The Project Pad

speeding-g60 wrote:started the fronts.

speeding-g60 wrote:Pinto rack in and done, tie rods made, rack mounts built, diagonals in. also got the body all mounted to the cage, and played around with an empty motor just looking at things, seeing how its going to look in there.

speeding-g60 wrote:and played a little with an empty block/head to see how things look. the front plate is lexan just to make it easy to mess around with, once i get the exact location and what i want i will transfer it to aluminum and make the actual plate. stock intake manifold, again to visualize location and interference issues. i have an intake that is a stock replacement in mind, but it may not actually work out ideally for this setup. we will see.

but DAMN there is a lot of room in there. i think if the 4 cylinder doesnt do what i want it to do (and it should) or i get the yearning for more (we NEVER do that do we? haha) i will entertain the idea of an Audi 40v 4.2L V8 motor with twin turbos in its place. keep it Audi/Volkswagen at least for the motor, be different, whatever.

speeding-g60 wrote:done a shit load more work, not in this order. this is the latest.

needed some room for tires. so i stretched the rear wheel arches 4" towards the front. the front end will be stretched completely (hood, fenders, etc ) the same 4".

done all of this myself with some pretty good guidance from an excellent chassis builder.







testing a 32" x 14" wide on a 14" wide wheel as this is the size i will probably run when i learn to drive this thing.





both sides done and cut. only driver side reassembled.









putting 3/4" backing strip in so we have something to weld to. sheared all of these strips. and the complicated section at the body moulding area, i used factory material there and split it .





hand formed the filler plate.







as he tacks these spots, he pulls the body work out and then tacks it. to keep its shape and prevent warpage. its not completed yet but it is visually good for clearance. and this is the wheel/tire i will use for the street. 315/60-15 on a 12" wide wheel, aka 30 tall by 13 wide. these are my training wheels so to speak. and YES it will be titled and reg'd and streetable.







then a trial fit with the side skirts. gonna be sorta low there :arco:

speeding-g60 wrote:test fitted some engine stuff, like turbo and cell and stuff. made engine front and mid plates, and the front end is now welded out.

speeding-g60 wrote:sighting the mainline to pinion center.



welding the front out (not me)











made the trans mount. also serves as a thrust block of sorts.

speeding-g60 wrote:set up the turbo for manifold building.





then i put the front hubs and stuff together for good.





worked on center rail supports and mounting the seat.

speeding-g60 wrote:i have not worked on this since i had shoulder surgery on 7-9-14. BUT i plan to get back to it soon. i did some more, up to 2 hours before surgery even on the very day of surgery.

Needed to open up the rear wheel arches 4″ to fit tires. No big deal. Test fitting the Goodyear 32×14 on a 14 to see how they fit as ultimately I will build towards the future.

This thing is going to be rather low after all haha. I hand made all the pieces to do this, and used factory sheetmetal for the area around the body trim.







this is the 32x14 i will eventually run, mine are the 315/60-15 aka 30x3.50's to start out with.

















formed this piece by hand for the gap filler.

speeding-g60 wrote:and the sexy little axles came in after about 6 weeks?

Strange 40 spline, rifle drilled, flange lightened and profile milled. i cant believe that was all only $725 shipped!!!!

speeding-g60 wrote:put the axles together, popped them in the car (on the wrong sides of course, i dont know this shit!) and got the car off the jig to take it to our show/race this weekend to let people see it, rep a couple sponsors, that sort of thing.

also put the new motor in the AWD chassis, and put it on the dyno to break it in. turned the boost down ~10 psi (from >47 psi back to 38) and made right at the same power as before, almost 760 awhp and a little more torque at right at 570 ft lbs.

i just had shoulder surgery so i cant drive, but i have a buddy who will drive for me this sunday. my son is hyped about the car as well.

speeding-g60 wrote:I like it naked too. Time to weld this thing out.

speeding-g60 wrote:version one was very unhappy that it finally got to meet its replacement at the show sunday. i spent a good amount of time and money building a motor JUST to run this one single day this year in support of those who support me. my car is one of their booth cars and the fastest/quickest (usually sans breakage that is) car at the show. but as such, it attempted suicide by trying to eat the wall directly off the line. my driver (i am out this year from shoulder surgery) is a damned good driver, much better than i am i say, and he kept it off the wall. rear diff blew up, took off the top of the housing and spit part of a spider gear.









he did good, kept it off the wall. we got this one single launch and that is ALL for the entire year. bummer, too, cuz we also missed out on 8 pure silver dollars and a few hundo in cash along with trophys and crown. next time.

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