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I hope so. Its the last one I'll ever build. Ordered the wheels today. Champion Cap 5 12" beadlocked rears w 3.5 fronts.

 

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Your about the 10th person that's said that Gary. It was snowing like crazy when I brought the car home. It was in an enclosed and I didn't feel like unloading it, pressure washing it and dragging it back in and tying it back down again. Lazy.

 

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Got a lot done today. Leaving for the chassis shop on Monday.

And the progress continues.............





On order

 

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Off to the chassis shop today



Its home for the next 3-4 weeks

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Not a ton of progress to show...........unless my leaking bank account is progress. Got the truck motor home. 20,000 mile LM7. Got the turbo package ordered from Lil John. Picked up my wheels/tires today.........that's about it for now.

 

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Thanks Andrew. Shitty camera phone pic. They look way better in person.

 

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Non camera phone

 

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Whats the plan on the lsa motor ?

I did a bunch of research on them, and while they are attractive combo's, there is also a lot of expense after the motor purchase to make it all work. I also found out that GM is having warranty issues with the front snout bearing/coupler in the ctsv's and people are waiting weeks for warranty repairs. I figure I would be shit outa luck if I had a problem with my crate motor. I have purchased a 20k LM7 truck motor, and a turbo package from Lil John, and we're gonna see if we can't put 650 to the ground and make it live. Should be fun.

 

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Just had hernia surgery so I'm moving gingerly. The chassis guy has taken his family to Tennessee for March break, so not much going on this week with the chassis. Engine parts are arriving and the block and heads are being hot tanked as we speak..er..type. I will be dropping off the last pieces needed (pushrods/cam bearings) to reassemble the motor at my buddies place tomorrow. The damaged wheel from Champion has arrived (damaged during shipping and sent back) so I'll go pick that up. For the most part, I am useless for the next few weeks, so I will just keep planning and ordering pieces as they are needed. I guess at this point, I'm just a general contractor! lol!

 

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Chassis fab has begun...........

Rear housing just before back braces go on.


Beginnings of the moly round tube chassis ..

 

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Front suspension is on and rear housing fab is done. Starting to look like something.

 

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Thanks Scott.

 

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Some more progress on the rear suspension. He was just finishing the ARB as I left. I'll have pics of that later.

 

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Feel free to post a pic of your tube chassis car Jimmy!

 

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Thanks Andrew.

 

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Sorta of on the ground. This will be rear ride height.

 

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She's coming home today. I'll have more pics later.

 

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She's home.

 

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Going to be a busy couple months. Nice!

Yup. Its become apparent that WW is not going to happen this year. Crazy busy in the garage, and choosing a turbo drivetrain creates 10X more fab work. No worries. I only want to build this once, so I won't be taking any shortcuts that I would only redo later.