Project Orngasm

[jhiphopjunky]

Love that color!

[Hotchkis]

Thank you. I think I can wait until then. I have too much on my plate now and just want to drive this thing!

Rob – Will you be at SEMA for the news about the 3-link?

[ROBS6T8]

I have no idea right now. I would love to get down there and check it out. The wife has been and I haven't... imagine that! LOL We're working weekends right now but we could try to get some days off. Does it start on a Thursday? Let me look into it. It would be fun.

[ROBS6T8]

Well not being able to finish one thing before starting another I almost got something else done! After I got the new clutch assembly(wife's Christmas present 2 years ago!) bolted in and the tranny bolted back up I dropped everything back in. I was laying under the car and noticed that the clutch fork was going to hit the firewall. I had the wife push in on the pedal and sure enough wasn't going anywhere! I did a search and found that I had the wrong clutch fork. Why did it work before? Centerforce said if I had a cast iron clutch fork I needed a different T/O bearing. I did a spark test on it and thought I had a cast iron fork. Bought the other T/O bearing and went to work. We removed the tranny and compared the two bearings. They looked identical! WTF? So thanks to another TC member, I modified the clutch fork.
Before:


After:


We buttoned everything back up and it went together sooo easy. What a surprise! I went inside pushed in on the pedal and I had "gobs" of room! His words.

[ROBS6T8]

I said I almost got something done. The next problem was when we went to bolt the crossmember back in and get the tranny lined up. The previous owner had modified a turbo 400 crossmember, I think, to make it work with the Muncie. There was no way the tranny was going to line up with the mount without seriously tweaking it into place. No need for extra strain on it!




I will remove both of the mounts and re-weld the original mount onto the right side where they had welded the homemade channel mount. I will get the crossmember back in and line everything up and tack the mount in place. Remove and finish welding it. Photos and progress to be posted later today... hopefully!

[ROBS6T8]

Didn't realize how long it's been since I posted! It's like I fell of the face of the Earth! There's been a lot of honey-dos, trips to Disneyland, birthdays, holidays.... no excuses. Let's get caught up. Spring is right around the corner... or is it here already in California? LOL

Here's a pic of the finished xmember. That was not as easy as I was expecting. Keep this, toss that, re-weld done... NOT! The original mounting bracket that I was going to keep ended up being too short. I had to get some new metal and make my own. After tacking it on a few times and realigning it under the car, I was able to finally weld it up. Hopefully it want be under there too long as I want to go with a 5 or 6 speed tranny.

[ROBS6T8]

The wife hooked me up for my birthday with this beautiful leather piece...

MOMO Race steering wheel


A little motivation to get out there and get to work. Won't need this if she's up on blocks!

[ROBS6T8]

The wife gave me some more motivation at Christmas. She bought me a Barch Designs optima tray... www.optimatrays.com Benjamin is a great guy and customer service is awesome.

Location for the battery...right rear


Tray installed


Slip Clamp installed


Battery installed


It's a beautiful piece. I'm installing the MAD electrical trunk mount kit as well. I'll post some pics of the mounting locations and wire routing when finished.
Enough of this easy stuff. I need to get to welding the outer on and the quarter panel.

[ROBS6T8]

Oh yeah, here's the other project I started months ago! Told you I suffered from ADD!
This is the module for the keyless ignition. I installed it under the dash on the lefthand side. I was held up with all the other stuff ie., engine and tranny install and of course no battery installed! lol

[ROBS6T8]

The wife also bought me some Spaghetti Engineering LED tail lights. I couldn't just put them in the stock bezels so I took out the bezels and had them powdercoated. I wanted to get some billet ones but I couldn't see spending $400+ right now. This cost me $80! I really like the way they turned out. Who knows how long it will be before I purchase the billet ones now!

Old...



Powdercoat...

[rfalker1]

i like the tailights robert... and understand slowwwwww mine has been going on for 17 months now I think!!! I can't wait till its finished so the money pit can stop gobbling my money lmao

[ROBS6T8]

I hear you Randal. I bought mine in Feb. 05. Didn't really start working on her until 2 summers ago. It's been long enough! the wife just gave me the okay to pick up a used 12 bolt from a 68 Camaro so I won't be doing any fabrication on the 9 inch I have. I can say good by to the 8.2... good riddens. The rear end will be put on the back burner until I can get the QP's welded in and start the body work!

[rfalker1]

i have just beefed my 8.2 with an eaton copy differential and moser axles... they say its good to about 500 hp running slicks... soooo i think i will be ok ;) .
Good luck with the body work tooo.. that oddly enough is the last thing i will do on mine. Maybe in a couple of years

[WILWAXU]

I like that battery tray!

[ROBS6T8]

i have just beefed my 8.2 with an eaton copy differential and moser axles... they say its good to about 500 hp running slicks... soooo i think i will be ok ;) .
Good luck with the body work tooo.. that oddly enough is the last thing i will do on mine. Maybe in a couple of years

Thanks Randall... I'm going to need it! 500hp is plenty stout enough. I'm not planning for anything above that! Don't we all say that then the bug bites!?

[ROBS6T8]

I like that battery tray!

Thanks! I'm sure they ship to Japan! LOL You won't be disappointed.

[rfalker1]

So any updates with the car Rob???

[acegto]

Just saw your project. Keep plugging away. Love your rendering too.

[ROBS6T8]

Updates? Sorry I have been busy working on her and it seemed like it slowed me down posting pics. You want updates? I'll give you some updates with pics! Where do I start?

Quarter panels...
Didn't have a clue as to how to measure and cut these properly so the right side was a virgin that I somewhat hacked! lol I can see why they say complete quarters are easier than the skins... less welding!



Oh yeah, I forgot the wheelhouse...


And what happens when you can't measure properly! Just add some more welding!


Finished wheelhouse


Quarter panel welding...


PIc of where I was going to cut and how it was perfect... but I learned to put the panel on the old and scribe on old and remove old. It was much easier doing it this way...




All welded in


I wont bore you with the other side!!

[ROBS6T8]

Some interior work...
I painted the instrument bezel to match the dash. The black was just too much contrast. I had to do this twice as the first time the paint wrinkled up on me! I laid it down too wet!




I installed the Dakota Digital gauges... which I absolutely think are GREAT!


Nighttime viewing...matches the push button start!