ok so i just bought a 1983 z28, i have completley gutted it and came across alot of rust, somone before me has already patched up the floor but they didnt get rid of the old rust, therefore the cancer was still there just slowed down a bit, now i have the driverside rear seat area all cut out and some of the rear fender, im wonderin what im gonna have to do to re-enforce the lower control arm plate so i can get this thing goin, heres some pics of what im workin with.

 

Wow, I don't feel so discouraged with my rust bucket anymore. I don't think flat sheet steel will be enough unless you strengthen it by adding "ribs" (don't know the correct term) like the factory did.

 

yea i know for a fact sheet metal wont cure my problem, but explain to me what u mean by ribs... i mean its pretty solid but i want to enforce the problem better than factory, so that i dont ever have to worry about it ya know... and i dont want to go out of my way and do work if i dont have to lol

 

I would say after you get your sub-frame connectors in you shouldn't have to worry about it

 

ok so i said **** it and found another body, only this one is completely stripped, im talkin rolling chassis, not even wiring on the thing. heres some pics to give a lil update

 

2 more pics

 

now you don't have an 83 z28 anymore do you

 

good job on ditching fred flintstones camaro hahaha good luck on the new project :]

 

nope shes a 1992 Z, and thanks for the good luck on this project lol i got all the time in the world just no money here in michigan haha. right now i got a motor in the shop gettin punched over, gonna put her in my 78 monte and whats in the monte is goin in the camaro. the monte runs 11.62's and that motor in the camaro is gona sh*t n get, we'll see this spring!

 

cant wait good luck! looks like it pretty solid

 

yea me either, the only rust its got is on the pass rear fender and its only surface about the size of a quarter, where u from? maybe we can line em up this summer lol

 

i live in southwest pa i also have a 84 monte ss and my 85 camaro project "91 92 z28 clone" my monte probably lose but my camaro with a little more bolt ons and modding im sure it will freakin fly. i wish it was posi thats the only thing thats gonna kill it a the strip im going to have to solve that issue i might just get a different rearend.

 

just weld up the rear spool! take the cover off, pull out the rear gear, weld in the side spyder gears, take it to a welding shop if ya have to , leave the top n bottom spyders out, throw em away lol put it back in and u now have a posi rear gear... not the professional way of goin about it but it does work like a charm and make sure the weld is a good bead or u can blow out the housing and then u gotta replace the rear end lol tmrw ill hit my storage unit and take a few pics of my 4.10 spool thats welded up

 

i heard of bad things happening from welding a rearend i did it on a pulling tractor but i dont want to on my car. plus i know where i can get a good low milage posi rearend for probably 150 175 range and when i switch them i can detail and clean the new one up with all new stuff