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6 minute(s) of a 217 minute read
12-11-2013
Well since I have been really slow on posting updates now would be a great time for one. The posting has been slow for a few reasons. Between the last few NHRA races Holidays and my trip over to the Middle East my time has been really limited. Also I have been needing to upload a bunch of pictures DMC had taken over the last few months. Now that my NHRA race season has ended and my travel has slowed down I hopefully will have some personal time from now until late Jan. During that time I plan on getting my car 100% completed.
As you will be able to see from the updates we are not really that far off and if all goes well I should have the thing sitting in my garage in the next few weeks. Well here is what I have for tonight.When I made the last posts DMC had just finished the inside of the car & completed the engine bay area along with the exhaust system. The final thing needing to be done was the front clip and that will be this update.
We wanted to make the front clip removable making it way easier to work on. I will have the option of pulling the whole clip or just the hood when done. This will make it nice at the track or having to do anything in a hurry that you will have the option. First step was to make the front loop. Dennis made it so the loop will hold the turbo and a few other items on it with ease.
Next step was to make a bracket to hold the front clip onto the loop.
One of the things Dennis & the DMC crew pride themselves on is quality work and craftsmanship. I feel this next picture shows just that. Nothing looks better then a nice weld.
After the brackets were on next was to start on what you would call the tree setup that holds the front end on. This is when you really have to get a little creative.
Time to slide the nose on and start adding bars
An inside shot showing how the tree will mount to the nose. All the steel plates will end up getting fiberglass on them holding the part onto the structure making a tight bond
When it was all said and done they ended up with something like this that will hold the nose on to the car
Now the front fenders followed. A little trimming was needed but was kind of straight forward
The exhaust getting cut into the firewall allowed for it to be laid back and tucked in quite nice. The pipe will not hang out no where near as far as it would have if we just ran the pipe out the side
The mounts inside holding the rear of the fenders to the main body. They are crafted to be lightweight but yet very strong and sterdy
When you step back it should start looking like a car
Then hopefully the hood lines all up and you get this.
Just wait until you see this thing on the ground looking low and mean
Well since all this stuff happen in the paint booth at DMC Racing why not take it all apart and get it ready to put some color on it
They have a pile of parts that need to head out to powdercoated
A few inside shots
Thats right!! DMC didn't take the easy way out and put all new sheet metal in for the floor they used the stock stuff
Thanks for taking the time to look. With PRI this weekend in Indy I will not have a whole lot of time to post anything more but hopefully next week I can get some pictures with color on the main body posted you will start to see a car getting close to completed. EK