this weekend I raised my front strut towers

[dmyers151]

[Convette]

band practice... marching band?

[patra_is_here]

waist band

[Komeuppance]

Yeah?? Updates.

 

-Robert

[boostdquest89]

lol

[dmyers151]

http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/dmyers151/November_2010/koolaidman_1.jpg

[Convette]

Can I get a UPDATE???

 

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w239/johnboy9788/2009MTVVMA_JayZ-1.jpg

[Zack_Morris]

Updates? Yea?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, srsly, updates.

[patra_is_here]

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Edited November 5, 2010 by patra_is_here

[Convette]

thats what I'm talking about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

was that too much to ask?

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you.

[Komeuppance]

GEEZ... bout time!!

 

-Robert

[BOOSTED88tsi]

I want my shock towers to rev to 9k too. How do i do this?

[Indiana]

Why not just knock the studs out of the stock mounts and put them on the top, slot your body holes and get it aligned. A spacer ring for the top shouldn't be a big deal to make so its solid contact or a reinforcement ring for the mount too since its just tin.

[patra_is_here]

#1 i doubt it would pass tech at any track or autox

#2 all the load would is now being carry by three nuts rather than the entire plate. meaning, instead of the whole load being carried by the total underside of the shock tower, it's now focused a the three nut heads.

#3 if the nuts don't come off or start pulling through the sheetmetal, the studs could sheer or pull the threads

#4 even with high strength studs and locking nuts, i would still be skeptical as to how they would handle the compression/expansion fatigue. it's on thing to carry a load, it's another thing to have the amount of load constantly changing, as it will fatigue the fasteners. if the car was just a cruiser, it would probably be ok. but, since this thing gets driven really hard, i'm not going to risk it.

#5 even if all those things were handled, i still think this is the better, stronger way to do it.

Edited November 6, 2010 by patra_is_here

[SFBMX88]

Just curious what thickness wire you guys were using to mig that up. Ive been getting into mig the passed few weeks and want to start working on the really thin sheet throughout the car.

[patra_is_here]

well the shock towers definitely aren't 'thin'. the thickness was past the point of 'sheet metal' and got in to flat stock territory.

 

so, i guess i can't help you with your question.

Edited November 10, 2010 by patra_is_here

[Convette]

wire isn't as important as heat and wire speed. I've welded 1/4inch stuff and super thin sheet metal with the same wire. I'm sure a real fabricator would tell you different, by all my ghetto ish works.

[Convette]

UPDATES?

[dmyers151]

http://members.fortunecity.com/biollante/frink/updates.gif

[Komeuppance]

Yeah brah, UP-DATES??

 

-Robert

[89BananaQuest]

Updates?

[Convette]

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[patra_is_here]

HEY GUYZ CRAZY UPDATES COMIN AT YAH!!!

 

#1. been playing a lot of Skyrim

 

#2. the dipstick blows out of the tube during boost

 

#3. i live in a neighborhood with a lot of zombies

[Crazy Quest]

Quick question? What did you paint your car with patra. Also can I see a pic of it when it was green and what paint was that to. Thanks man.

[Komeuppance]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v168/e1griego/wow.jpg

 

...LOL

 

-Robert

 

Still makes me laugh... LOL...

 

-Robert