'88 FC3S-Full competition build(Cage, Slammed, BN, V8)

[Royal_T]

lol can't wait buddy

[LethalEthan]

Have you tried dry ice for the sound deadening? Works wonders

[RolledAndPulledG]

lol can't wait buddy

ha me neither man

Have you tried dry ice for the sound deadening? Works wonders

i got a majority of it out originally using dry ice, it just became really difficult on the sides of the tunnel and the firewall

[RolledAndPulledG]

Last night I got the steering fully connected with the 2:1 quickener in line along with my new Sweet Mfg. u-joints and Sweet Mfg. collapsible steering column. So far there is zero slop with this setup. Everything clears the header and framerail with plenty of clearance along with no harsh angles on any of the u-joints.

Once I get started on the sheetmetal i'll make a panel to close of the cockpit from the bay around the quickener

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My Momo wheel my ex bought me last year, along with my Sweet Mfg. splined disconnect and Pro-Am adapter.

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I was able to machine the oem shaft in the lathe and use the stock lower u-joint. The machined shaft was able to fit snug inside of the 3/4" .125 DOM tubing I used for the smaller shaft, and i machined a chamfer on both edges so I could fill the valley with the wirefeed, came out pretty well.

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Heres the bracket I made that the steering quickener mounts to. I used 1/8" thick 1.5x1.5 angle iron and got a little artsy with it on the band saw and tubing notcher table. It also doubles as a loadplate welded directly on the framerail. This should be plenty strong, and there is no issue with clearance issues at lock.

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Another look:

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Not sure what I'm going to get done next, thinking of getting the GTO differential front fully mounted and tie it into the harness bar.

[RolledAndPulledG]

Ordering a bunch of my suspension parts(i.e. camber links, bushings, toe rods) and whatnot tonight. Will do an update of that when everything is in.

[JC.]

Such an awesome build bro!
Keep going, you know it will be beast when it's finished!

[RolledAndPulledG]

Such an awesome build bro!
Keep going, you know it will be beast when it's finished!

Thank you sir, I sure hope so lol.

[scweet14]

oh my god...

this build is beautiful, it must be finished!!!

SUB'D!

[RolledAndPulledG]

oh my god...

this build is beautiful, it must be finished!!!

SUB'D!

Thanks, im workin on that last part lol

[RolledAndPulledG]

Last night we got the throttle pedal mount finished completely.

The biggest was that we got the front pickup of the GTO differential fully boxed into the chassis around the tunnel, and I'm pretty happy with the results. The welds arent the best I've ever seen, but its really difficult to weld thicker sheetmetal to the paper thin shell without burning through it.


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Throttle Pedal. Not sure If I mentioned it before but I'm using the stock GM throttle by wire system. I'm told it has better throttle response than a cable.

I used a piece of 2" U-channel that I had left over for this. This is the same material I used for the radiator's top mount.


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Lower load plate:

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This afternoon I'm going to buy some dry ice and get the rest of the sound deadening out of the rear area in front of the fuel cell.

[ZammoTheChoppa]

Drive by wire?

[RolledAndPulledG]

Drive by wire?

Throttle by wire, whatever you wanna call it. Just the electronic throttle pedal

[jeremy5000]

Can't believe I just saw this... Love the build!

[RolledAndPulledG]

Can't believe I just saw this... Love the build!

Thanks!

I guess I'll post pics of what i have for suspension coming.

Rear camber links


camberadjuster__46841.1276108697.1280.1280 by DriftBuild, on Flickr

Rear steer eliminator bushings:


toesteer__44152.1276108722.1280.1280 by DriftBuild, on Flickr

Tomorrow Im going to machine the rear trailing arm bushings and front LCA bushings out of delrin, with a 5/8" diameter .125 wall inner bushing. I plan on upgrading all the pivots to 1/2" Grade 8 bolts and ditch the oem metric stuff for simplicity. Some things will have to remain metric, however.

[Miroteknik]

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