Dave Bivens Mirage Build

[davebivens]

Hi Terry, I'm planning a street car, hope to get it titled. It's got a mustang 2 front suspension, rear suspension is some sort of trailing arm and tubular link setup that a previous builder designed that I plan to keep. Drivetrain, I have porsche 930 trans and I plan to mate it to a chevy LS motor, most likely a 2003-2007 5.3L. I have a KEP adapter kit but it's for a 350 so I'll have to get the LS version.

[davebivens]

Bobby, here's a couple of pics of the windshield roll bar that was on my build as arrived from previous owner. One pic of the roll bar and another of some notches in the rear bulkhead fiberglass where it looked like the plan was to tie that windshield hoop with the rear roll bar. Like I mentioned I removed it and filled in the rear bulkhead because it wasn't compatible with the upper doors,

[Blueovalz]

Yeah, I found the 930 to be a pretty much optimal gearing for a high-torque motor, if you can get around the older generation synchros. Please post some rear suspension photos when you have time.

[davebivens]

Here you go Terry, it's modified corvair training arms (I think) and tubular links, all using heim style rod ends, pretty beefy,

[davebivens]

"trailing" arms...

[Bobby Evans]

Thanks for the pics, Dave! I originally bought an LS1 for my build but I've since moved that into the corner of the shop and decided to dive into a sort of unconventional powertrain. I'm a big fan of the Lamborghini Miura and the look of it's transverse powertrain so I'm going with a LS4/4T80E or LS4/F40 6-Speed configuration and will be using Terry's idea for ITB induction using TBs from '95 - '97 Chrysler LHS.

[Blueovalz]

Dave: That rear suspension is unique. Can't tell much from the photo, but appears to have had some amount of thought put behind it. Are the angles and lengths all good (hard to tell with a photograph)? Interesting "upright" or hub boss (maybe a cut down Corvair arm?) and U-joint adapters. Assuming splined or sliding half-shafts are used?


Bobby: Good luck on the ITB project. This is probably the single most commented item on the car when folks look it over. "What kind of injection is that? I don't believe I've seen that one before". Let me know when you get it done. Would like to compare notes and discuss issues I had when I first set it up.

[davebivens]

Hey Terry, yea, the plan is to use spicer slip yokes with custom u-joint adapter at the trans,

[davebivens]

Add more, like at said at the beginning, postign this stuff because everyone elses build threads have helped me, just the pictures alone have been a huge help.

I added a belly pan because the thought of the only thing between my butt and whatever I'm rolling over at highway speeds would be a fiberglass tub scares the you know what out of me, it's just sheet steel, but hey it's an extra layer and keeps everything else out of mechanical areas.

[davebivens]

Also, my car only came with a passenger side sidepod box, so I added one on the driver side,