Round Two

[JMitch19]

Not sure if round two is appropriate or not. I don’t think the updates/mods have ever stopped since it hit the road for the first time. This is the start of some bigger changes though. My original plans for this winter were to pull the motor, trans, and sub frame. I was going to do DSE’s coilover kit and fix a small oil leak with the engine/trans. As well as some other updates
After Fikse took a little to long to fill my order plans changed. The Fikse’s were ordered for stock tubs. I cancelled the Fikse order and now have a set of Forgeline on the way. New plans are for a mini tub and Quadra Link. If time and budget allow I will still update the front end. I’m just not sure if it’ll happen this winter or not.
I never did a build thread when I built the car, so here goes the update thread. It might be a little slow, but I won’t miss any good driving weather come spring. The goal is to have the car back together no later than May.

Here is the first pic. All the DSE leaf spring stuff is out and ready to ship to it’s new owner.

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[aps63]

Sounds like a great winter project.

[JMitch19]

Progress has been slow, but here are some update pictures. I'm a few more good days of work away from the car being ready to go to Joe and Paul Van Nus. I should be getting my wheels this week for mock up. Everything is starting to come together. I'm getting excited to get everything together and see what it looks like on the ground. Here are the pictures that of the progress.

Wheel pictures I got from Jon @ Driverz Inc
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Here are the pictures of the holes I cut in my car.

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[JMitch19]

The UPS man dropped off some shiny parts today. Tomorrow They should be dropping off the fronts. Glad I didn't weld in my close out yet I think I need to make a little more room. I know I won't be able to tuck that much tire once the car is driveable, but that is the height of the only bucket I could throw it on.

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[lcartag1]

Mini tub job looks nice. Cant wait to do mine. Your paint looks really nice, if you dont already have it ,i would go to a bodyshop/welding supply store and get a roll of 3m welding paper. The grinding sparks and weld spatter will kill that nice paint and your glass. Trust me ,my employees have done it more than once.

[Payton King]

Car looks great. I remember speaking to you and your wife at RTTH this year. Glad you are keeping the car and making the upgrades. The wheel choice alone is going to completely change the "vibe" of the car. DSE makes a great product and you made a great choice.

[JMitch19]

Mini tub job looks nice. Cant wait to do mine. Your paint looks really nice, if you dont already have it ,i would go to a bodyshop/welding supply store and get a roll of 3m welding paper. The grinding sparks and weld spatter will kill that nice paint and your glass. Trust me ,my employees have done it more than once.

Thanks, Joe and Paul gave a roll of the 3m welding paper to put on the car. The inside is taped up. I need get the car outside and cleaned up so I can tape off the outside. It's just hard to find a nice Michigan day to do that. I'll probably just end up washing it in the garage and just try not to soak everything.


Car looks great. I remember speaking to you and your wife at RTTH this year. Glad you are keeping the car and making the upgrades. The wheel choice alone is going to completely change the "vibe" of the car. DSE makes a great product and you made a great choice.

Thanks. Hopefully you'll see us at more events this coming year. After seeing what our cars are selling for lately I figured I might as well just make this one into what I want. It took me 4 years to get this car on the road with no kids. Now we have a 22 month old. I'd be scared to see how long it would take me if I started over.

[JMitch19]

I've been slacking on my thread updates. Since the last round of pictures I got tubs, cross member, and QuadraLink brackets welded in. Last week I took the car down to Joe and Paul VanNus at DutchBoy Hot Rods. They got started on the car on Monday and got more done in four days than I would have in a month and a half. My phone was stolen a couple of weeks ago so there is a big gap in pictures. These are mostly pictures that Paul has been sending me of the progress.

I am also including some pictures of the engine harness that I am building for Paul's LS3 swap.

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Spatter paint done and cleared

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Upol Rapter liner going on the floor.

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Here are some pictures of Paul LS3 harness. It will be a two piece harness, so the engine can be pulled without having to unplug every connector. I'm hoping to have at least the engine side of the harness done by next week.

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We are heat shrinking the entire harness and not using loom. This is flame and chemical resistant heat shrink. This is the first branch of the harness I have finished.

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[JMitch19]

Went down to Joe and Paul's shop this morning and we got the axles in the rear end and the QuadraLink back under the car. This is the first time the car has been on the ground since it was a leaf spring car last fall.

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Here are some more pictures of Paul's engine harness. It is coming a long really well. I'm hoping to have the engine side of the harness done by Wednesday.

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[JMitch19]

Bryce wanted to work on his ride today too.

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