heres what i done did

[ProTour69Bird]

been awhile, dont think i've ever posted an update, finally been workin on the 'ol bird.
heres my garage. the N/A turbo, piston rotary battle face to face
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so i decided to make new seat mounts. started tearing out the old seat mount, found the stock frame mount was in the way, so me and my buddy came up with a solid plate mount. this bugah is stong as hell. we were lifting floor to seal the gap to weld the plate, and with less than half the plate welded, we saw the whole car lifting.
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the angle iron is the going to be the mounts for the seat tabs
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time to go with solid bushings

bought my buddys seats from the silver rx-7
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they fit perfect and are super comfy
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rebuilt 400, .030 over. selling to my dad to fund my LS2/t-56
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heres my dads '68 400/4spd
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rear end dropped and trunk cut out. ready for a 9in and 4link. trunk pan removed to skin it flush, for a drop in fuel cell
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started workin a a tubb last weekend. im gonna see how much frame rail i need to keep intact for the 4link, then cut the rear legs off and relocate them inboard to keep a full frame rail, unlike the dse's method, dont like the idea of cutting and filling in the notch.


bought my wheels today. C6 ZR1 18x9.5 and 19x12 wrapped with 275/35/18-345/30/19 michelin PS2s. adaptors in the front and custom width 9in makes up the difference in the rear.
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well. thats all i got now. these post will get more and more intense in the following months. get ready for a gutted track bird.

[elitecustombody]

Tell your buddy to quit wasting time on that junk rotary and get a real motor,2JZ or LS.

What 4 link are you going to run? Post more pics of the bird

[shortrack]

Cool to have a Dad with a 68 GTO......!

[ProTour69Bird]

friend says, 550hp and 430lb/ft is just fine. gutted. holy bajesus fast

i was lookin at doin a custom 4 link. gonna buy all the individual bars, spherical ends and brackets-make some custom ones too. need some shock axel brackets, gotta make an upper shock crossmember, for a set of koni custom valved double adj coil overs on all four corners.

shorttrack-hell yeah, its a cool car. so fun to drive, love how stock it is. we bought that to be my highschool car, hammerd, turns out he wanted to restore it for himself. so i got my firebird instead. stoked we got pontiacs. cant wait to smash on him when we go cruisin.

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old 350 two barrel came out and 400 in.

[ProTour69Bird]

now, 400 out, ls2 in

[bonecrrusher]

Both cars in that garage need LSX power!!

[Mr. Anderson]

I love your choice of wheels, going to look great on that car.

[twosaturns]

wow, people hatin on the rotary! I'll always be lusting for a RX-7, w/ a rotary as God intended. seriously, not EVERY car needs a LS swap!
oh yeah, the firebird is cool too :) surprised no one has jumped on you for putting a 'chevy' engine in it, lolz...

[johnny68]

I just dont get what the deal is with wheel adaptors guess people like there wheels falling off.. Cool wheels tho just get the right size

[Mr. Anderson]

there is nothing wrong with wheel adapters. They have been in use for a LONG time and have had plenty of real world testing.

[twosaturns]

wheel adapters are not the same as wheel spacers, which are dangerous.
but IMHO I would just get wheels w/ the proper offset.

[johnny68]

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i just think one should get the right backspacing for the car
case in point
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?52989-69projectKAOS/page4
dom hope you dont mind
john

[ProTour69Bird]

i havent heard anything bad about wheel adaptors, and no stories of wheels falling off. i saw nothing against them in the scca guidelines.
well, these were the biggest, widest, wheels i could afford, that look ****in sick, without having customs made or spend mad change on a set. Love the positive offset, flush look.

got the wheels tonight!!!!!
Oh my, these are wide.
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ordered my AFX spindles yesterday with pro-lite arms from SC&C. Marks a G, cool guy to talk to.

[ProTour69Bird]

Lately i've just been trying to sort out what im gonna do next with my car. Thought i was set on going with a 3link, but just got curious and started thinking about stuffing a C5 irs cradle under the rear with the transaxle. I was going to move my framerails in, and replace them with some parallel profiled rails to fit my tubs. With the amount of work i'm already doing, making the IRS fit isnt to much more. Thought of putting in a crossmember to catch the frame rails however far they move in for the cradle and UCA's, and to also attach subframe connectors(dip down in trunk is cut out and will be flush, profile rails follow the design of the floor as is, but run parallel instead of flaring out like stock)

Still figuring out the dimensions of the cradle and hub width, i would prefer keeping everything tucked in the stock sheetmetal. I havent seen a flare on a '69 i like, and would rather not have to mess with the fiberglass front clip to match the rear.

finished up the drivers side floor pan frame mount/seat mount, need to align the brackets and finish the rear mounts to get my seats in.

cut out my dash, and got my heater delete started.

desided to go with a full cage to increase torsional rigidity, with my stock seat mounts gone, i gained a bit of head room by the roof rails. so i just gotta keep the cage tight.

as soon as i get working on my cage with the front down bars i can start mocking up my front coil overs. plan to cut out a half moon shape from the subframe and base the coil overs off the down bars.

well lots of planning and figuring out going on, heres the goods
patch pan candidate
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looking back
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no dash and firewall patch
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ordered in december, got em last thurs, waiting since 2005, i was smiling pretty much all day
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spc uppers, chris alston coilover lowers
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lots more to do, but everything counts.
keep on truckin'

[WS6]

C5 IRS would be pretty cool. You may want to contact Rodger at Ironworks as they have done a number of c5/6 installs in older cars. Granted they did custom tube chassis but maybe he can verify your plans or point out any mistakes now before you get half way into the job. Just a thought. Keep up the good work.

[69projectKAOS]

looking great!!! those wheels are so sweet and wide as hell. haha i cant wait to see the outcome of the car and the stance. you have done a really nice job keep it up.-Dom

[ProTour69Bird]

thanks. my friends dad has a c5 Z, been trying to get some measurements off it.

WS6- do you have his munber by chance?, i'll look him up. seen some projects of theirs, and daaaaaaang, they know their s%^t.

i was either gonna do a HUGE engine recess, to distribute weight, the transaxle will distribute more than i could hope for with a recess. would be sweet if i could use a stock torque tube with a minor recess. we'll see. i'm gonna try to get as many dimensions, and talk to rodger before i buy anything. stoked on the idea though.

yeah dom i was hoping my positive offsets would help me squeeze the irs in there. but nope, tires stick out an 1" beyond the fenders, according to my friends dads outside of tire-to-outside of tire measurement. still determined, and cant wait for this setup on the track.

just thinking of 4 corner koni's and Zbrakes keeps me from being depressed. oh and a 6speed. oh and an LS2. dreams will come true

[WS6]

their website or Rodger's screen name which i believe is ironworks would be the only way I would know how to contact them. Here's the website


http://www.ironworksspeedandkustom.com/