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look super nice. can't wait to see the exhaust setup for that single turbo setup
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Jody - Looks great!
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12-13-2020, 07:58 PM
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I'm not a sheet metal guy so I was looking to have somebody do the minitub for me. I bought the ABC Performance tubs. When I couldn't get the local shops to even contact me back after several tries I gave up and decided to do it myself.
Most shops claim 30-40 hours labor for this, so just for fun I'm going to keep track of my hours. Never done one before so we'll see how it goes. I cut out the hole for my T56, but the patch panel I had is not big enough, so I ordered a Tinman Fab unit made specifically for this car, but it was also not tall enough, and the hole I cut is pretty much minimal for clearance. So now I have a Bowler universal tunnel that looks like it'll work. I'll be doing that after the minitub.
So this is where I am after 5 hours; got the spot welds drilled out and the old tub removed.
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12-13-2020, 08:45 PM
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You got this easily. Just takes patience and you have that. Look forward to seeing them in. Keep up the great work!!
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12-14-2020, 08:13 AM
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I did DSE minis on my Nova. At the time, the thing that really seemed to take forever was creeping up on the fit. Taking the tubs in and out a million times. DSE had templates and I used them, but it still only got me close. Each side was completely different and had fit issues in totally different places....
Having said all that... I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!!
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You remind me of the timing on a turbo engine...
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12-14-2020, 11:53 AM
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Having said all that... I really enjoyed it and would definitely do it again!!
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I think you're a weirdo lol. Building an engine, chassis assembly, fabbing parts, wiring, tuning... Those are fun things to me. This is work.
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12-17-2020, 07:28 PM
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12 hours in and one side is in place. Still need to do some small patch panels, but the hard part is done.
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12-17-2020, 07:35 PM
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Looks good Jody. That car is really clean on the bottom. I used that same style trans tunnel on the Skylark I built a few years back. Worked good and saved a lot of fabrication time.
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Looks very nice.
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Looks great
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