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awesome looking car. I'm working on a similar build with an 83 body. I'm wondering what wheelbase are you using? Stock is 101 inches, it's common to use a 103 inch wheelbase with a 2 inch extended clip, but i have talked too a local racer at the track who replied " 104 passenger side, 105 drivers side" and another guy who said " 102 inches". Just curious what wheelbase you built into your car. I'm 6'5" and every inch counts. Really like the stance of your build.
^ hes correct on the stagger. mine is 102.5 exact on wheel base. not super short but has a long nose over hang past front tires which i like for optical illusion when bracket racing.
Got the puzzle put back together for now and loaded in trailer so i could work on our current bracket car. it looks pretty sweet to me just because its been so long since ive seen it together haha.
A little work has been done since m move. I have the brake lines ran for the most part just have to get some fittings at the master cylinder to finish up. doing some lower window mounting and firewall work soon then hopefully driver floor and then on to get blasted and painted for the chassis.
Well the car is blown almost completely apart got some minor fab work to do for bottom of windshield over holiday weekend and working on capping off the body where we cut all the old uni frame out. after that body off floor in and move on to blaster and paint chassis then we start the carbon interior!
Well the car has a window cowl again just to finish up some minor welding and sheet metal work. then cap the body off and install drivers floor. Hopefully weekends start to be more productive now that I'm getting extra financial flow back into the race car fund.
Ok followers of mine which are probably small amount haha. I'm fixing to cap off the old uni-body frame where i cut it off. i was wondering have any on you done this? looking to make it as comesticlly nice as possible. All help is appreciated.
When u did the cage work on the car and cut the uni body out bow or have u capped the old body yet. im very picky and know i own a race car but still want show car like appeal if you know what i mean.
Originally Posted by Phonedude
Thank you sg91camaro for the inspiration to do this Not as awesome as your car , but Im trying.
Are you taking about caping of the rocker panels? If so , I used cold rolled 12 or 14 gauge I have to check it to verify. The rockers are galvanized so you have to sand off the zinc before you weld them
I was careful when I cut the body apart on my car so I could save the vin plate , window frame and door mounts. The window framework was boxed underneath so that it can support the pillars.
I used 18 gauge steel to box the window frame. At this point I’m almost done with the funny car cage and just received my fiberglass from Harwood. It’s hard to imagine how much work I have left to get the point your HotRod is
well i'm working on capping the uni body of course using 20 gauge steel. just trying to look as clean as possible. i actually cut my factory window cowl out and built my own becaue it was all hacked up from people who started cutting the car up.
I look at pictures of cars for sale on racingjunk.com for ideas. I have seen a few cars with the lower sheet metal on the bottom side of the main cage, which I think looks real good. For my car it would be way easier to mount the sheet metal that way and make a cleaner aero dynamic surface underneath. Having a good bead roller is a plus. My plans are for the firewall and underside to be smooth with some bead rolls. The sheet metal in the rear will be on the top side of the tubing from the 4-link back to the taillight panel.
Yeah my plans are carbon sheets in passenger floor and trunk with carbon tubs and tunnel for trans. just want to get my sheet metal on body looking good first. got a little work to do on firewall other than that its done. just wanting to get my plan of attack in place before i start wasting metal.
That sounds like a good plan. Look forward to seeing some pictures. Very interested in seeing a pic of your bare chassis before it hits the paint shop.
Body came off last night and getting taken to the body guy to cap off the front and do some metal work floor going in this weekend i hope! new things coming soon.
Sounds great, looking forward to seeing your progress. It takes a lot of fabrication work to get to where you are. Congratulations
Thanks man its been a very hard process for sure. hope to have the carbon fiber in it and chassis 100% painted and parts powder coated by Christmas if money and time is on my side.
Thanks I'm kind of a bigger guy so i made it nice and comfy. weld floor in next and go ove some small things and get my dzuzs tabs eady for the cabon floor and ill be ordering that stuff end of month.
Ok boys I bit the bullet in 3 weeks all my carbon for interior will be delivered tubs tunnel and sheet for trunk floor and passenger floor. My wallet and wife hate me at the moment.
I hope your making progress on the car. I noticed in earlier pictures you had an aluminum seat in the car, but now it looks like a fiberglass seat with steel framework... Did this help you with headroom and or comfort? I’m a big and tall guy so I’m checking my options before i start mounting the Kirkey seat I have. Thanks
yes the fiberglass seat was for head room and comfort it rocked me back in the seat which lowered my head and gave me that natural sitting position. Here's some new pics from recent work finally getting around to spending some time on it. passenger tub in carbon. carbon tunnel with the glass dash back in it from passenger side. driver side business side for me!
i'll raise them some but most likely buy longer ramps haha
can you raise the front with a temporary short .5 spacer under your front coil for added trailer clearance?
My 4th gen Camaro needed longer ramps, wider trailer and temp spacers on the front coils.
