Car is done! for the most part

[kweb288]

after 4 years, countless head aches, and who knows how much money.... here she is guys
This project has so much time and effort i dont think i will ever sell the car. Everything (except the rearend), was assembled and doen in my garage, mainly by myself with a few key friends and dad for moral support! great learning experiance for me.
Its a 4.6 2004 cobra engine, run off of a ron francis "detail zone" wiring harness. Body harnes is all seperate.
Car has a TH400 built in Indiana, reverse manual valve body with trans brake, and an un known converter (still trying to get a hold of the guy who made it)
Rear end has 31 spline axles with 3.55 gears a spool, c clip elimin.
Suspension is mainly Team z and Strange, with coil overs in all 4 corners
Fluidine provided all the coiling tanks and radiator/heat exchanger.
fuil system is a glenns high performance twin 255 walbro kit rated at 1000hp with the sumpt tank.
Interior is all custom starting with a wolf craft 10 point chromoly cage that had the kirkey seat brackets added to it. The back half was cut out for the instalation of the mini tubs (after cage was in) and a bulk head (which i cut and modified to fit around the new back bars that i cut/nothced myself.

my buddies z and my car

burn out time

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[wolfe]

Bet you cant wait till spring to get it out. Looks like a fun ride!

 

[1MEANGT]

Wow, she looks great man! Nice work!

 

[kweb288]

thanks guys
and yeah i cant wait for spring time... tho i still have some work ahead of me to get her perfect.
is it bad that im already looking at turbos?????

 

[Zack]

Its never done...we all know that.
Congrats anyhoo!

 

[The Beast]

Wish I was a fabricator like you. Car looks amazing except the radiator looks like it's falling out. Maybe a GT bumper might look better?

 

[SONICobra]

simply awesome man, big kudos on sticking it out and making one sick ass ride

 

[Tom]

Congrats !! :clap:

 

[kweb288]

Wish I was a fabricator like you. Car looks amazing except the radiator looks like it's falling out. Maybe a GT bumper might look better?

thats the after cooler, the radiator is perfect. I put the after cooler there so that it would have ample air flow over the fins. I could of hid it a little better.... but then it would not of gotten great airflow.

and thanks guys! kinda sad that its pretty much over

 

[Zack]

Put a killer chiller on it and you can eliminate the heat exchanger entirely.

 

[deviantlx]

looks awesome, but i wouldn't trust my life with that cage. lol. holy!

 

[kweb288]

looks awesome, but i wouldn't trust my life with that cage. lol. holy!

...... Why?

 

[deviantlx]

cause there is a lot of voids in the welds and a ton of "lumps" in it where it was not welded correctly. that means in certain spots there was a ton of heat where it was not welded properly. excessive heat causes strain on the metal and is more than likely going to crack apart if the car was ever wrecked.



i give you great props for building it and theres something to be said for doing EVERYTHING yourself............but on that note, the cage is there for your safety! its designed to protect you in the event of a high speed crash.


experience tells you when to wrap it up on one end of the project and hire a professional.

 

[kweb288]

There r only a few spots were this actually has occurred. The main part, hoop, down bars, cross over bars, pillar, halo and all that we're welded by a profesional, I practiced on other things before I did the Down bars, which turned out very well, had the line of nickels look to it before the cage was welded. Yes part of the seat bracket syste
Has a few of these melted metal clumps to it. But most of it has no structural purpose what so ever

 

[Ear Rak]

All it takes is one failed weld and the whole cage will become more of a danger than a god send.

Other than that, awesome work.

 

[deviantlx]

...... Why?

There r only a few spots were this actually has occurred. The main part, hoop, down bars, cross over bars, pillar, halo and all that we're welded by a profesional, I practiced on other things before I did the Down bars, which turned out very well, had the line of nickels look to it before the cage was welded. Yes part of the seat bracket syste
Has a few of these melted metal clumps to it. But most of it has no structural purpose what so ever

i hear ya. like i said. im not downplaying the build. you did an awesome job. theres a lot that comes from experience.

maybe over the winter grind down the sections you attempted and have your buddy lay a decent penetrating weld to join the two sections properly

you would be suprised what happens when these cars wreck. i have seen welded cages break clean off with all the weld stuck to one side of the tube.

i have also seen a proper cage do its job and the minute we went to cut one bar out of the hoop it moved 6 inches!

 

[Ear Rak]

i hear ya. like i said. im not downplaying the build. you did an awesome job. theres a lot that comes from experience.

maybe over the winter grind down the sections you attempted and have your buddy lay a decent penetrating weld to join the two sections properly

you would be suprised what happens when these cars wreck. i have seen welded cages break clean off with all the weld stuck to one side of the tube.

i have also seen a proper cage do its job and the minute we went to cut one bar out of the hoop it moved 6 inches!

i've seen people use hilifts/ratchet straps to pull bars in place to weld :lmao:

that was on jeeps though that are seeing more of flopping over than 100+ mph crashes.

 

[raresvt]

Congrats man,she's gonna be a beast!!!!

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

i've seen people use hilifts/ratchet straps to pull bars in place to weld :lmao:.

 

[ChromeCobra]

nice work brah