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1-17-2012
The blue masking tape line, indicates the center spindle/wheel location realtive to the motor position. I cannot wait to get this car back on the ground and some scales underneath it.. With the Crossmember/Suspension kit, and the firewall kit we have coming out, the position of the motor looks promising. Everything is open and easy to work on, and the overall suspension/engine weight, will be about 25 pounds heavier than the OEM suspension and engine. Our LS motor actually sits several inches further back, and a bit lower, than the original motor, so I am hoping it is all atleast a wash or better when it comes to over all weight affect.
1-20-2012
Well Saint Marie is temporarily on the ground again.. We will be working with getting the overall balance of the car setup properly, and I think it is going to work out very nicely. As you can see in the pics below, there is great ground clearance, and I dont see it changing much. I will have to get with Paul, and see what kind of overall stance he wants adjusted into the car.
I also have the original rear end back in the car, because I have to still sort out the conversion brackets for the newer style 4 link arms, and just as soon as that is done, the new rear end assembly will be in the car.. Everything else on the rear end and coil over conversion kit is sorted out, but the early cars have to have a conversion bracket fabricated to accept the newer arm joints.
I will post some pictures of the finished firewall and trans tunnel in the next week or two.. I am sorting out an nice universal firewall kit for the Swedish Ops catalog, and cant wait to show everyone how it works..
After we are all done with the initial set up here, the car will be completely disassembled again, and sent back to the paint shop for final Gapping and Blocking.. At that time, we will have all the suspension components, engine bay items, ect, powder coated and everything fully prepped for reassembly...
