dukaine Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Woke up this morning and got the rest of the stuff out of the engine bay and cut off the rest of the tabs. Now its time to clean this puppy up and get it ready for paint. If anyone has tips or tricks for getting all the nooks and crannies clean please let me know. http://i.imgur.com/htv0iai.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dred_85.5_TSI Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 ^ No tricks, just persistence and brake cleaner Nice progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) Progress yet again. Time to clean up all the dust, double check everything is sanded, and then primer and paint.http://i.imgur.com/iiLvWHj.jpg Edited July 7, 2014 by speedyquest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesey Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Looks like quite the project. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukaine Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I look forward to seeing it in person when i recruit ya to help put my engine in possibly next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Haha I'm down but I hope your not talking about the weekend coming up. I won't be leaving here till Sunday. Well here is where I made it to tonight. Had to stop to let the primer dry properly. http://i.imgur.com/FpJQXzN.jpg Tomorrow will be painting and then starting on bodywork. I also need to find time to upgrade the engine and fabricate the front assembly that will hold the bumper, radiator, and intercooler. The plan is to make it all one unit that can be taken off and set down for easy access to the whole bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlosFley Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Is it just me, or did you remove all those nasty arse looking brackets our cars notouriously have holding the fuses and whatnot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 I did in fact remove them. And yes they are nasty lol. I had them relocated or removed entirely already. I just cut them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 What are you gonna do with the engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhansenconquest Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Looking good Speedyquest...great before and after pics of eng bay.. Cleaned my eng bay as I went along fixing everything along the way......I used sink scrub brush...wore it down to the bone... Edited July 8, 2014 by markhansenconquest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Dont rush it dude. I wouldn't paint anything until you have all the rad mount stuff sorted out. Trust me, grinding off fresh paint because you forgot to do something sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 @Tech - I will be adding some things like sending units for new gauges, a new fabbed thermostat housing that has a fill neck on it, replacing a bunch of gaskets, etc. Nothing super exciting. Just easier to do it all with it out. @Convette - What do you mean? What do you see that might make me have to work backwards? The front clip will get painted separately and use existing mounting points to attach. So far this morning I got the first layer of paint on the engine bay. I'll wait to let it tack up then do one more layer I think. http://i.imgur.com/Bdu3vma.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtownmikebrown Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Moving right along! I'm really interested to see what you come up with for the v-mounting. Do you have any other projects that you're referencing, or are you doing it from scratch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 Just doing it from scratch. I know the concepts of how a properly set up v-mount should work and just building that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 Yesterday was spent masking things, sanding, painting, etc. I didn't take any pictures just because there wasn't much to see. Today I'll be doing a bit of rust repair, working on modifying the front fenders, and starting to make the front end assembly. Derek and I went to a local place called DiscountSteel and I picked up lots of aluminum sheet for both the ducting and the exducer vent. Also just over 40ft of 3/4 cold rolled 16g pipe. I'll update as I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Alright, lots of pictures coming your way. I feel like I didn't get a ton accomplished today but I guess fabrication work takes time and lots of thought. I spend a few collective hours just sitting in front of this thing thinking about how best to go about it. Here is where I got as of 30 minutes ago. Tomorrow morning Derek and I will go get some more welding gas then I will be adding the mounting for the intercooler, making the hood vents and ducting, and then I hope to god we will actually get to cutting out the rear quarters and making the over fenders. I need to have this thing painted friday night if I have any hope to drive it home sunday. So here is a pictorial of what I did today... I knew that if I was to have any hope at all of having the bumper and everything else line up correctly Id have to atleast use the front bumper support as a base. So here is what i did. It worked well. http://i.imgur.com/MMj3lyK.jpg And here it is right after making it but before cutting it down further to add to it. http://i.imgur.com/8l2ZCWK.jpg mounted... http://i.imgur.com/wzxX9m8.jpg and thank god!!!! http://i.imgur.com/XdNZlWO.jpg On to adding the radiator supports. http://i.imgur.com/geEOvRq.jpg Adding structure and setting things up to be able to add the intercooler section above. http://i.imgur.com/6gQu1GY.jpg And here is a back view. You can see the piece that will tie the bottom of the radiator section and the bottom of the intercooler section together. How do you like my spray can cap spacers? lol http://i.imgur.com/pJvAdYl.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Well I am out working on the car again and the radiator mounts are done. I just need to drill the holes for the top mounting bolts. I can do that later. As you may have guessed I'm behind lol. On to the intercooler. http://i.imgur.com/fYfEQLQ.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesey Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 is that a fatty fender on a flatty!? Some flatty lovers may be cringing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 It is cheesy. The flatty will soon no longer be flat lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convette Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Looking really good man. I really hope you have more plans for something that will provide protection in a crash. That tubing is way way too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyquest Posted July 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 I've stopped for the night, anything I need to do requires tools that make tons of noise. Since Derek lives out in suburban hell I can't make noise past dark which is about 9pm. I spent another hour or so sanding more of the car down but kind of hit a stand still. I'm tired and want to sleep. I plan on waking up at 7am again and getting this pig ready for paint. Convette, I understand what your saying and to be honest I mentioned that to Derek a few days ago about how this thing would be no hindrance at all. This is my first time building anything like this let alone fabricating or welding to this degree. Any and all suggestions are more than welcome. I finished a lot today including making hood pin plates, cutting the hood for the vent, finishing welding up the front assembly and putting it on the car with the radiator and intercooler, and also sanding etc. I will leave you with this picture and post more in the morning so you can see how far I got. Tomorrow night I very seriously hope to paint the car.... thats wishful thinking though I believe. I may take one more day off of work. Anyways here is the completed assembly http://i.imgur.com/HuZd5Ub.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukaine Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 (edited) getting there nice. I had a busy nite and didnt get much done. Just got 1 of my rims sanded going to paint em cause the clear looks like hell U going to fit that air dam under that? Edited July 11, 2014 by dukaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesey Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 It is cheesy. The flatty will soon no longer be flat lol.Nice Mr Columbus. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technology Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Looks so low, when the car is on the ground, will you be worried about scraping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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