I've really been enjoying following your process through this. Some very nice designs and quality of work. The last time I went to a pick n pull was a few years ago, but it was the same experience where everything seemed like too much money. I even ended up not taking a few things for the prices the...

Got the stands finished up, painting today. I may add some sort of lug bolt holder at some point. I've used them a couple times now and they are nice and stable and put the car at a nice height. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WHjN-AGMynQ/Vgg2gkWMpNI/AAAAAAAADaU/tpEvUyUo8SU/s640-Ic42/IMG_1672.JPG...

I usually hit eBay, fastenal or https://www.belmetric.com for hardware. The lower a-arms are held on with m12x1.75 nyloc flange nuts, as are the steering rack bolts, and rear trailing arms. I recently replaced all of mine, but could only find them with an 18mm hex. I didn't mind changing to a differ...

Those intercooler connections are always pesky when racing, another one of those failures that street driving can't predict... I always double hose clamped the problematic ones and also we found that texture powder coating the pipes helped a lot as well. Some texture definitely helps, even just scu...

Luke wrote:Nice, I always wanted to do something like that - I like the idea of some sort of pivot to fold it out of the way, especially on a 99 that would be nice.

Thanks. It won't pivot, but I think it will be easy enough to remove that I'll start removing the rad support to pull the engine.

squaab99t wrote:Nice. Got a pix of the finished stand? Adjustable or where they sit is where they sit?

Non-adjustable. The long bars make the triangle, with the plates welded on both sides and the short piece of tube pushed through the two holes. Then the pin goes inside that tube. I'll try and get a pic today.

I made the stands myself. They are all welded up, except I need to make caps for the tops. Didn't have a good way to measure how to size them until everything was assembled.

One of my planned project for before the start of this year was to upgrade the radiator. I've been using a new stock Nissens unit, which did the job, but by the end of a run at a hillclimb temps are always in the "mmmm, a bit hot" range on the stock gauge. At Mt. Washington where a run is ...

I was lucky enough to start watching when they already had five episodes. But then I watched them all in a couple days, always fun when a new one comes out. A lot of interesting thinking and nice sheet metal work.

Good to know. I already have a piece of 1/4 6061, but I have thought about having two interchangeable plates depending on conditions. Id also like to leave it on for hill climbs in case of an off road excursion, so maybe I'll have the 1/4 for that and smooth rallies.

Got a couple more items done. Finished adding in a second gusset on my A-pillar supports to get it ready for a logbook inspection. I also started working on skid plate subframe/mounts. The exhaust is also now done and mounted. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lYe4aol0NM4/VS_wvHCF6pI/AAAAAAAADSQ/VO...

No prob. I drilled and tapped the compressor (aluminum) housing. The if I recall I placed a 1/8 npt 90 degree nipple about 3" from the top of the outlet. You might be able to spy it in the pixs on this post or my other thread on the gt3071 install. I did the same thing on one turbo I bought th...

I'm honestly not sure what the exact reasoning is. It does however make it really easy to weld fully around the tube and plates, which was one of my motivations for doing it that way. I've also seen where it was nice to be able to remove them to repair the shell if the floor pan or sill is damaged.

One change for the rally sprint will be the addition of a co driver. While I always have had a passenger seat, it was not one I intended to have someone in during competition given the disparity between the two seats. I still don't have a replacement, but because the Corbeau seat that was installed ...

Looks fantastic. That stainless adds up quick and if you do not have a lot of critical bend you can get away with the more economical tubes. I recognized the burns packaging on the hardware; Invoice sleeve from ups. Good luck on the new race series. Thanks, the burn stuff is definitely nice. The bi...