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Old 04-09-2007 | 05:48 AM
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Very nice work, especially the notching on the shock towers. Very impressive.
Old 04-09-2007 | 07:04 AM
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very nice top notch work
Old 04-09-2007 | 07:58 AM
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dave/fernando.... you guys are famous!

project has come a long way and good luck with the buildup. i gotta come over and check it out. its been a while.
Old 04-09-2007 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by GueSS Who
I would have probably tied the front bars into the strut towers. You will be able to see the stress on the frontend when the paint flakes off from the roll bar where the strut tower moves around and hits it. JMO though. It might not move at all and it looks really clean. I went 6.26@109 with a 1.31 60ft in the 1/8 with a 4L60E. I had a Yank PT4200 converter and 3.73 gears.

Good luck on your setup. There is no substitute for a turbo. I like the car alot and wish you all the luck.

We thought about that and thats what everyone has done so far that we have seen. Really the front bars are not even needed to run 8.50's. We also wanted the engine bay to be unique and look badass. With the bars welded to the shock towers there was no really clean way to install them.

We are trying to not miss all the small details, after all its the small things that make the build worth all the hard work.
Old 04-09-2007 | 12:03 PM
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car looks good.....
Old 04-09-2007 | 01:37 PM
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omg thats beautiful
Old 04-09-2007 | 06:05 PM
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Thanks for all the kind words. Just got the call from Dave at Burkhart Chassis, he said my rear fab 9 housing is fininshed and is getting shipped tomorrow...hehehe
Old 04-09-2007 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by DSG
We are trying to not miss all the small details, after all its the small things that make the build worth all the hard work.
Agreed 100%. My Nova project is getting the same approach (and thus the reason it's taking a while.....)

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Old 04-10-2007 | 07:00 PM
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Awesome work!
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Looking good Dave. I need to run over to the shop and take a look at her in person. Oh, and probably pay you for the old 6 point that's going in my car.
Old 04-15-2007 | 06:49 PM
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Default Update with pics 4-15-07

New Update...

We worked on it a little more this weekend. First we started by cutting out the cowl. There is no way that a high rise intake and elbow are going to fit under the cowl. We cut it away, but haven't really done the finishing work on it yet.



I picked up the motor plate that we needed to finish off the engine bay. It's the Madman motor plate for SBC and it fits really nice. We used an old junk motor we had sitting around so that we could mock it up. (This green motor is NOT going in the car!!)





That's it for this weekend. More coming on Thursday or Friday.
Old 04-15-2007 | 07:28 PM
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man i love detailed build threads like this, keep it coming man.

car looks awesome..
Old 04-15-2007 | 07:39 PM
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wow

very nice
Old 04-15-2007 | 07:45 PM
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Subscribing... this is going to be a badass/beautiful car!
Old 04-15-2007 | 09:33 PM
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looks like Transmission Physicians of Tampa can do more than Tranny builds
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Great looking build up. Keep up the good work. More importantly.. the updates
Old 04-15-2007 | 09:45 PM
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I like the way this project is moving along! It's good to know that I am not the only one spending money out there

Keep the updates coming...
Old 04-15-2007 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by vmax1500
I like the way this project is moving along! It's good to know that I am not the only one spending money out there

Keep the updates coming...

Thanks man, and I have ulcers about the money
Old 04-15-2007 | 10:48 PM
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Wow, that thing is awesome. I like threads like this, they inspire me to get my cars done.
Old 04-16-2007 | 02:03 AM
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Very nice work. I love the way the snout(front, whatever there called.) bars are done. My cage is being worked on right now and i've been thinking of putting some front bars like that on my car. I'll prolly never go fast enough for them, but they sure look cool! haha!


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