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Engine out of car while I fit chassis
kit to the body while it's mounted on the spit and then
seam weld all the car for extra rigidity. This tightens
the car up a lot as it's surprising how much it can flex
because it's only spot welded together. |
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Car is on a rotisserie to help with welding
and fitting the chassis kit.
BTW- the jag rear has gone, can't handle
the power when shortened and when they break you do 180's
down the highway, not nice. Going for a tough commodore
diff - VL Turbo 4 pinion or shortened VN diff. |
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Commodore 17 x 8 in wheel fitted on VT
V8 discs and machined hub (old commodore discs machined
down - on left without disc). Fits ok, but only about
25 deg steering.
I'll fit 7's to the front to get it a little
more clear of the guard and the suspension, hopefully
getting 30 degrees of steering as well. |
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Wheel in straight ahead position.
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Boot floor chopped out,
fake boot 'drop tank box to go in. |
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Chassis welded to floor
as engineer required |
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Rear chassis steel cut and welded into
rear spring hanger. Note in ACT, when you add a chassis
kit like this, don't add a mini chassis to tie the front
and rear spring hanger together, as soon as you do it
becomes an ICV (individually constructed vehicle) rather
than a MPV (modified production vehicle). The difference
- $3000 engineering fee against $700! |
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Engine out of car so I can I fit the
gearbox crossmember. Note - if gearbox is upgraded internally-
it can handle 600 hp and be modified to run as a tiptronic,
keeping the 4 speeds. Don't listen to people who say,
'chuck it, stick in a turbo 350 or 400 as it will handle
the power and more! MV automatics in Adelaide do a good
job at a fair price. |
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Gearbox mount, chucked the old one,
this is the new one (mark 2). I'm about to reshape it
to get it up higher to get the exhaust up. |
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Gearbox mount in place, I'll rebuild/shape
it up 2".
Gear shift in, commodore handbrake in floor. |
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You can see all the stitch welding in
this shot to strengthen the seams, makes a big difference
to torsional rigidity.
On the spit, had lots of questions about
spits, I'll post sizes soon. |
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On the spit. |
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| Started fitting up the steering, have to restrengthen
the dash, using the tilt/extended column from the crown. |
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