The Most Detailed LS3 In The Universe!

[waynieZ]

I'm with Scott. Wow !

[Al Moreno]

Originally Posted by protour73

I swear Nathan I can't take it anymore, your thread has ruined me. I want to tear my 6 year build completely apart and start from scratch.

Originally Posted by waynieZ

I'm with Scott. Wow !

Hey guys thanks for al the positive feed back. All three of the boys are working hard to get the car done. If there's no unforeseen challenges comes up, G5.R should be in the main hall at SEMA.

Here are a couple of pics of the front sub mocked up.

[Ron in SoCal]

Your whole family is sick

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

Hey Greg, I see you and my dad have the BEST TIME IN THE UNIVERSE with the phrase, LOL

Oh, and thanks for the props! That's the goal



Thanks John, here are a few more.

I am replacing the SS rear lower control arms with the updated ZL1s. This will allow me to run Pfadt Racing new ZL1 bars. While I'm waiting for the bars, I felt the GM arms just weren't up to par.

You can see in this picture where the lines are all jagged. I used the blue pin striping tape to outline the amount being removed.


You can see it was also covered with splatter.


And had these machine markings on the sides.


Well, after some sanding and some more sanding, we got them smooth.


Here's a quick comparison of before and after. You can see it's now more symmetrical.

Perhaps the fabricators on here can help me with this one.

This is the rear trailing arms package I will be using from Pfadt Racing.


I was toying with the idea of making some cut outs on the control arms to replicate the Pfadt pieces. I did this quick deal to get an idea.


My concern is I don't want to weaken them to where they will flex. One idea is to box them or perhaps create filler pieces for the cut out. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!

What you can do is have an over lay piece with the shape and designs laser cut into it then weld these pieces to the existing uncut arms. You can even inlay carbon fiber into the recessed areas. Similar to this bell crank we did.
Might be time consuming to do. Also increase the weight of the part.

[fleetus macmullitz]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Your whole family is sick

"In unity there is strength."

[214Chevy]

That is not a subframe. What I would call that is art!!

[GregWeld]

I think this is a Ridler contender..... Well.... it might be if it wasn't a late model.


AL --- Is this YOUR car?? I don't remember the beginning details and am too lazy to run back through the thread.

The textures - the color changes - the detail - is just over the top Kool.

[coolwelder62]

The level of detail is amazing.

[Al Moreno]

Thanks guys for the props.

Though I post a few update pics of Nathan project..

Pick up a new Hammerhead from DSS. This is a bullet proof piece as it will handle 1,400 HP.



But as you can see the casting is really rough.





So the boys went at it.



Once it was completely smooth, it was blasted.



Next it was ultrasonically clean to make sure there no left over residue.



Finaly product.



The lid got the same treatment.



The section were the bushing mount were polishing for some contrast. The piece was powder coated texture black (sorry no pics).



Waiting on ARP stubs to reassemble.

[Al Moreno]

Here are a few pics of the rear spindles.

Before



The red circles represent all the bumps that were removed.












Sneak peek of the rear sub. All the bushing were replace with anodize solid pieces.



This is a Flex-a-lite radiator for Gen 5 that was going to go in the car but decide to sell and have a new radiator custom made because new radiator will be tuck under the core were you wont see it. Before selling this one, the boys decided to give it a little love. They painted the radiator black and polished the fins on the tanks and brushed between each one.