Something a little smaller than usual
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Staging Lane
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Something a little smaller than usual Thought this might be of interest to some.
It's the new toy, and I'm pleased enough with it that I thought it deserved a wider audience...
I bought one of these:
A little time with the tape, and a bit of fiddling showed this works out ok:
A little while later I bought one of these:
That, a whole lot of time, metal and effort gave me this:
I can't take credit for doing the work - I didn't build it (and it's clearly not totally finished), but it will be going underneath the car in the first picture after it gets restored.
It's not your usual F-body conversion, but it does fit in there nicely...
It's the new toy, and I'm pleased enough with it that I thought it deserved a wider audience...
I bought one of these:
A little time with the tape, and a bit of fiddling showed this works out ok:
A little while later I bought one of these:
That, a whole lot of time, metal and effort gave me this:
I can't take credit for doing the work - I didn't build it (and it's clearly not totally finished), but it will be going underneath the car in the first picture after it gets restored.
It's not your usual F-body conversion, but it does fit in there nicely...
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Staging Lane
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Now:
Hopefully, properly finished, it'll look like one of these:
There's not much of the original that will be kept, other than the tag. There's a whole lot of new sheetmetal sitting in a pile next to this thing...
Hopefully, properly finished, it'll look like one of these:
There's not much of the original that will be kept, other than the tag. There's a whole lot of new sheetmetal sitting in a pile next to this thing...
Last edited by alan_a; Dec 12, 2009 at 10:55 PM.
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Staging Lane
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Well for reference, this is how a restored stock frame looks in comparison:
You can see the difference in design, just with the diff mounts:
As an aside, the suspension pieces that haven't been fabbed are all C5.
You can see the difference in design, just with the diff mounts:
As an aside, the suspension pieces that haven't been fabbed are all C5.
Last edited by alan_a; Dec 13, 2009 at 04:35 PM.
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From: Mooresville NC NASCAR Country
Thats sick!! That is just a rocket ride!!! Im impressed with the frame and the whole thing.Good luck with the rest that should give you super car performance.I bet youll get 30mpg with that.Just cool.
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Staging Lane
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It's going to be around 2000lbs all up, and with the headers and a tune (say) 370rwhp.
30mpg ought to be attainable - assuming I can keep my foot out of it. So realistically it's unlikely to ever see that sort of economy...
30mpg ought to be attainable - assuming I can keep my foot out of it. So realistically it's unlikely to ever see that sort of economy...