1969 Firebird TA clone track car build

[jlwdvm]

A few TA goodies. I am going to trim some metal from the lip of the dog house to get a little more air flow from the fender extractors. THey are more "show" than "go" as delivered from GM. I did quite a bit of fitting with Tiger Hair filler to get the gaps for the fender extractors and the spoiler pedestals tight.

[jlwdvm]

I used a cut-off wheel to get the bulk of the subframe bump stops off and then ground down the rest of the factory weld. I touched up the area with some SPI black epoxy. I also removed a little over 1/8" of metal from the inside edge of the factory spring pocket for coil-over clearance. I need to get some high temp bearing grease and get the Wiwood bearings packed so I can get the hubs, rotors, and calipers mounted. Then it is on the the rear 4-link!

[jlwdvm]

I tried to put the pads in last night and it looks like I will have to shim the caliper mounting bracket to move the caliper outboard. THe inside pad has plenty of room (not touching the rotor), but I can't slide the outside pad in. I'm going to try to get ahold of Wilwood today to see if this is common with ridetech spindles.