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We are in the process of building a car for a customer that has many unique features. We are early in the build, but thought I would give you a taste of where we are headed.

- 10-point cage
- Custom mounted carbon Momo seats
- Rear quarter cut and flare
- Tubs
- Custom fuel system
- 20x13 rear wheels and 19x10 front wheels (I-Forged)
- Custom 9-inch rear with drag bar above axle and coil overs
- Firebird dash
- Ultra leather on all interior panels (no more plastic)
- Powder coat interior metal surfaces
- Car will eventually be painted black or gunmetal
- 402 Stroker with F1 SC
- Liberty 6-speed
- Custom gauge dash
- BS3
- Smoothed firewall
- Big FMIC

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We are now considering changing up the cage a bit. There is a possibility we will install a 4-link style Air Ride system into the car which will require removing additional flooring behind the main hoop. One shot shows how we would re-do the cage for this, and then the 4-bar would connect to the rear of the cage. I believe we are now going to use carbon fiber tubs in the rear.

Here's a few more pics:

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Couple of update shots:

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12-06-06 Update:

Jeff (the owner) has decided to "pass" on the air bags. We are going to do a traditional 4-link in the car with QA1 coil-overs and a wishbone to locate everything. We will also be doing a complete fab 9-inch for the car with back brace.

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Friday - 12-08-06 updates:







The beginnings of the new transmission cross member:

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12-12-06:

The first contour in the driver's side rear quarter:



New transmission cross member:



A little welding sample:

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Not much happening lately, awaiting parts on order. Here is some work going on in the floor to eliminate the "hump"

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Some long awaited parts have arrived........

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Seat mounts for this car a fairly involved and labor intensive. Jeff wants the seats hard mounted and he actually traveled 7 hours to make sure the location is just right.

Whitey went to work making the custom seat mounts for the carbon Momo seats. This first image shows how the floor and cage mounts work. Whitey made steel blanks for the floor, then made holes in the center and added the threaded nuts to the blanks. These blanks were then positioned and welded to the transmission tunnel for the inner mounts.

The outer mounts were made by drilling out holes in the bars and welding steel inserts into the cage that were made by our machinist *****.

The photo shows the outer mount bolted to the seat. The inner mount looks similar.



Here is a shot of the driver's outer mount with the seat bolted in.



And here is a shot of the inner mount for the driver's seat.

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The drivers side quarter is now close to finished, it just needs the body line added. The rear has been fitted and Denny and myself have been looking over the car with Jeff's needs in mind. The rear axle may depart slightly in the mounting dept from the norm in order to fill the needs of the whole car build.

Kurt

PS: Todd was the man on pictures and he is gone, I will do my best to update the post regularly.

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A couple more recent pictures from the build. Both quarters are on the car although they still will get some finish work before they are off to paint.


Kurt

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Here is a couple shots with a MT drag radial tire in the wheelwell for fitting the tubs. One side is done for internal tub fitment. Denny has also been working on the surface of the quarter panel that was added to get some of the waves from the english wheel out. It is hard to see in pictures, but the surface quality is as good or better then OEM now. The car may need to be raised from the pictured height to get ground clearance for the body extension.


Kurt

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A couple pictures of progress on the 93 Camaro project.
The rear axle housing is braced and getting ready to be cut to final width.
The PS carbon tub is fitted, and the main interior rear tin is in. Jeff was here today to see the car, and it looks like we will add more new tin work to make the appearance flow better in the hatch area.
Jeff also wants to keep the car low to the ground, so the factory skirting will probably be removed to aid in ground clearance.
Jeff chose the "Alumastar" wheel as his drag rims. These offer a 17 inch frontrunner type rim that will clear bigger brakes for road course use.


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The rear suspension is all in place, including the watts link to center the housing. Here are a few pics with the forward tin out. I should have more soon, I have been slacking!

Kurt

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A couple shots of the tin going in.

Kurt

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The axles from Strange are now in the car so she rolls! Still needs the brake rotors and calipers installed, but it looks good sitting on its new wheels. The rear tin is done except for paint work.
I really like the looks of this car with the wide tires, it looks like its ready to pounce on something....


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Just finishing up the dual ex system for the car. It is hidden from view, and dumps down back at the bumper.