LQ4 into a 3rd Gen/1972 Nova
How did Blake/you mount the fenderwell with so much of the fender lip removed?
Just figure right above the tire as it travels to full bump. The geometery I had on that car made it easy plus the tuneability made it even easier. I didn't run a heavy spring but I did ad a little compression to the shocks and added more rebound to them so the car would stick after coming out of full bump situation.
And a side note I added more up travel to the Chicayne kit by mounting the lower mount further on the lower control arm. His normal Chicayne kit uses a T-bar style shock mount which mounts the shock ontop of the lower arm, I mounted mine underneath it. Just another little thing to gain more up travel, especially on a car this low
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This isthe sole reason that I put my heart and soul, blood, sweat, and tears in to the car and getting it exactly as I want it, because I plan on enjoying it as much as I humanly can... I certainly will not trailer/park/show it (who am I kidding, the paint isn't good enough and there isn't enough chrome anyways haha)... it is a vehicle and it was meant to be used and had fun with!
This isthe sole reason that I put my heart and soul, blood, sweat, and tears in to the car and getting it exactly as I want it, because I plan on enjoying it as much as I humanly can... I certainly will not trailer/park/show it. It is a vehicle and it was meant to be used and had fun with!
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Turns out my Speartech harness didn't come pinned for the A/C high-pressure sensor wire, so everything came apart for me to fish out a non-used wire (brake pedal signal) and re-pin it in pin/slot #14, which was then hooked up to the wideband AFR signal for laptop datalogging of the AFR's..
And then things got even worse, I dropped the 4link shock cradle brackets and, well...
Luckily I had easy access to where they're supposed to go, now just to JB weld them back in place..
And finally things started to look up, got a glimpse of what "the office" will look like..
I love how close the shifter is to the steering wheel. Hard to tell but shifter is nice & close at about 5-6" away form the wheel (350mm diameter)..
And then things got even worse, I dropped the 4link shock cradle brackets and, well...
Luckily I had easy access to where they're supposed to go, now just to JB weld them back in place..
And finally things started to look up, got a glimpse of what "the office" will look like..
I love how close the shifter is to the steering wheel. Hard to tell but shifter is nice & close at about 5-6" away form the wheel (350mm diameter)..
"The Office" looks VERY well planned. Gauges look like they will all be visible, shifter and e-brake have nice placement, and the throttle & brake pedals are close for heel-toe (just be careful with your footwork on the street!). I really like that steering wheel.
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Thanks Clint... everything worked out perfectly, was nice to finally sit in it and feel the fitment of everything.
The shifter is in a perfectly natural place to the wheel.. nice and close!
Possibly one of the best mods I did was flattening the floorpan and pinching in the trans tunnel right around the gas pedal so that I can have my foot vertical, plus almost an entire shoe's width between the gas pedal and the tunnel so there's plenty of room for the foot from the brake pedal in lazy-driving mode. I moved the gas pedal towards the brake pedal 0.75" closer than the setup in the 240sx daily driver, and heel-toe (for my size 13 it's actually leftside-rightside of shoe haha) is more than natural.
Was gonna wait for other updates but I guess I'll add this pic now, getting close
The shifter is in a perfectly natural place to the wheel.. nice and close!
Possibly one of the best mods I did was flattening the floorpan and pinching in the trans tunnel right around the gas pedal so that I can have my foot vertical, plus almost an entire shoe's width between the gas pedal and the tunnel so there's plenty of room for the foot from the brake pedal in lazy-driving mode. I moved the gas pedal towards the brake pedal 0.75" closer than the setup in the 240sx daily driver, and heel-toe (for my size 13 it's actually leftside-rightside of shoe haha) is more than natural.
Was gonna wait for other updates but I guess I'll add this pic now, getting close
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Thanks Clint... everything worked out perfectly, was nice to finally sit in it and feel the fitment of everything.
The shifter is in a perfectly natural place to the wheel.. nice and close!
Possibly one of the best mods I did was flattening the floorpan and pinching in the trans tunnel right around the gas pedal so that I can have my foot vertical, plus almost an entire shoe's width between the gas pedal and the tunnel so there's plenty of room for the foot from the brake pedal in lazy-driving mode. I moved the gas pedal towards the brake pedal 0.75" closer than the setup in the 240sx daily driver, and heel-toe (for my size 13 it's actually leftside-rightside of shoe haha) is more than natural.
Was gonna wait for other updates but I guess I'll add this pic now, getting close
The shifter is in a perfectly natural place to the wheel.. nice and close!
Possibly one of the best mods I did was flattening the floorpan and pinching in the trans tunnel right around the gas pedal so that I can have my foot vertical, plus almost an entire shoe's width between the gas pedal and the tunnel so there's plenty of room for the foot from the brake pedal in lazy-driving mode. I moved the gas pedal towards the brake pedal 0.75" closer than the setup in the 240sx daily driver, and heel-toe (for my size 13 it's actually leftside-rightside of shoe haha) is more than natural.
Was gonna wait for other updates but I guess I'll add this pic now, getting close
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And Mark.. yea thanks for convincing me to do the extra effort. Was the final straw needed to realize that this build is not a "meh good enough" it's more a "f*** it I'm making this exactly how I want it because I might as well put in just that extra bit of effort while I'm at it."
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Modification of G-Link shock cradle/cross-member. Tried to create notched "adapter" plates to raise the cradle cross bar ~2". Notches are so that the brackets "capture" the bottoms of the frame rails and "capture" the tops of the shock-mounting brackets, so that the load from the shocks isn't supported 100% by fillet welds in shear. Along with these notches, everything is 1/4" plate that has been chamfered at all welds and lots of filler rod used... these guys are beefy enough to make me feel content.
Driver side fender on for the first time in.... 2 years maybe? Need to notch the fender a little for room for the oil cooler which will sit behind the driver side headlight.
All it really needs until it can be fired are brackets to hold up the oil cooler, the oil cooler lines, the turbo feed line, then coolant and oil... almost starting to look sorta finished... exciting!
Driver side fender on for the first time in.... 2 years maybe? Need to notch the fender a little for room for the oil cooler which will sit behind the driver side headlight.
All it really needs until it can be fired are brackets to hold up the oil cooler, the oil cooler lines, the turbo feed line, then coolant and oil... almost starting to look sorta finished... exciting!
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damn man u do some sweet work. Hell i would think u would make you own headers Another think i put manual steering on my old 72 SS and i loved it! It was really easy to steer
Another think i put manual steering on my old 72 SS and i loved it! It was really easy to steer Damn what a cliff hanger!!! You left us on New Years Eve with " all thats left is installing the tank, add some fluids and she is ready to fire up" Whats up??? 2 weeks and not a word! Man I need some updates? Just messin with ya, car is looking awesome and I am sure you are ready to hear it run, more so than your audience or should I say followers!!!
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Arite arite sorry for the lack of updates, been real busy with work long days and weekends so tiredness + cold outside makes garage work after work less appaling. Did get a driveshaft that made, mocked that in, driveshaft angle is flat and the working angles of the u-joints are 1.5* or less depending on where in the travel the rear end is, so that's nice. Just need to figure out why my turn signals aren't flashing before I can put all of the interior back together. Also making another rear suspension linkage crossbrace to connect the frame-bracket upper link buckets to each other, to spread the cornering and horsepower loads better between the framerails. Pics to come when the progress comes!
Not only was it for family reason the car honestly become just another car. It was an absolute blast but...I really had no one to enjoy it with. Plus the paint was so nice I was affraid to do anything with. In addition to wanting to do things differently I found myself wanting to take it apart again. So I decide to let someone that is just looking for a car so I can build something else.
it wasnt easy thats forsure..haha
I became freinds with him right after he bought ATS. The nice thing about us Nova people in this type of hobby (handling) we are rare so we tend to be rememberd. If I was another Camaro guy he would have just taken my money and thats it..haha
At the same time I got to know him he was building his Nova so I was able to give him some info on what to expect. Things like cutting the floor pan crossmember to clear a T56 the wheel tub issue, plus I had some spare LS motor stuff I gave him. He is a super nice guy
Devil if I may have taken you up on that if I would have known a week ago,,haha I picked up an lowered 66 c10 on Friday from a guy out in Gilbert.
Anyways Joe anymroe questions just ask. You have way more technical expertise then I do but I can give you real world ideas. I've had numerous suspensions on my car and I was lucky enough to be able to drive it every single day I owned it...
Chuck
it wasnt easy thats forsure..haha
I became freinds with him right after he bought ATS. The nice thing about us Nova people in this type of hobby (handling) we are rare so we tend to be rememberd. If I was another Camaro guy he would have just taken my money and thats it..haha
At the same time I got to know him he was building his Nova so I was able to give him some info on what to expect. Things like cutting the floor pan crossmember to clear a T56 the wheel tub issue, plus I had some spare LS motor stuff I gave him. He is a super nice guy
Devil if I may have taken you up on that if I would have known a week ago,,haha I picked up an lowered 66 c10 on Friday from a guy out in Gilbert.
Anyways Joe anymroe questions just ask. You have way more technical expertise then I do but I can give you real world ideas. I've had numerous suspensions on my car and I was lucky enough to be able to drive it every single day I owned it...
Chuck
Not only was it for family reason the car honestly become just another car. It was an absolute blast but...I really had no one to enjoy it with. Plus the paint was so nice I was affraid to do anything with. In addition to wanting to do things differently I found myself wanting to take it apart again. So I decide to let someone that is just looking for a car so I can build something else.
Frojoe you continue to impress. Two weeks is not a long time to go without an update; I'm lucky if I drill a single hole or step foot in the garage in a two week period. You must not be married or have children - if you are, I need to borrow your time stretching machine.
Arite arite sorry for the lack of updates, been real busy with work long days and weekends so tiredness + cold outside makes garage work after work less appaling. Did get a driveshaft that made, mocked that in, driveshaft angle is flat and the working angles of the u-joints are 1.5* or less depending on where in the travel the rear end is, so that's nice. Just need to figure out why my turn signals aren't flashing before I can put all of the interior back together. Also making another rear suspension linkage crossbrace to connect the frame-bracket upper link buckets to each other, to spread the cornering and horsepower loads better between the framerails. Pics to come when the progress comes!
With such a flat driveline angle will this not introduce vibration? Are you saying from the tailhousing to the rear you only have a difference of 1.5*? What is the pinion angle set at? Slap a slip yoke in it and hit the switch!!!