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Old May 1, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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Looks great , lance did you cut out the firewall or did you just add metal on top i'm in the process of doing my chevelle and will be smoothing out the firewall as well. thanks, JOHN
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Old May 2, 2008 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by john 67
Looks great , lance did you cut out the firewall or did you just add metal on top i'm in the process of doing my chevelle and will be smoothing out the firewall as well. thanks, JOHN
One sheet welded on top of the factory firewall.
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Old May 2, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Love the wiper motor mod. Who's control arms and steering box are you running?
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Old May 2, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by 70LS1Nova
Love the wiper motor mod. Who's control arms and steering box are you running?
Dse upper arms and Speedtech lower arms. It's just the factory P/S box for now. It was a nice tight box before I tore the car down so it'll be fine till I run out of other stuff to upgrade The car was a complete running car before I took it apart to make it better. You know it's a modifiers desease


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Old May 2, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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Nice looking project, i'm very impressed
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Old May 5, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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lance, any pics of you doing the firewall? what guage steel did you use?my car is at the body shop and i used your car as an example of how it should come out. thanks JOHN
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Old May 5, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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car looks beautiful......
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Old May 5, 2008 | 10:28 PM
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God damn I love that color......

I might be slightly biased though
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Old May 6, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by john 67
lance, any pics of you doing the firewall? what guage steel did you use?my car is at the body shop and i used your car as an example of how it should come out. thanks JOHN
Sorry I don't have any pictures of the firewall in the welded stage. I just capped the whole thing with 18 gauge. As an after thought I am kinda worried about it vibrating-rattling. Guess we'll find out when I actually get it on the road. Oh well hindsight is 20/20.... The only picture I could find is right after I painted the firewall.

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Old May 6, 2008 | 03:41 PM
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thanks lance ,we're still pondering what wuold be best,i say cut it out and replace?
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Old May 6, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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Thats a damn sexy ride for sure.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 08:27 AM
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A little more progress. I put the LS1 master on with the clutch master. I'm gonna have to do something about that plastic reservoir tank....




And I found a really pretty little Clutch master reservoir. 5 minutes on the buffer and it looks like a little jewel.





I also started mocking up the LS1 rear discs. It looks like all I need is a .125" spacer behind the backing plate and it'll be an easy conversion. I worried about doing this for a long time and they practically fell on .



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Old May 14, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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Beautiful car. I would be tempted to leave it that way so I could drink beer and look at it.
LMAO EXACTLY!!
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Old May 14, 2008 | 09:49 AM
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Very nice work!

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Old May 14, 2008 | 11:40 AM
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Lance it's not fair, you have 2 fine rides sitting in the same garage.
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Old May 14, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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Beautiful work man......
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Old May 14, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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it looks too tight in there,maybe you can park your chevelle over here?Glad to see progress ,JOHN
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Originally Posted by Lance-W
Here's some more pictures.......

Basically it's a 2002 Corvette LS6 engine with a Futral F13 and a T-56. I'm running the Stainless Works headers with knock off S&P mounts. The headers are worth every penny. They fit great. I'm running 315/35r17's in the back and 275/40r17's in the front. I also have the S&P mount for the A/C compressor. That also works great as it tucks that compressor nice and snug up against the block.









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what did you do to your rear supension to fit those meats? i'm tryin to decide what to do for rims an tires and cant find much info on what will fit without chopping.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by leonpiper69
what did you do to your rear supension to fit those meats? i'm tryin to decide what to do for rims an tires and cant find much info on what will fit without chopping.
I mini-tubbed it with an 11" wide wheel on it. Far from stock.
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Old May 15, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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damn thats going to look awsome when you get done
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