started out with widebody..now complete redo
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started out with widebody..now complete redo
Well like the title says, started small and as usual its turned into more. I have two threads going. one for the rear-end upgrade I'm doing and one for the wide body I made.. seems a little selfish to have a few threads going for the same car so I'm just going to post all my updates and complete build in this thread. if you want a recap of what I've done so far(I'll post a couple pics from the two other threads in here) you can check the links otherwise stay tuned to see where this goes
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...nance-etc.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...or-my-car.html
the first three pics of the wide body I made. As far as what I've done to the rear-end so far. parts have been pulled, blasted, cleaned and painted. for this initial phase I purchased and planned on just doing yukon 3:54 gears, complete poly bushing kit, upgraded the fuel pump, B&M shift kit and kyb suspension.
with the car being pulled apart as far as it was.... I just kept going and decided to repaint(sapphire metallic blue, already had a gallon in my barn screaming for me to use it) and rebuild the motor with some tasteful upgrades. engine will get new cam, worked heads and intake(ported and bigger valves) pcm tune, long tube headers and electric water pump.... oh and air foil for an extra 15hp
I should be painting by this weekend.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...nance-etc.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...or-my-car.html
the first three pics of the wide body I made. As far as what I've done to the rear-end so far. parts have been pulled, blasted, cleaned and painted. for this initial phase I purchased and planned on just doing yukon 3:54 gears, complete poly bushing kit, upgraded the fuel pump, B&M shift kit and kyb suspension.
with the car being pulled apart as far as it was.... I just kept going and decided to repaint(sapphire metallic blue, already had a gallon in my barn screaming for me to use it) and rebuild the motor with some tasteful upgrades. engine will get new cam, worked heads and intake(ported and bigger valves) pcm tune, long tube headers and electric water pump.... oh and air foil for an extra 15hp
I should be painting by this weekend.
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Safety Car
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The car to the left is a friends and getting an extremely built supercharged 3.8 motor(done ill try to attach a pic) the blue one on the rotisserie is mine and its getting a 3.4l turbo. Im putting that one back together now. It will have a full lamborghini diablo interior as well. And then i have a one off kit car(for daily driving) im building that will blow the doors off all three of these car that looks very similar to lightening mcqween from "cars"
Last edited by ttt123; 08-14-2014 at 11:08 AM.
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Thanks, personally i love em i cant wait to get it back together and see the tires on there. It was a bit of work but totally worth it.
Hey now... Those were some sexy toes lol
Hey now... Those were some sexy toes lol
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anybody have a part number for the "preload pinions shims" for a d36 rear. i'm hung up on putting my rearend back together and i cant seem to find these. the axle shims are no problem but cant find the pinions shims
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well i put some color on it today. really hard to get a good pic of the paint color but i did take a close up so you can see the metallic kind of the color very bummed out about how my paint went on. I've painted quite a few cars and i just could not get this paint to not come out clumpy very disappointing. anyone know if letting the paint sit for about a year does anything to it. it was a never opened can and there was no clumps in it but it just did not want to spray smooth for me, i strained it and it look fine.... anyway
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Did you use the correct reducer for the ambient air temps you were spraying in?...Also, paint material has a shelf life after being mixed and can go bad even after never being opened.
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Ya im kinda thinking it went bad. I still have the other parts to paint and im going to have a lot of wet sanding
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got some clear coat on. i still need to wet sand and wheel it but its coming along pretty good. i'm really loving the metallic
finally got my rear end done as well so this weekend i will be starting to put it back together
finally got my rear end done as well so this weekend i will be starting to put it back together
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I have not picked out wheels yet. Corvette rims all look the same. Zo6 style or style on my car.... Im just not liking the selection. I did talk to a few wheel makers and i just cant justify paying a minimum of $2800 just for the rims for a $10k car. Im leaning toward buying a non vette style i like and have it widened. Plenty of 11" rims i like that i would only have to add an inch to.
Got some stuff put on this morning... For those who have do e these kind of projects you know how good i feel about just getting the gas tank back on lol also got the underbidy painted black now as well.
Last edited by ttt123; 08-23-2014 at 06:11 PM. Reason: Add pic
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new parts!!!!
so my wife says i'm the king of goofy faces...i dont know what she's talking about.
so a shiny part came in today and me is happy happy happy... oh the sparkle of new shine
so a shiny part came in today and me is happy happy happy... oh the sparkle of new shine
Last edited by ttt123; 08-26-2014 at 03:17 PM. Reason: added a word
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Race Director
Nice job on the flares.