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Great build!! You happen to be in Ocala? I saw the same picture of the car on Craigslist and talked to about some parts you had for sale.
I'll be following your build.
Yessir. I am located in Ocala. I work at Speedline Performance on south pine.
I bought the car complete with a spun rod bearing and parted the entire drivetrain out. It is coming along nicely.
I put in some hours this week. Fabbed up the entire kit.
TRZ hooked me up with the brake setup.
I have never had such a hard time getting wheels to fit on a car. It was terrible. I had to grind so much off from the calipers and use spacers for the front to fit well. The rear ..... totally different stories. I spent hours trying to make them work. Ground halfway through the caliper and bracket to get the wheel to clear. Called BS about the wheels, and they couldnt get me any info. I bought the wheels from a guy I know with a 95z28. So I am on the quest for getting the mounting brackets off from the axle to make them work. What a royal pain in the ***.
Yessir. I am located in Ocala. I work at Speedline Performance on south pine.
I bought the car complete with a spun rod bearing and parted the entire drivetrain out. It is coming along nicely.
Gotcha, I'm over in crystal river and frequent Ocala often. We will definitely have to meet up and check the car out.
Thanks man! Pretty exciting on that first few minutes before start up.
I used some 1/4ish inch solid core round stock I found laying around the shop for the top half just to keep it at the angle it is at. Underneath I used some solid square along both sides and welded solid to brace it up. It was tough fitting the radiator. I didnt leave myself with much room to save that for last. Worked out good though. Just a used Be Cool radiator I had from a previous project.
Do you have or could you take a picture of how your anti roll bar mounts?
Looks interesting just can't really tell from your pictures!
Thanks.
I have not welded the brackets to the axle yet. I am not going to do that until I get the coilovers on the car and some miles on it to get it set exactly where I want it.
Im sure you can find some very detailed images online though. Very popular anti roll. It is the TRZ.
Finally got the wiring all done and cleaned up today. Adjusted a little more on the coilovers. Car sits pretty good now. Wiring looks good and fresh. All the way hidden and tucked away. Car is running great. Needs a little more tuning. A little rich at WOT. but drivability is pretty good. Thing pulls pretty hard for 15ish pounds.
Awesome and very clean build! Only thing I would add is a brace from the firewall to the shock tower to prevent firewall flex that is known on our cars with manual brakes. My brakes felt a lot better after I added a brace to mine. Other then that killer build and very clean!
Awesome and very clean build! Only thing I would add is a brace from the firewall to the shock tower to prevent firewall flex that is known on our cars with manual brakes. My brakes felt a lot better after I added a brace to mine. Other then that killer build and very clean!
Thanks man. I will definitely do that. I appreciate the input. I started on the cage saturday. I will get it finished up this week and tie it all in to the strut towers.
01-24-2016, 09:15 PM
