need to mock the engine back up in it before putting it in the car. I will be raising the engine so the exhaust is tucked under the frame. I could remake the headers but think moving the engine is the easiest and won't really impact performance of the car any way I would notice. Plus the bell housing was too low so that will be better too.

I'm hoping to have the frame bolted back up later this week


Oh yea, I also bought a new Sweet 10-1 steering box. Had to clearance the driver side UCA mount for it but it wasn't too hard.















Mocked up for alignment



Bare frame all welded up



Gusset will be a piece of 1/8" flat bar 1" wide and the length of the UCA mount. it will sit on the inside of the UCA mount at basically the same angle as the base I made.

[preston]

Exciting stuff !

This is the fun part.

Still a long ways to go though...keep at it !

[WSSix]

Keep at it, Steve. You're doing good work. Besides, I want to see what this thing looks like sitting on the ground when done

[SSLance]

Thanks for posting the update, looks like you've been busy. I can't wait to see it back on the ground again as well.

[glassman]

Dang Steve, brave. Great stuff. What's next? How close u too final assembly?