The BAD AST Project - Faze II

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Thanks guys, work is progressing slowly. We are into a stage where there is a lot of little things to do before we can get big things done. Last week was spent pulling together all of the parts for the trans build. Runnning the trans and rebuild kit up to Fred in Bay City after work Thursday night. I got home at 5:00pm to a flooded shop (TONS of rain) and spent an hour getting that swept out. I will have to mop and clean the floors before I do any painting this year.
Saturday was spent working on the hubs. Sandblasting, priming, painting.
Before blasting...

After blasting... Cleaned up real nice.

I painted them the same hammer black as the spindles. Looks okay. Not that you will see them after they are assembled anyway...

We pressed in new, longer 1/2 inch studs today and stuck it back on the spindle.




We also spent some time working out the new alternator bracket design. Took a lot of measurements and I designed the new bracket last night.


This will move the alternator up about two inches which will get it out of the way of the lower rad hose and still clear the engine cover. I will talk to the fab shop at work about laser cutting these for me...