Progress Thread Slow Boat To China

RacEoHolic330 · Jan 15, 2013

Congrats on the sale! Spend your profit wisely

hoopty5.0 · Jan 15, 2013

RacEoHolic330 said:
Congrats on the sale! Spend your profit wisely

I put a chunk in savings. Some for bills, some for this car.

hoopty5.0 · Jan 17, 2013

Finally some forward motion!!! This week has been hell. First, my uncles wreck, then tuesday night, had to take my GF to the ER for a kidney infection. Today, I found out I have tonsilitis. But I refuse to let it slow me down.

Got 240V wired in today and bought the welder/gas/wire/helmet... Had to order a welder cart, that's why its on the table. Itll be here monday:

Made a 25' extension cord so I can get the welder all over the garage:

Finally started on a wheel tub before calling it a night:

I didn't feel up to driving an hour each way to pick up my rear end, so I'm getting it Saturday. Its a narrowed built 8.8 with discs, some QA1 coilovers, and a complete front disc setup from a '00 GT for $1200. Not a bad deal I don't think...

Got some work to do.

hoopty5.0 · Jan 18, 2013

Rub-a-dub-dub, this bish got tubs.

Still got some cutting to do on the frame, but that part wasn't in the instructions. As if I read them before I started anyway...

hoopty5.0 · Jan 19, 2013

Picked up the stuff to finish off the rear half of the car today.

narrowed 8.8: Drilled/slotted rotors, C-clip elims, 31 spline axles/spool, tubes and brackets welded:

Spindles, drilled/slotted rotors, aluminum calipers from an SN car and the QA1 coilovers in the back

Finally, the wheels. Couldn't pass them up for $800 and they have the right BS for the narrowed rear end.

hoopty5.0 · Jan 19, 2013

Headed out to go finish notching the frame so I can install the axle. Then I'll weld in the coilover crossmember and the ARB. That'll be a wrap on the back half of the car!

hoopty5.0 · Jan 20, 2013

Got the pass side notched yesterday before heading out for the night. Once my hangover clears today, I'll try and get back at it... Maybe

NIKwoaC · Jan 20, 2013

What are those wheels?

hoopty5.0 · Jan 20, 2013

NIKwoaC said:
What are those wheels?

Welds. They're billet and weigh about 10 lbs each. I couldn't say no

88LX5.Oh · Jan 20, 2013

Hell yeah. Moving along quite nicely.

NIKwoaC · Jan 20, 2013

Yea those are sweet wheels. Good score. I was unaware Weld did billet.

hoopty5.0 · Jan 21, 2013

NIKwoaC said:
Yea those are sweet wheels. Good score. I was unaware Weld did billet.

I was wrong, they're centerlines.

http://www.jegs.com/p/Centerline-Wh...ition-Series-Qualifier-Wheel/1053990/10002/-1

hoopty5.0 · Jan 23, 2013

Finally got to work on the car today. My job got in the way this week. Gah.

I finished notching and capping the frame today and tacked the rear suspension stuff in place. I wanted to make sure that it all looked ok with the pros on here before I made it permanent. The main problem I see is that the ARB is the same width as the shocks/mount and Im not sure how to get around that. Maybe srtthis madmike1157 Sharad could shed some light here or anyone else who has done this before?

Also, Where's a good place to start as far as where the shocks are mounted? The middle? The coilovers are 12" 110#.

Also got the cart in for the welder:

Which I have to say lays down some damn fine beads and I couldn't be happier with it.

srtthis · Jan 23, 2013

May have to move the arb mounts. The one on the racecar is forward of the rear and mounted up in the trunk.

RacEoHolic330 · Jan 23, 2013

Those are some nice, hot welds. Good penetration.

Yea, that's what she said.

CarMichael Angelo · Jan 24, 2013

The same for me on the orange/blk 86 car I built last time. The bar is located so far forward it'll be really hard to weld it properly. (try putting one in w/ the trunk floor intact). Mine had tabs located on top of the housing that the heim ends attached to,.....be careful to mock the thing up first, reassemble the shocks w/o the springs, and run the rear end through a full arc of movement ( w/i the range of the chassis loaded at least) to be sure the that ARB will not contact the coilovers at some point.
Then weld the pi ss outta it.

CarMichael Angelo · Jan 24, 2013

madmike1157 said:
The same for me on the orange/blk 86 car I built last time. The bar is located so far forward it'll be really hard to weld it properly. (try putting one in w/ the trunk floor intact). Mine had tabs located on top of the housing that the heim ends attached to,.....be careful to mock the thing up first, reassemble the shocks w/o the springs, and run the rear end through a full arc of movement ( w/i the range of the chassis loaded at least) to be sure the that ARB will not contact the coilovers at some point. Then weld the pi ss outta it.

That said,....I noticed that the arb you have appears to weld to the floor,...so I gotta ask,....where are you gonna weld yours?

srtthis · Jan 24, 2013

btw... nice grinder!

hoopty5.0 · Jan 24, 2013

madmike1157 said:
That said,....I noticed that the arb you have appears to weld to the floor,...so I gotta ask,....where are you gonna weld yours?

I was thinking I welding it to the shock crossmember. Bad idea?

hoopty5.0 · Jan 31, 2013

Welp. Today was payday. Instead of ordering front suspension, I bought my girlfriend some earrings for her birthday. Looks like it's gonna be another month before anything happens, haha. Headed back to Africa next week also. Updates in march...

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