Fireball Outlaw Drag Radial Rebuild Thread
12-19-2009, 08:03 AM
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well...plug wires stay cool with this design...that goes a long way. Driver side is super easy to get to...just reach up from bottom. PS was pretty easy too...remove one v-band clamp, drop downpipe section and they were right there...
12-22-2009, 04:22 PM
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cut out the secondary door bars (they were 1.25" which 25.5 called for, but need to be 1.5" for 25.3) 
Got the driver side rebuilt with the 1.5" tubing and added the two 1" gussets up front as required by 25.3
need to reinstall a kidney bar (cut it out to make installing new bars easier) and then do the passenger side....those welds are a major PITA to do
Got the driver side rebuilt with the 1.5" tubing and added the two 1" gussets up front as required by 25.3
need to reinstall a kidney bar (cut it out to make installing new bars easier) and then do the passenger side....those welds are a major PITA to do
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12-23-2009, 01:56 PM
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reinstalled the kidney bar and got the passenger side about done....need to learn how to become a contortionist so I can weld 100% around some of those bars
12-23-2009, 05:00 PM
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Looks really good so far as always. I just go the Pricing in for the Southern Outlaw 25.2 Cage kits. Has me thinking of going ahead and doing my 99 SS up.
12-23-2009, 05:40 PM
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I know what ya mean there. I have had the best luck setting the TIG up with a good Pulse setting and the Max amperage I would need then using a simple Torch with a non adjustable on / off switch. No worrie swith a foot pedal or thumb control then.
Looks really good so far as always. I just go the Pricing in for the Southern Outlaw 25.2 Cage kits. Has me thinking of going ahead and doing my 99 SS up.
Looks really good so far as always. I just go the Pricing in for the Southern Outlaw 25.2 Cage kits. Has me thinking of going ahead and doing my 99 SS up.
12-30-2009, 02:49 PM
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worked on it a few more hours today...
got the old 25.5 roof diagonal cut out and fit up the 25.3 roof "X"
still need to fit and weld in the 6 required roof gussets
got the old 25.5 roof diagonal cut out and fit up the 25.3 roof "X"
still need to fit and weld in the 6 required roof gussets
12-30-2009, 03:34 PM
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Damn they want gussets everywhere on that thing. 6, that's every side but the halo. I'm almost surprised they didn't want them in the middle of the x too 
25.3, that's a serious spec, and surly makes for a safe car. Pita to build and get in and out of too.... the interior cubic feet is drasticially being reduced, one tube at a time!
25.3, that's a serious spec, and surly makes for a safe car. Pita to build and get in and out of too.... the interior cubic feet is drasticially being reduced, one tube at a time!
12-30-2009, 04:20 PM
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Damn they want gussets everywhere on that thing. 6, that's every side but the halo. I'm almost surprised they didn't want them in the middle of the x too
25.3, that's a serious spec, and surly makes for a safe car. Pita to build and get in and out of too.... the interior cubic feet is drasticially being reduced, one tube at a time!
25.3, that's a serious spec, and surly makes for a safe car. Pita to build and get in and out of too.... the interior cubic feet is drasticially being reduced, one tube at a time!
entry and exit is identical to a 25.5 cage...only real difference is the secondary door diagonal is a hair larger in diameter
