Project Lethal Induction

[Motown 454]

Nice progress. It looks great.

[ChevelleNV]

Some more goodies showed up today finally, the fact is I actually received my rear shockwaves a few weeks ago. however they were missed boxed by ridetech They put the single adjustable shockwave in the double adjustable's box. so I had to send them back, but I didn't purchase them directly through ridetech. but there customer service went ahead and took care of it anyways. and for that they get an A+ in my book for taking care of the customer not matter what.....

[bart0510]

Rendering is absolutely sick! Your gonna have one bad ass ride!

[ChevelleNV]

Well there hasn't been a lot of progress other than I am now starting to do a rough assembly of the chassis. so I can re-check clearances between the body and chassis. I am still waiting on the strange rear end to show up so I can assemble the rear suspension. but it wont be here till after the 25th when it scheduled to ship, hopefully the ship it sooner.

I don't know how many of you actually noticed I had cut out all the additional frame bracing I had done earlier in the project, I just wasn't happy with the way it turned out. I have Tyler form HPI customs making me a custom trans cross member and rear cross member for the new bracing. ( looks pretty cool http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=30717) that I welded in last night.

[ChevelleNV]

Looks like something Strange showed up today... a week earlier then expected so it was a nice surprise... Strange S60 3.77 w/ Detroit Locker

[67blacklist]

looks great, whens this new rendering going to be up for us to see?

[ChevelleNV]

looks great, whens this new rendering going to be up for us to see?

Ben has been real busy, and so have I, so I haven't bugged him about it. so probably after I get of my ass and send him an email to remind him.

[Bryce]

Looks like something Strange showed up today... a week earlier then expected so it was a nice surprise... Strange S60 3.77 w/ Detroit Locker

Good choice with the detroit locker!

[ChevelleNV]

[ChevelleNV]

Well I started to fit my rear brakes up last night after getting my rear end back for a local fab shop that was making me some custom ridetech shockwave brackets since the ones I got from ridetech wouldn't fit. only to discover that Strange didn't put a access hole in the axle flange for me to access the axle retainer nuts once i put the brake assembly on. so now I am shipping the axles back to them... arghhhhhhh

but here's a sneak peak...not bolted together...

[1tuff68]

Awesome project! You're definitely doing it right...can't wait to see the finished product

[ChevelleNV]

Well since I am waiting on my axles to come back from Strange I started working on brake and fuel lines. and since the frame was boxed none of the factory lines would fit. I originally started to build the fuel line using the 'Easybend' stuff, it does bend easy but try getting a straight piece is not gonna happen.

After many failed attempts with the easybend material I bought a couple of 5" 3/8 fuel line pieces from the local NAPA store and busted out the bender tool to see what I could come up with. I am curious what everyone thinks about running a fuel line that is not 1 piece running to the back of the car. I would love to have something that runs all the way but I cant find a long enough piece of straight materiel in this area that would reach the full length of the car. so I decided to put a few bulkheads down the frame rail that I can tie into.

Here is one of the more complicated pieces 9 bends...and one of the bulkheads I will be connecting too.





front piece, 6 bends come s out in the same spot the stock fuel lines does

[ChevelleNV]

Getting ready to drop the body on the frame for some more mockup work and checking clearance on some things..

[johnny68]

very cool build going to be similar to our nova as far as the colors love it
john

[ChevelleNV]

Well I know I haven't made any updates in a while, I will try and post an update this weekend after Hot August Nights. but in the mean time I have a few goodies that recently showed up for ya all to drool on....

[ChevelleNV]

Well finally making some progress after taking a few steps backwards. You will notice I no longer have the chassis mods that I made earlier in the year.

I made the decision to not alter the frame because I was uncomfortable with how much I was gonna have to cut up the body to make it fit. SO I removed it all including the boxing plates I put in.

So I should have the chassis together In a week or so, bout a Lee 670 Gearbox and got all new steering components. Got the rear end painted and just tonight finished painting the frame.

[ChevelleNV]

So I started to run my hard lines for the airbags, decided to use the original opening in the body for the tank breather to house my air manifold going into the trunk. so far I have the two lines that go towards the front of the car. these will be connected by a small -3 braided line to the hard lines I run down the frame channel up to the front suspension.

[irregal83]

Sweet car! i love the project and the parts are top notch! keep us updated

[jv982]

What part of your frame modifications were going to cause you to have to cut the body? I can't imagine that the boxed frame would have caused any problems, and it seems like many people have put in similar frame stiffening bars without cutting up their bodies.

[ChevelleNV]

Well if you see in the pictures the bars toward the back of the frame in front of where the lower control arms connects to the frame (picture 3 in post #72). I was gonna have to cut out part of the floor board where the rear passengers feet would be to accommodate the bars and the rear cross-member.

Now If I had spent a lot more time measuring and getting the bars in just the right spot. they could be fit under the floorboard without an issue. but I just got frustrated that I was gonna have to cut them out and re-do them to get them right. And I really didn't want to have to start all over. I was already in the hole for a lot of time and materials. But I did learn something from this and will take what I learned and use it on the next car I build.