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Post by crafty1 on Nov 30, 2007 6:50:44 GMT -8
I'm going to leave it alone for right now.... I'm thinking that that 1/2" is not going to make a difference.....
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Post by droppedoff on Nov 30, 2007 13:01:42 GMT -8
cut it off and redo it now while the car is torn down. You don't want to look at the car later and wish you had that extra 1/2" than have to tear the front end apart again to get it. Don't want a future shoulda, woulda, coulda moments, lol.
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Post by slash on Nov 30, 2007 16:02:14 GMT -8
Put the suspension thru some cycles this evening.... here it is with the crossmember only about 3/4" off the floor. The upper ball joint is maxed out.... so it's not going any lower without changing the UCA's you could pie cut the upper control arms some and bend those upper controls down roughly 5 degrees to give you the extra clearance you need to lay fully out. Then basically weld them back up and all would be good. |
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Post by crafty1 on Dec 1, 2007 8:51:12 GMT -8
cut it off and redo it now while the car is torn down. You don't want to look at the car later and wish you had that extra 1/2" than have to tear the front end apart again to get it. Don't want a future shoulda, woulda, coulda moments, lol. I need to finish the rest of the body mods before I'm going to decide. I'm going to start working on the floorboards and firewall next... ;D I may not have to recut the subframe when I get done.... But if for some reason I needed 3/4" instaed of 1/2" I don't want to cut it a 3rd time.... |
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Post by crafty1 on Dec 1, 2007 8:54:32 GMT -8
you could pie cut the upper control arms some and bend those upper controls down roughly 5 degrees to give you the extra clearance you need to lay fully out. Then basically weld them back up and all would be good. I'm going to just get some drop spindles which will relive some angle on the balljoints and it will put the crossmember on the ground....plus give me a lower ride heigth, with better suspension angles... Eventuall I'm going to replace the upper arms with some SC&C adjustable ones. |
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Post by droppedoff on Dec 1, 2007 15:14:28 GMT -8
cut it off and redo it now while the car is torn down. You don't want to look at the car later and wish you had that extra 1/2" than have to tear the front end apart again to get it. Don't want a future shoulda, woulda, coulda moments, lol. I need to finish the rest of the body mods before I'm going to decide. I'm going to start working on the floorboards and firewall next... ;D I may not have to recut the subframe when I get done.... But if for some reason I needed 3/4" instaed of 1/2" I don't want to cut it a 3rd time.... good plan |
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Post by crafty1 on Jan 6, 2008 19:42:21 GMT -8
Not much for updates.... but I did push the car outside to clean out the garage so I snapped a couple of pics.....    Right now the car is back in the garage and tore back down waiting on me to cut out the floor so I can get to building the rear 4-link. I'm actually thinking the the uppers will have to be a wishbone due to the space limitations. |
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Post by vio0633 on Jan 7, 2008 19:24:50 GMT -8
Pictures do no justice looking at this classic piece layed out up close. So fukin cool man...keep the progress going! Let me know when the next day we meet up to work on this bad boy is bro. I would love to work on some suspension work to learn some more man. Hit me up!
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Post by slash on Jan 8, 2008 6:35:04 GMT -8
looking good bro...
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Post by droppedoff on Jan 10, 2008 10:56:47 GMT -8
What a rust bucket ;D
You find any more cool surprises in the body work?
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Post by crafty1 on Jan 10, 2008 12:59:45 GMT -8
No.... the rest was not a real supprise since the passenger quarter had 5 gallons of bondo on it..... the passenger door had about a gallon on it, both front fenders have 1/2 a gallon in the lower corners , and the drivers rear lowere quarter has roughly 1 1/2 on it.....  Damn I think I should have bought stock in Bondo...LOL Oh there was one other funny area..... apparently at some point there were wide rear tires and they did not quite fit.... so someone used a 2.5lb sledge to make clearence in the inside wheel wells....  |
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Post by droppedoff on Jan 10, 2008 13:41:29 GMT -8
Maybe it was a stunt car for Dukes of Hazzard. lol
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Post by crafty1 on Jan 10, 2008 14:01:00 GMT -8
I really think this car should have been the one on the bondo can instead of a Mustang....
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Post by crafty1 on Feb 18, 2008 19:12:16 GMT -8
Here are a couple of slow progress pics.... The front cross member and lower bar mounts.  and a quick shot of the rear... I'll get a better pic when I pull it out for final fitment and welding of the brackets.  |
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Post by crafty1 on Mar 15, 2008 17:27:06 GMT -8
Not much for an update....But here is how the Camaro looks as of this afternoon..... Still need to get it about 2" lower front and rear...   |
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