Good stuff per usual DJ but I think it needs a wider stance 😋
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Good stuff per usual DJ but I think it needs a wider stance 😋
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Mike Marra
James Reeves - Reeves Racing
World's Fastest 8 Valve - 146.88 mph
86 GLH-T 9.99 at 143.78 mph
86 GLHS #169 Mom's - complete Super 60 car
87 Shelby Z 14.16 Dad's - mostly stock, no sh*t!
88 Shelby Z 13.5 - been in storage for 15 years
03 SRT-4 12.24 Mom's
07 Charger 5.7L 12.48 Dad's
Hella un-flush...
Though I do have many tools, both electronic and physical, at my disposal there are always tools just too expensive to justify personally or through my place of work. When this happens you have to rely on the Googles to give you ideas that smarter people have already thought of. You can see in my models that I have a scan of the 2.4l engine. I don't have access to a commercial high quality scanner but I was extremely excited when my search for a budget scanner finally produced some results. I found a thread on using an X-box Kinect with some free software to produce scans. Even though I can't take any real measurements or attach any parts to the scans I create they have been very useful in spacial awareness and making sure I won't have interference with parts that I don't need 0.001" accuracy on. When I need to attach something in a CAD assembly I'm able to manually measure that needed face and embed my measured part into the scan. So far it's worked great and cost me ~$10 since I already had a Kinect. Even if you have to buy a Kinect and power cable you can have a 3D scanner for ~$40. Here is a video I shot of me scanning an LS bell housing.
I got the fixtures machined and welded into place so I can start looking at the front tubing. This was kind of an exciting step as it is the first time I could see how the front structure would look in real life compared to the whole car. I found that I will most likely need to build a new firewall which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The original is full of holes I don't need and structural forming that will no longer be used. Making a new one will clean it up quite a bit while giving me good access to the inside during the build process. This also brought to light the inevitable challenge of attaching the front tube structure to the uni-body and roll cage in a structurally sound way. I think I've got this figured out after staring at if for a while and sleeping on it a few times. Originally I thought I would re-pad the firewall and butt the tubes to that but I don't think that will be sufficient so plan B it is. I also learned that when you run out of scrap 1 5/8" that swing outs work great for mock up.
For those that visit the Instagrams I am also documenting the process there. Updates are a little more frequent as I wait for more progress before posting on this log. Come give me a follow @turboshad.
Last edited by turboshad; 08-22-2017 at 12:42 PM.
Man i wish i could come help just for the knowledge one would gain while working along side you. Lol awesome work like usual DJ keep it up bud!
This is going to be the kind of car you can check out for hours and still not take in all the details.
cool.
Brian
Originally Posted by turbovanman
I'll just leave this here......if for no better reason than I like looking at it.
Last edited by turboshad; 08-22-2017 at 12:43 PM.
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Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
Kinda cool I guess......
James Reeves - Reeves Racing
World's Fastest 8 Valve - 146.88 mph
86 GLH-T 9.99 at 143.78 mph
86 GLHS #169 Mom's - complete Super 60 car
87 Shelby Z 14.16 Dad's - mostly stock, no sh*t!
88 Shelby Z 13.5 - been in storage for 15 years
03 SRT-4 12.24 Mom's
07 Charger 5.7L 12.48 Dad's
I'm flashing back to the first posts you put up years with pics of the ORIGINAL build, the custom manifold with the other shiny parts and I was thinking, whoever this guy is he's going over the top on this build and his talent. Youre making that stuff seem primitive now
AJ (no More Alan) 84 Rampage RT TIII/568 Quaife 87 GLHS dealer optioned Red 16V Masi/568/Quaife
90 Masi 16V White/Ginger/Black
89 TC Masi 16V Red/Ginger/Black
86 GLHS #110 RoadRace Built 89 CSX-VNT Recaro Car
89 Turbo Mini 'Woody' 85 GLHT 'RedBox'
2014 Explorer DD'r 3.5Twin Turbo Ecoboost AWD and 500HP
My profile page has over 20,000 views, I'm somebody LOL
You will definitely grow into your goal with the help of the internet & your determination. I ran into the same problem when I started mine all though on a lower level. It all came together when I needed the knowledge the most, now just need more time.
Enjoy watching you raise the bar...
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Question for you. From your rendering, it looks like oil-pan clearance will me kind of tight. I know many of the guys doing LS swaps look for the Hummer H3 oil pan, but that had a pretty deep sump. Are you considering going dry sump? If so, can you use OE Corvette stuff or a completely custom oiling system?
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
My first inclination is to not run any oil at all, similar to the Comp oiless turbos. Dry sump would be great but it is pricey. Even dryer with no sump is better and cost effective. I guess that could be categorized as a custom oiling system as I haven't seen it done before.
Mike Marra
1986 Plymouth Horizon GLMF "The Contraption" < entertaining sponsorship offers
Project Log:
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/showthread.php?69708-The-Contraption-2013-14&highlight=
Man... this is going to be nuts! I have seen some people do RWD conversions on P-bodies before, Larry Buford comes to mind with his 9 cars to make one RWD psycho build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI89gTRLd9Y, but this is a whole different level of insane! I can't wait to see the finished product!!