Fireball Outlaw Drag Radial Rebuild Thread
Thats why my car isn't already done. 
01-01-2010, 02:59 PM
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got 4 of the 6 roof gussets in place...Just need to do the two front windshield gussets...
Driver side front
Passenger side front and rear
Driver side front
Passenger side front and rear
01-10-2010, 11:35 AM
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now the fun begins...started on the floor stuff
figured it would be best to cut out sections of floor so I can fit the bars and weld all the way around. Started on the passenger floor diagonal.
this section of floor is pretty darn small...but it weighs 3.8 lbs
I pulled out my calipers...in the single-wall areas....the floor is 0.057" thick!!!
figured it would be best to cut out sections of floor so I can fit the bars and weld all the way around. Started on the passenger floor diagonal.
this section of floor is pretty darn small...but it weighs 3.8 lbs
I pulled out my calipers...in the single-wall areas....the floor is 0.057" thick!!!
01-10-2010, 03:36 PM
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Looking good Fireball.
Definately different than my 25.2 cage, that I'm happy it actually meets the new 25.3 specs without doing anything, so I'm getting it re-certed.
Keep up the good work!
Definately different than my 25.2 cage, that I'm happy it actually meets the new 25.3 specs without doing anything, so I'm getting it re-certed.
Keep up the good work!
01-11-2010, 06:16 AM
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Damn, I was hoping there was a way to get that off the floor without creating a big block of swiss cheese. I guess I could try grinding on all the welds and then chisel it off.. but that seems like it's gonna be a real pita too... and take damn near forever.
01-15-2010, 01:39 PM
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little bit of progress today...
cut out the rest of the passenger side floorboard...was kinda tricky since my torque arm mount (now the center crossbar of the cage) was tied into the factory transmission mount area...so I had to cut around it
while the floor was out was a bit easier to get to the areas I couldn't before on the door bars and gussets, so I finished welding them up. Also got the passenger floor diagonal in....
Tomorrow I'll probably remove the rest of the floor so I can do the driver side diagonal, seat support and center X. Retrofitting an existing cage is a royal PITA
cut out the rest of the passenger side floorboard...was kinda tricky since my torque arm mount (now the center crossbar of the cage) was tied into the factory transmission mount area...so I had to cut around it
while the floor was out was a bit easier to get to the areas I couldn't before on the door bars and gussets, so I finished welding them up. Also got the passenger floor diagonal in....
Tomorrow I'll probably remove the rest of the floor so I can do the driver side diagonal, seat support and center X. Retrofitting an existing cage is a royal PITA
