Another smoothed firewall question

[Steve1968LS2]

We used two pieces of plate steel for the new firewall.. you can see in this this pic the where the center seem was ground down... I think if you use the right thickness of steel then you won't have the wavy problem. They used very little filler to finish up the firewall.





Trust me.. you DO NOT want to skimp on the firewall.. I can attest to the pain of having to pull the whole driveline back out of the car to fix a badly done one :(

[69Myway]

Steve,

When I went to your site and saw the problems you had with yours...it made me start to think about mine. I had basically welded it closed and filled it up with the plastic stuff.

I felt very confident about my work...but, it is a recipe for problems later.

Been doing research today. Been checking out the roof lines on different vehicles with an eye towards making it fit the Camaro.

I have guy getting a sheet of 20 gauge for me this week in case I go back with the dead flat look.

[69Myway]

Quick question.

I have the opportunity to get either 20 gauge or 16 gauge sheet steel to do the firewall cover.


I am not concerned about adding extra weight to the car.

Which one do you think I should get?