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    1. #61
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      Super cool!

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      I have decided against running a 345 for the time being. But I will design around running those in the future.

      I picked up two “used” Michelin super sports 285/35/20. Two for $350 which I thought was a pretty good deal. I will be putting my wheel order in soon. Rotiform RSE 20x10 offset of 25. with a Subaru 5x100 pattern
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      Does anyone have any ideas for a rear spoiler design. I was kind of thinking an adjustable stock style rear spoiler. Or would I have better luck with a large wing type spoiler. I like the look of the wing type.
      Dalton
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      Did a little thinking on the spoiler & got 2 lines of thought.



      If you did a large pedestal mount wing , I'd say something similar to the lambo countach style, Something fat in the middle that angles off. Pedestal wing could look more aggressive, but would be a little harder to not make look cheesy.
      https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...67.pwkSiBdk37g
      Roadster shop rampage would be a good visual starting point of a super aggressive f-body pedestal wing.

      Other thought here would be basing my thoughts off what I've seen done custom on some early 2nd gen camaro's. The original styling cues of the rear without spoiler were based on sleek Italian design, but looked a little naked. The later 3pc factory spoilers were cool in their time period, but were a bit clunky for a custom, particularly where you're at now. I've seen some sheet metal spoilers that were much longer & lower, which kept some of the intended Italian look, but added back some race aggression. I'll look for example pics.
      This Jeff Lily 69 camaro spoiler is sort of what I'm picturing.
      https://www.jefflilly.com/build-tips...r-metal-fab-2/
      I may possibly do you a few line drawings to help visualization sometime here.


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      That is it! The Jeff Lilly spoiler, i just scanned through it. I’m going to have to re read it a few times. Thanks a bunch.

      I do like the rampage pedestal wing. And the whole car is awesome, I’m just not sure I want something that crazy. I’m kind of going for subtle changes. LOL
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      Quote Originally Posted by jlcustomz View Post
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      There is little elements of this that I'm not sure about, and I'm not a fan of the giant wheels, but overall I really like this. The more you look at it the more you see little things they integrated into the body.
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      Quote Originally Posted by jlcustomz View Post
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      I like the overall concept of this, I think I will take a little from several different cars and put my spin on it. I think at minimum I need to have the spoiler be at least as big as the stock trans am one. But integrate it into the sheet metal how Lilly did the camaro. Thanks for ideas guys.
      Dalton
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      Well, said I'd do ya a line pencil drawing. I know it's rough, I'm out of practice & couldn't even find a good pencil. Thought I'd throw in a few more changes just for fun, can't help myself. Didn't try to define any wheel style.
      Don't like anything, it's etched in pencil, not stone.
      Your project , just having a little of my own fun with it while trying to help based on what I think you could like. Figured the mere mention of the Rampage Camaro spoiler would steer you towards something a little sleeker.
      Changed the rear door upper & lower profile, raked the front pillar, Ground effects with diffusor, flush door handle, & vented rear window like red car pictured.
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      Oh & the crooked wheels are to keep you from speeding.

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      Quote Originally Posted by jlcustomz View Post
      Well, said I'd do ya a line pencil drawing. I know it's rough, I'm out of practice & couldn't even find a good pencil. Thought I'd throw in a few more changes just for fun, can't help myself. Didn't try to define any wheel style.
      Don't like anything, it's etched in pencil, not stone.
      Your project , just having a little of my own fun with it while trying to help based on what I think you could like. Figured the mere mention of the Rampage Camaro spoiler would steer you towards something a little sleeker.
      Changed the rear door upper & lower profile, raked the front pillar, Ground effects with diffusor, flush door handle, & vented rear window like red car pictured.
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      Oh & the crooked wheels are to keep you from speeding.
      Man, that looks sweet! I moved my rear wheel back 10” any thoughts on what that could look like?
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      Better cellphone pic of revision 1 which moves wheels back 10".

      Revision 2 removes wrap around rear window for flush version, adds sail panel scoops & 5th gen style fender vents for brakes.
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      Revision 3, made chin spoiler wrap around to line up with ground effects.
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      Now that’s awesome! Thanks for putting all that work into those drawings. It really helps me wrap my head around the big picture.
      Dalton
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      I remember someone saying they had a ffr 818. I’m trying to get some measurements or a detailed picture of the front spindle upper control arm mount that bolts to where the strut attached. Name:  38983D4F-4E62-4857-9114-14981614E797.jpeg
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      Dalton
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      Quote Originally Posted by jlcustomz View Post
      Another random pic for shapes.
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      That is a nice looking car. There are some styling points that could be used from it.

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      It’s been taking me a lot longer than I had hoped to get started on the front suspension. I had to do a little rework on the whole front end I had previously made. It was too wide and with the steering rack I have I would have had terrible bump steer. In addition to putting a bar right in the way of where the tie rod will be.

      I am much happier with how this is turning out. I feel like it will be a better use of the space upfront. The steering rack and anti roll bar will be mounted using the two large plates up front.

      The fire wall will be right at the point where the vertical bars are located. My thought is to do it out of 14-16 gauge steel. While I am trying to keep this lightweight. I also don’t want to sacrifice safety to be super light. I am trying to design it so if I get into an accident and there is front end damage the drivers compartment is still intact. With that being said. Is 1/8” plate overkill?

      I dropped some steel rod and bushings off to a machinist to get turned down to size for the bell cranks on the suspension. I’ll be incorporating the sway bar operation into the bell crank. I need to run a splined sway bar but I need the length of it to be between 18-22” I’m having a hard time finding anything that short. Is there weldable options for sway bars? Or maybe the best route would be get the shortest I could and machine splines in at the length I need.

      Wheels will be here in 3 weeks, my goal is to have this thing ready to set on the ground by then so I can get the tires mounted and set it on the ground.
      Dalton
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      Figured you were getting hung up on the front suspension, no pun intended. Not my area of expertise.
      For a sway bar , how bout just the size pipe needed & weld flanges on to bolt on arms. ridetech strong arms, at least for my g-body are done this way. Thinking of making my own one day.
      Not a firewall expert either, that being said 1/8 would be overkill for weight . A more practical way of strengthening a flat sheet of metal would be something like a couple of interior vertical sheet metal braces to add stability beyond what the sheet alone would do.

      That would be cool to see it outdoors on wheels in a few weeks. Gotta self impose goals to get anything done.

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Size:  341.6 KBThe welding route probably isn’t going to be advised be anyone just because welding would ruin any tempering. But I wasn’t sure if it had been done with any success or not.

      I believe they call them sheer panels. And I’ll probably have. To add some more tubes in to get the basic shape. But I can’t find any info on what thickness people are using.

      All of your sketches had me reach out to a guy who does renderings. Check out what he came up with. Missed a few details but over all it’s pretty close.
      Dalton
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      Renderings generally always follow pencil drawings I hand out. Though renderings generally don't capture the fine details of the final product correctly done, it gives an insight one dimension drawings just can't ever do. Definitely helps to see what would look good & what doesn't.
      Those are about the shape of hood extractor vents I was picturing.
      Rear axle setback looks good. Rear quarter widening looks good.
      Stock door handles need to go. Other mirrors could be a good finishing touch.
      Stock fender flares look out of place now, custom metal looks much better.
      Angle added to quarter, door , & sail panel like in pencil drawing definitely would be worth the work. Some angle in first pic looks much better than straight in 2nd.
      I think more swoop to rear spoiler would look better.
      Think you have a little more top chop done than rendering shows.

      You'll have to save your pennies for that edelbrock cross ram intake. Looks like they were made for your project. You could make a 2 into 1 adapter for single throttle body to save money on dual tb controller setup.. Vara ram was designing one in their intake that never made it to market.

      Pencil drawings are cool, but renderings are awesome.

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