lengel's TIII Omni GLH progress (used to be spirit r/t)

[lengel]

Awesome fit. Did he take the windshield out?

No he didn't. When you see it, you will wonder how he did it!

The man does good work for sure!
Nice job!

He sure does!

Adam as I see all the componants of your project coming togther with Brian's masterful fabrication I cant stop myself from thinking, too bad it's a drag Omni instead of a proper racer car. Which also makes me wonder why your running a 5 spd trans? Looking good, getting close, you guys have a target date to be running/driving yet or just going with 'spring' for that?

Haha I just have too much fun driving the car with the 5 speed. Maybe one day if I take the tags off it and just trailer it to the track I will swap to a auto, but for now I like driving it on the street every now and then. I would like to get back out to the track in April.

[lengel]

Very nice! I believe my mild steel bar set-up was around 90lbs. Can you post a close up pic of where the bar passes through the front dash?

Chromoly!

[Shadow]

Chromoly!

WoW, that is Too Awesome! Glad I haven't tackled mine yet. I was seriously thinking about going through the vents, but after seeing this I just might copy. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes?

[Keito]

I like the wideband mount
Good thinking

[lengel]

Stock seats came in at 40lb. Kirkeys came in at 16.5lb. That's a 47lb savings form front seats.
Snowflakes with tires are 39lb. Rear skinnies with tires came in at 19lb. Totaling 40lb savings

Spare tire tub is 9lb. 26.5" diameter 3/32 aluminum sheet is 5lb. saving 4lb.

[knownenemy]

Thanks but cant take any credit for a lot of the stuff on the car. Brian did most of the hard fab work on the car, and I am more then happy with the work he did.
yeah you can stop down any time. where you from?

Trucksville, PA
I said, "right down the road" but, it's a bit further than that.
I still think it would be worth the trip.

If it would stop snowing for a friggin hour here in PA,
I might have a chance.lol
More likely in the summer though.

Keep up the good work and,
love how you plug Slowe; His work IS incredible.
(I've seen impressive things from him while searching around)

[Ondonti]

Stock seats came in at 40lb. Kirkeys came in at 16.5lb. That's a 47lb savings form front seats.
Snowflakes with tires are 39lb. Rear skinnies with tires came in at 19lb. Totaling 40lb savings

Spare tire tub is 9lb. 26.5" diameter 3/32 aluminum sheet is 5lb. saving 4lb.

Are you welding that in?

[30 PSI SHADOW]

i like how it is powdercoated in "gunmetal"

[minigts]

i like how it is powdercoated in "gunmetal"

I think that's paint. And I say that because mine is done the same, assuming Slowe did this cage right?


BRIAN SLOWE, still waiting on a cool badge to put on this thing and advertise your work!

[168glhs1986]

Working on the cool badge thing

[rx2mazda]

Working on the cool badge thing

Be Fast. B.Slowe

[contraption22]

Be Fast. B.Slowe

[turbo2point2]

Be Fast. B.Slowe

Haha! new slogan perhaps...

[turboshad]

Be Fast. B.Slowe

He sure doesn't post much, but when he does................brilliance.

[fishcleaner]

Be Fast. B.Slowe

I like it

[Reaper1]

Brian Slowe: He doesn't always post on Turbo-Mopar, but when he does, it's brilliant!

[lengel]

Trying to do things to better my 60'. So one thing on the list is to replace the stock rubber strut mounts with camber plates. I started off with buying a set of ground control universal camber plates. I don't know how other plates are made, but these are very cool! They have a roller thrust bearing built into the spring hat, it also has a spherical seat on the spring hat that takes the load of the spring, and does not put the load on the spherical bearing. So I end up tossing the ground control top plates and making my own. I also made a plate that mount on top of the strut tower to add a little more support. Here are some pics of the progress.

[Tbird232ci]

I really like that setup. I've been wanting to do the Ground Control setup, but the way I planned it doesn't look nearly as clean as yours does.

[turbo2point2]

Very nice Adam! Judging by the pics, it looks like you added some much needed caster. Im curious to see how much caster you will get with those slick plates. I have only been able to get around 2 degrees on 4 dr. L bodies. Keep the progress coming!!

[lengel]

I really like that setup. I've been wanting to do the Ground Control setup, but the way I planned it doesn't look nearly as clean as yours does.

Thanks! yeah Im very happy with there stuff.

Very nice Adam! Judging by the pics, it looks like you added some much needed caster. Im curious to see how much caster you will get with those slick plates. I have only been able to get around 2 degrees on 4 dr. L bodies. Keep the progress coming!!

Thanks Brian! I will have a better idea of how much caster i gained once I can measure the distance from ball joint to the top spherical bearing at ride hight. Yes I moved the strut back .75". I should gain a little more then a degree and a half of caster.