Definitely looking forward to what you come up with this one
Very interesting rear suspension!
Are you planning to use those Revolutions?
Do you want to sell those ESM wheels you bought?
Very cool stuff!
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Very innovative
Some dark grey 15x8 mesh wheels i saw in your drag week shadow thread a long time ago.
Here's a more relevant question.. are 8" wheels too narrow for this car? Planning to go big big like the Scaries?
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Oh, those...they were a photoshop that someone did. I never had them. Must have been a good photoshop!
Bigger would be better. Not ScAries big, but I wouldn't mind a 9" wheel and maybe some 245 Hoosiers (if they exist...). I mocked up the 10" Diamonds with the 275's and it was just too much. With the wide track on the thin body, I'd be building massive flares.
I want to get a drivetrain hanging in the mounts for weight and at least have the front suspension buttoned up, roll it outside and look at it. Be easier to decide then.
Omni fenders make great flares
This is the upper spring seat I made to mount the coilover spring into the stock L body hat. It's scrap steel welded together as a plate, cut round to fit the spring, a piece of 2.5" exhaust pipe as the spring locator (sits inside the spring), a small piece of roll bar tubing capped at the top that rides on a washer, which rides on the bearing. A clamp or a piece of mechanics wire will hold the seat to the spring.
are you going to use the stock headliner??
Imagine if would could make parts from used OilDri.
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
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HHHmmmm...oil dry and ground up tires.....hhhmmmm
last time i bought SRT-4 pistons and con rods, they were 100$ shipped on ebay.
they were low mileage used units.
dunno what the market is like now.
im curious on how you are going to keep the fenders from getting crushed with the track width.
looks like fun.
Brian
Originally Posted by turbovanman
With using the Aries rear twist beam, will you also be using the panhard bar (or do we call it a track bar here?)
I'm just going to run 800 lb springs so the tires will never get near the wheel arches.
Yep, it will have a panhard. I'm waiting to build the mount for it until I have a better idea of what the spring/shock or strut location will be to be sure I don't run into any interference issues.
This should be interesting to follow. Always tempted to do a Rampage for the same reasons you've listed (lightest and longer W/B) and it's the easiest to shed weight from.
Looking forward to your progress!
Robert Mclellan
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