Just got back from scoping out the salvage yard. I need to replace the sheetmetal structure that I removed to put in the new spring perches and framing. Trying to build something that looks half assed decent will be a royal b****. Looking at the metal inner fenders from a 1967 Country Squire wagon. They were still made with real metal and appear to be about the same gauge as my original inner structure. It would save me a ton of metal forming work for 40 - 50 bucks. The stamped metal would also look a lot cleaner than my hacked and welded original plan. It will still need to be cut to size and welded in though to make sure the unibody structure remains at least as strong as the original. They have lots of cool stuff over there, I need more money, and time.:lol:

Looks really fucking great man. Awesome job! For damn sure.

After the primer goes down are you going to skim coat the entire bay with some plastic and then sand it down before more primer and then some sanding and then some plastic and then some primer and then some primer surface and then some more sanding and then some primer and then some color and then some clear and some clear and some more clear?

There's always room for one of those :D

Depending on where those 2" are will determine how bad it will be to get a little turbo in there....

He's doing a blow through right? How hard would it be to keep the damn thing FI?

That right there is a great idea...

Danke

No! keep your evil thoughts away! ;) I plan to just get primer on there and run it that way until I know for sure where everything is going to be and all modifications are done. I've painted cars before and only want to go through that bullpuckey once.

If I were to go the supercharger route that's what I would do. Use an engine setup for turbo(s) and just get my boost from a different source. AJ has to do things the hard way though.

Yeah, right, look who's talkin'. :lol:

:cheers:

Truff... I meant after everything is done and welded and you're getting the entire car painted. I did it with the FC and plan on doing it with the 'vert.... closed up all the holes and filled and faired a little.. on the FC.... the 'vert I want to make a much cleaner engine bay..

Gotcha... sounds like an idea... how much power are you looking for? I'm assuming you'd be using either 8.5 or 9.0:1 rotors?

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When I'm ready for paint I'll probably media blast the engine bay then yeah lots of sanding, sealer, primer, et al. I have some ideas for subtle body mods I'd like to do before that though. Such as extend the wheelbase front and rear (which I should be able to do with my setup) and move the wheel openings, clean up the bumpers, lower the front edge of the windshield so the roof line is flat, etc. Just a clean up of the lines without actually altering the intended shape. Mostly ideas taken from the Hot Rod realm. Who knows if I'll ever manage to get to that point though. Suspension, chassis reinforcement, electronics, and engine will be enough to keep me busy for quite a while.

I'd like to be in the 300 to 350 hp range, but even the stock REW numbers would be an improvement. I was planning to look for some S4 TII 8.5s, durability would be very high on my desirability list.

Not sure if serious....

That's a no brainer....

FWIW a stock FD will make about 210-215 on a dynojet. I've done 196 on an S5 for a the shops ITS car and over 220 with a halfie and ITB's....

I think 350 plus would be a good time. You can always turn the boost down but who the hell wants to do that? :lol:

Actually I am, but the likelihood of me ever getting to it is slim to none. The kinds of mods I'd like to do would be similar to the kinds of things that Foose does with subtle modifications. Things that you wouldn't really notice unless you were looking for them. Some of the lines of the car don't quite flow the way they should. They still look pretty damn good for a production line compact car though.

Hmmm... What I would really like would be a N/A 20B (I'd settle for a 4 rotor too. :lol:) with the ITBs. However like so many other things, that's probably just a pipe dream and the reality will more likely be a boosted 13B and a paint job.

Hell at this point I would settle for just getting the stupid thing back on it's wheels so I can push it over a cliff somewhere.

I am now the proud owner of a pair of crusty old inner fenders for a '66 Galaxy wagon. It only took me about 7 hours to get the blankedy blank things out of the car. Hopefully they save me enough metal forming time to make them worth it.

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fender wells by GySgtFrank, on Flickr

Was the coffee can in the fender well? Or just a bonus?

believe it or not that's an early charcoal canister for emissions, the car was originally from Califor-Ny-Ay.

Guessing coffee cans were the right size and cost.

and probably more effective than the over-engineered and over-priced units used later.

Now that you mention it I may need to keep that. Put a coffee label on it and use it in the engine bay. After all, the build would never have been possible without large quantities of liquid alertness.

The left front arch is in.

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Like a boss!

Badass Kevin!

Did you still want a bellhousing? I might be able to tow it behind my car LOL...