Body mock up is a big job. Do it before you paint it. Many hours getting body parts located in position, hinging and latching. I have many more hours to go.
I have set it up for QA-1 coilovers on all 4 corners, powdercoated the frame, and am setting up 4 wheel disc brakes now.
Stay tuned and see how that unfolds .... I will keep going on this thread and get us up to present time.
Who will be next to start their build thread ? ? ?
There are great deals on motors out there. This shop here puts 600 hp LS7's in everything and no one wants an old iron engine like this ... they don't even want LS1's anymore!
After I drive it with the 350 and Corvair trans I might want to go LS and Porsche trans, I am not sure ... we will see.
I might want to add something else to the car or do nothing ...
Interesting to say the least. The LS2 crate motor I bought for my Mirage had 1500 miles on it, and was pulled back out of a '62 'Vette because the owner claimed the power was causing stress cracks in the body. He wanted to go back to the lower-powered gen I motors. I scratched my head on that (heck, put smaller tires on the back then), but it ended up being a good deal for me in finding a carbureted LS2 with the MSD ignition controller. I've been a Ford man all my life, but the LSx motors changed that after I finally got my hands on one and looked through the internals and it's machining and build. They really are great pushrod motors, with gobs of power, cheap to get lots more power, and lightweight.
. Great project. So where are you today? Is the last post pretty much where you are at?
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