Help with Thru the floors

[Fast99Snake]

well, ive gotten myself into quite a mess with my thru the floor subframes
anyone who has a good sawzall and knows how to use it very well,
i could use your help a lot

thanks much
Justin
ill get some pics of my mess up on the net tommorow while im sitting in bed with the pain of getting my wisdom teeth out :crying:

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[Mystic Terminator]

well, ive gotten myself into quite a mess with my thru the floor subframes
anyone who has a good sawzall and knows how to use it very well,
i could use your help a lot

thanks much
Justin
ill get some pics of my mess up on the net tommorow while im sitting in bed with the pain of getting my wisdom teeth out :crying:

Holy Shit Justin! All I can say is stay the course and good luck. I have the instructions from Griggs; there are also several good write-ups out there. Once you cut and fit, who is going to weld them? It seems everyone can Arc and MIG, TIG is less prevalent.

I think when I spoke to Griggs they told me their book rate was 6.0 hours to do it. Since you are the one removing the interior, cutting the floor pan and fitting the connectors, I would guess it would be half that or more.

I have a sawzall, possible sale or loan.

-Vince

 

[PJx5x]

Justin- what the hell did you do? You weld them in wrong or something??

 

[jfranci3]

Wow - To the X-Treme!

 

[cyac5l8trfcar]

that thing won't flex anymore. Can't wait to see pics.

 

[ShelbyGuy]

I have a portable mig. also have rechargable sawzall. what i need is a new lens for my welding mask.

 

[mustangmike2003]

dont mean to pee in your cheerios justin but i can say now, told ya so! lol let me know if I can help you out at all

 

[Fast99Snake]

i have mustang mike's welder, so i have that under control and from my knowledge mig welding is the way to do it
i have a lot of the cutting to do em and i think i may be able to actually get it done this weekend if fr500handbuilt can help me with his sawzall.
had 4 wisdom teet out today so hopefully i can be out of the majority of the pain by friday and start working again

 

[Mystic Terminator]

i have mustang mike's welder, so i have that under control and from my knowledge mig welding is the way to do it
i have a lot of the cutting to do em and i think i may be able to actually get it done this weekend if fr500handbuilt can help me with his sawzall.
had 4 wisdom teet out today so hopefully i can be out of the majority of the pain by friday and start working again

Wisdom teeth pain should not exceed 24 hours, or else something went wrong, imo.

 

[Fast99Snake]

ya, im actually feeling better already, the oral surgeon said to wait 3-5 days to resume a normal lifestyle but i almost feel up to working oon the car right now.

 

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well, ive gotten myself into quite a mess with my thru the floor subframes
anyone who has a good sawzall and knows how to use it very well,
i could use your help a lot

thanks much
Justin
ill get some pics of my mess up on the net tommorow while im sitting in bed with the pain of getting my wisdom teeth out :crying:

explain how you are tring to do these and what is going on??

 

[Fast99Snake]

I'm trying to exactly replicate the griggs frame kit that terminates at the bulkhead, anything beyond that is way beyond my skills.
i already have the maximum motorsports lowers and wanted even more chassis stiffness, i basically will have a full chassis mod sn95 minus seam welding, which if this gets done this weekend ill probably weld up a couple of the major seams, and a cage, which im hoping to do a 4 point sometime over summer when i do a recaro, harness, and rsd. and just drive the shiznit out of it this summer and maybe do coilovers and bushings next winter

 

[Fast99Snake]

if anyone on here knows the engineering specifics behind how these work, would you be able to tell me if there would be a large difference in going all the way up to the firewall like in the black car(darius's fox) or in the red car(matts fox). I know I shouldn't half ass the job at this point, but if the difference in chassis stiffness is minimal, I don't feel the need to waste any more of my time extending them all the way to the firewall.

also, if anyone has any ideas for getting this nut thats built into the subframe level that would be appreciated as I've never seen anyone make mention of it in their writeups, which I've read tons of.

Thanks

 

[jfranci3]

I can't tell what nut you're talking about. Are you talking about the nut that bolts to the seats or the something else?

 

[ShelbyGuy]

and regarding the bulkhead question,

as long as you're connecting the end of the front stub subframe rails to the rear rails, you've accomplished the job. maybe you can still go stronger, but that could be said about anything on a fox-derived chassis.

 

[Fast99Snake]

thats the nut that would prevent the steel tubing from lying flat in the frame rail, than again i may just notch the tube to go around that nut since it looks like it will be a pita to get out.

 

[rdsnake]

dude your fucking crazy, looks like a PITA, I would of just welded some FLSFC on and called it a day. But more props if it works out for yea!

I thought about doing them on my fox but then I just would have just added them to the "what mods do you regreat" thread....

god speed my friend..

 

[Fast99Snake]

haha
funny thing is..
i already have the mm flsfc's

i just get picky when it comes to my car
this is one of those mods i definitely regret doing but can't go back now

 

[rdsnake]

this is one of those mods i definitely regret doing but can't go back now

Yea, those are the worst....one of those things you say "it won't be that bad" untill your at the point of no return. been down that road...twice.....or so...

 

[ShelbyGuy]

if you need someone to stand around and suggest stupidity instead of helping, im available during the week.

 

[Fast99Snake]

haha, i already have about 5 people that come over and do that every time i ask for "help" with the car

 

[Fast99Snake]

haha i love how none of the writeups mention that the fuel and brake lines run right under the floorpan where your cuttin on the pass side
hmmm nearly blew up my car and garage the other night, btw I decided to go into the rear subframe since I've gone this far
long dragged out project but it's movin along,
should be sweet when its done and i hope to do a writeup on it