1971 Firebird Build ("The Other Woman", a.k.a. Project "T.O.W.")

[carbuff]

Originally Posted by gerno

Have you figured anything out with the throttle interference issue with the air cleaner?

Eric cut down the bracket that came with the Lokar cable and welded it back together, moving the cable to the bottom instead of the top. We are both a little concerned with how the gas pedal feel is going to work out, and it's also still going to be close on the air cleaner base, but we can cut that a little if needbe...

Here are a couple of pictures:

[carbuff]

Midweek update...

I spent last night wiring. 2.5 hours, I think I connected 5 wires. Sheesh! Good thing I'm not trying to make a living wiring cars!

Eric trimmed and covered the kick panels. These turned out great!





Exhaust is going on today, dash panel is cut, and we're going to temporarily wire in the gauges and wrap up the electrical system this week. Fingers crossed, we MAY try to fire her up this weekend!

[carbuff]

The kick panels went in today, so I snapped a couple of pictures before they were wrapped up:





Instead of attaching the speakers to the kick panel, Eric made an aluminum plate and attached that to the metal structure, then attached the speak to that. So the kick panel is just housing the grill...

[carbuff]

And now for some money shots!!!


Got the rear tires mounted finally today (fronts tomorrow, I could only fit 2 in the car at a time!). Damn I love these things! I took a bunch of shots at full suspension compression and at the expected ride height. The fitment turned out perfect with just a finger's width to the fender lip and a finger's width to the lower control arm...

(pardon the crappy pictures, I didn't have my Canon so these are just from the cell phone)

Full compression:



Ride height:



And from a few different angles:



Compressed:

[randy]

you will love those rims.

[carbuff]

Oh yes, I'm very happy with that choice!

[RussMurco]

Those wheels just look spectacular!

[srh3trinity]

Nailed it! Can't wait to see it sitting on the ground outside. How much tire did you go with? Rear end specs and BS on the wheels?

[carbuff]

A couple of shots with all 4 shoes on now... I wish the Falken's were available in a 285 or 295 width, it should have fit ok. But I love how it looks with these wheels/tires!

[gerno]

That looks killer. Which tires are you running and what sizes?