looks great and do you have a robot doing the welding cause I have never seen that type of consistency done by a human. Those lowers look awesome and have you considered adding a threaded inset so you could use a threaded ball joint.
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Just curious how your lower control arm frame mount holes came out for the drill rod blueprinting in post #210 (Lance and Ron Sutton info)?
Doug
Doug
We used two three foot long, 1/2" drill rods and blueprinted the holes. One side was surprisingly straight while the other was horrible. We drilled all 8 locations quite a bit larger then cut some heavy washers on the laser. After careful measuring we tacked the washers then finish welded. I used a slightly different method than Lance but found the rods to be about 1 degree different from each other. We of course welded to make them equal. The arms move really nicely now and are symmetrical.
ramey
So when are you guys putting in that roll bar? Also love the stance can't wait to get my car down low
We have Summit Atlanta autocross in a week and a half, then Carlisle, then Cruisin The Smokies autocross. We will put the cage in at the beginning of May to prep for the Midwest Musclecar Challenge at Putnam Park (road race and autocross).
That welding is actually done by a 22 year-old self taught welder, Brian James. He does a great job for us.
We actually have seven welders in-house (the people, not the machines). A few guys are MIG only, one is TiG only, and the balance do both. Any of our seven have contributed to social media weld photos and they produce all their work similar to what you saw in the pic. We have seven MIG's and I think five water cooled TIG's.
I haven't thought about screw-in yet but you never know. The current arm has a 3/4" tall Howe.
We should have more data on how it works after Atlanta and Tennessee.
ramey
please let your 22 year old welder that I have worked with some great professional welders who have decades of experience and he ranks with the best of them...if he is self taught he must be an expert grinder as well...🙂
Here's some more random pics.
Some prototype lower brackets.
Our 383 has AFR 195's on it and therefore some sweet new AFR valve covers. This is the SBC that could.
Dakota Digital and a nice new Flaming River steering wheel. View from the cockpit.
The Green Machine is corner balanced and is relatively light even with a driver that isn't...
Some prototype lower brackets.
Our 383 has AFR 195's on it and therefore some sweet new AFR valve covers. This is the SBC that could.
Dakota Digital and a nice new Flaming River steering wheel. View from the cockpit.
The Green Machine is corner balanced and is relatively light even with a driver that isn't...
have you moved the spindle forward any with the new LCA s? usually when these montes are lowered the front wheel looks like its pushed back in the wheel well.yours is nice and centered.
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