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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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08-28-2011, 07:59 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 1ss IOM Join Date: May 2009
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Cage looking good how is the welding going I know there has to be some tough spots to weld someone will have to be a contortionist to get in there!!! Glad to here your feeling well and can't wait to see you run down the track with your cage!!!
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08-28-2011, 09:43 AM
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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08-28-2011, 10:04 AM
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Drives: SST Camaro 2010 Join Date: Oct 2008
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Hoping that knee gets better quick !! Gotta get back in the seat and crank the adrenaline up again. 
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08-28-2011, 10:32 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 1ss IOM Join Date: May 2009
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Have to put yourself and family before your ride even when you have the itch like a few of us on this forum have!!!
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08-28-2011, 04:04 PM
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Drives: 10 1LT SIM; 91 B4C sleeper Z Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Ft. Mitchell, Alabama
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I got a welder......and I'm not afraid to use it!
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Pedders Pace Car Package, Injen CAI, Flowmaster AT, AAC Lighting, ZL1 fascia/skirts, RKSport Ram Air hood, vented fenders, painted stripes (Gary's Customz), Honor and Valor badged (Thank you, John)
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08-28-2011, 10:56 PM
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Actually, I'll use a mig welder to tack everything up and get it all properly aligned, with Corey's help of course, and then he will weld it all up with a tig machine... I've seen the hammer you Alabama dudes keep wielding... That scares me...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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08-30-2011, 11:52 PM
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Cage Install Continued
Hey All...
Well, I was able to get back to the shop today, after dropping Debbie off at work and Satchmo at the Vet's office... I worked on finishing the main hoop install. It went pretty well, other than putting a couple of things back in the wrong order... Let me say, this cage is a very precise fit and very well built... Measure/mark, check and recheck everything three or more times... It's a lot easier to get it right the first time... So far... so good... As I said, I have the main hoop fully installed with bolts as is done with the five or six point in bolt in cage.... Now, we'll fit the front shoe on each side and then the door bars, the halo, the down pipes and the tunnel braces... Still quite a bit of work to go, but... we are getting there... Though it is installed with bolts at this time, we will weld it in at the base plates you can see in these pictures, the front shoe plates, and of course the rest of the bars used to complete the cage... There are also the tunnel brace pieces not seen yet that will be welded in... These provide lateral stability/rigidity and protection from side impacts intruding into the passenger compartment... In the following pictures, you can see the reinstalled quarter trim pieces. These are the pieces that have to be cut to allow the bar to go back to the inner wheel wells. Cutting them out was easy with a small air powered reciprocating saw... The instructions were very easy to follow for this step.... but again, measure it multiple times to insure a proper fit... As you can see, the rear seat has been completely removed at this point, to allow for an easier install of the quarter trim pieces... It is a tight fit.... The seat will be reinstalled for the time being until I decide how to manage the rear seat delete... It will include a firewall of some type and finished trim so it doesn't look like the rear seat is missing... If you look at the back part of the upper quarter trim, you'll note the holes in them... This is where the rear seat shoulder pieces came out... I have removed any and all seat belt components as I can promise with the eight point cage, there will be no room for anyone back there.... and you would have to be a serious contortionists to get back there anyway... I still have to put the hanger clips back on, as well as lots of other items...
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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08-31-2011, 12:21 AM
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Looks good.
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08-31-2011, 07:41 AM
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Drives: Sold - Blown Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Sep 2010
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cant wait to see it finished
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08-31-2011, 07:54 AM
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Drives: Chevys lots of em Join Date: Jun 2010
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Now we're talkin Brotha, (lookin good) get er done!
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08-31-2011, 10:27 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SSRS IOM M6 Join Date: May 2009
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Looking good.
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08-31-2011, 10:58 AM
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Hurry...Camaro Nationals are coming up.
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08-31-2011, 11:10 AM
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If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you. If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. Mario Andretti If you can turn, you ain't going fast enough... |
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