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This thread does my heart good knowing people are still out there building everything from the ground up to build their vision. cant wait to see how this turns out
This thread does my heart good knowing people are still out there building everything from the ground up to build their vision. cant wait to see how this turns out
Thank you. It's been slow going this year due to work and life in general but it will get done. I will say there is something therapeutic about being in the garage and working to figure this stuff out.
Last week, I was able to begin welding on the mounts for the motor plate.
The cradle was then dropped one last time for final welding of the mounts to the frame, balancer installation, and a general cleaning.
Here is the 10% under-drive pulley compared to the normal diameter ATI. You can also see the 1/4" spacer ring required due to the 1/4" thick motor plate.
Last edited by Turbo-Geist; 11-26-2018 at 12:38 PM.
You and me both. There have been so many times I have wished I could jump in and go for a drive.
I'm right there with you. Everytime I think I'm done with the car I find something I don't like or want to reroute and end up taking the car back apart. At this point I'm just going to rebuild my radiator support, coat everything and enjoy.
You've done a lot of work on yours and hopefully you will get to enjoy it soon. There are many other things I would like to do on mine but I feel like it will never run if I keep adding things to the list. I prefer to drive it and race it once it is running and sorted out.
so, you put a 1/4” spacer behind the balancer to space it out far enough to adjust for the motor plate. Very cool.
I’ve been wondering about how to mount my alternator and vacuum pump with the motor plate.
I sure wish I could get my car back from the chassis shop... sigh...
Yes, I called ATI and told them what I needed to do and they were ok with me spacing it out 0.250". I didn't want to make my own brackets and wasn't ready to ditch all the accessories yet so this was the solution. The small 1/4" aluminum spacers are for where the accessory bracket would have contacted the cylinder head. I'm also having 0.055" milled off the back side of the motor plate in the area of the water pump ports to account for gasket thickness. This will allow for a factory gasket between both the motor plate and block and motor plate and water pump. Some people have had issues with leaks when only using RTV.
It sounds like you are in chassis jail. I've heard it's not as bad as paint jail.
I couldn't stand how grimy the cradle was and how my hands ended up dirty any time I had to mess with it. Today I embarked on the mission to do something about it. I ended up removing almost everything (rack, brakes, oil cooler, coil-overs, and sway bar) but the effort was worth it. The Eagle One Etching Mag cleaner was a real time saver.
Before
After
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