Back Half, fab 9", 4 link Build (with pics)
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Back Half, fab 9", 4 link Build (with pics)
I'm building this at school, I still have a ways to go on it but I'm getting a lot done for the amount of time and all the sign offs I have to get before each step.
I'm just running a 10.5 tire but I wanted the 4 link and strength.
I'm just running a 10.5 tire but I wanted the 4 link and strength.
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HAHA yeah I am. Well chassis fab and HPE is now split up and HPE isn't avalibale at the Laramie campus now... but yes its for my chassis fab class. I will also be taking street rod next phase to do all my sheet metal work.
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So far the trans will either be a 6 speed or a lenco.
Motor will be a 427 (maybe bigger) LSX block with a 106mm turbo. I'm just in the starting stages and it will take me a while to get the motor built and all.
Motor will be a 427 (maybe bigger) LSX block with a 106mm turbo. I'm just in the starting stages and it will take me a while to get the motor built and all.
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I'm hoping to have the kick ups in by monday and if so then I'll try to get the sub frames in by wednesday. (wednesday is the last day I have in the chassis shop to work on the car, but then I have 3 more months to do all the sheet metal work.)
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Pics after I got the rear rails welded in. Sadly it was also the last day of class so I had to find a "rear axle" so I could get the car rolling or it would have been fork lifted out of the shop. The 9" didnt get done so it will have to wait.
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I'm going to WyoTech. Trust me it takes a while to get to do this.. Core classes aren't fun at all. Not saying I haven't learned a lot but it has it's ups and downs. As far as the Chassis fab class it was a blast! I couldnt wait to go to class and didn't want to leave.
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I got done with school worked at a hot rod shop that ended up making me go broke so I quit got a new job, and am now slowly saving up money to buy tools so I can start working on her again. She's sadly sitting in the shop just waitting.
I could update with a few more pics but I've only got a partial floor and parts of the fabed 9".
I need a mig to weld in the sub frame connctors that I will be cutting the floor out for also to sinnish a lot of sheet metal work that I'm also doing. Then I need a tig welder to finnish the 9" and 4 link and cage. Welders aren't very cheap.
I could update with a few more pics but I've only got a partial floor and parts of the fabed 9".
I need a mig to weld in the sub frame connctors that I will be cutting the floor out for also to sinnish a lot of sheet metal work that I'm also doing. Then I need a tig welder to finnish the 9" and 4 link and cage. Welders aren't very cheap.
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I got done with school worked at a hot rod shop that ended up making me go broke so I quit got a new job, and am now slowly saving up money to buy tools so I can start working on her again. She's sadly sitting in the shop just waitting.
I could update with a few more pics but I've only got a partial floor and parts of the fabed 9".
I need a mig to weld in the sub frame connctors that I will be cutting the floor out for also to sinnish a lot of sheet metal work that I'm also doing. Then I need a tig welder to finnish the 9" and 4 link and cage. Welders aren't very cheap.
I could update with a few more pics but I've only got a partial floor and parts of the fabed 9".
I need a mig to weld in the sub frame connctors that I will be cutting the floor out for also to sinnish a lot of sheet metal work that I'm also doing. Then I need a tig welder to finnish the 9" and 4 link and cage. Welders aren't very cheap.