🔧 BUILD PJ’s bad idea - notch edition

[Terminator-Fux]

Eeyore V.2

 

[PJx5x]

Waiting on some parts so figured I’d put some time in on the trunk floor. Doing rivet strips between the tubular frame rails and then going to make some sheet metal panels to connect those to the stock floor

Took an old scalloped sheet from another project and mocked it up between the bars

Cut to fit. Put it in my China brake and barely got it bent lol. It’s too thick and wide for this POS. It will be spot welded to the backside of the rear tail light panel

 

[PJx5x]

Got the motor plates back from my buddy. His plasma cutter fucks up bolt holes lately so we did them blank. I transfer punched and drilled them out. I also undersized the water pump holes and I will just grind them out to match a gasket. Can’t complain too much for free stuff lol

Got the motor all squared up. Used a laser pointer bore sight in a trans yoke adapter to line it all up with the rearend

Tacked the front plates in and then started making the tabs for the rear/mid plate

Next up is the trans mount. The crossmember isn’t in the best location and I don’t wanna make a new one so it might end up being a little ghetto. Think this chassis was originally built for a powerglide

 

[PJx5x]

Trying to knock out one thing a night. Trans crossmember is built. I reused the chassis mounts and tube that was already there. The mounting plate ended up being farther away from the tube than I like but it should be fine. @%1;offered to add some gussets on the side for me, might have to take him up on that

 

[RedBeard]

You building this car to keep and race it?

 

[PJx5x]

You building this car to keep and race it?

No, you wanna buy it?

 

[BOTTLEFED]

No, you wanna buy it?

seems like this guy wants to

 

[PJx5x]

seems like this guy wants to View attachment 156832

My doors and clip are opposite colors. Don’t think he’d be interested

 

[BOTTLEFED]

My doors and clip are opposite colors. Don’t think he’d be interested

lol

 

[PJx5x]

Got the scallop panels cut by my buddy so I started fitting them up. They fill the gap between the stock frame rails and tube frames. A flat piece of aluminum will then get riveted to them in the center square opening

Bent and fit up

Punched the holes for the plug welds. Paper template and raw scallop there for comparison

Welded in, along with a small filler panel in the corner

 

[Terminator-Fux]

When Harbor Freight jackstands won't cut it.

 

[LikeABauce302]

When Harbor Freight jackstands won't cut it.

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Those quick jacks are sweet, but Harbor Freight's latest jackstands are baller now after they got sued.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Do those have rollers that let them move on the ground when Lifting like that? How much those buggers go for?

 

[PJx5x]

Do those have rollers that let them move on the ground when Lifting like that? How much those buggers go for?

No, they lift straight up. I have upside down U tabs on the front tube and rearend housing. It lifts the car in a few seconds, engage the locks, and lower it down and inch onto the locks

A lot. Thankfully I bought them long time ago pre-covid. Think they’re 2500-3000 now depending on which pump option. This one is M18 powered that my buddy and I made

 

[PJx5x]

Finished the trunk. Added a normal scallop strip on the top with silicon bronze “brazing” or whatever it’s called. Just need to cut and bead roll a square of thin aluminum

Re-did the interior tin working mounting with some of the scalloped strips as well. Old vs new:

Decided to move the steering rack back 2” to help with the horrible turning radius this outlaw stiletto rack provides. This k member allows for removing the oil pan in the car. I’m assuming its designed to work with a big or small block. With this tiny LS moved kinda close to the firewall, there was a decent amount of room between the oil pan and tubing. So I cut that off and moved it back with some new tabs I made

Original angles:

Cut and notched it on the car

Plenty of belt clearance. Maybe.

 

[cap42]

wow that's tight to fit a belt in there.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

the motor plats installed on the car look fantastic !

 

[PJx5x]

the motor plats installed on the car look fantastic !

Thanks. Makes it a lot easier when you draw it up in cad with GM models lol

 

[strtcar]

I hope after all this you can still run AC

 

[Broke EF]

This thing is fucking awesome, and is really making me want a notch so much more than I already do.

 

[PJx5x]

This thing is fucking awesome, and is really making me want a notch so much more than I already do.

I know where you can get one

 

[Broke EF]

I know where you can get one

If you are talking about yours, lets trade

 

[PJx5x]

If you are talking about yours, lets trade

Yes I’d happily trade… for cash

 

[PJx5x]

Bought a $69 Amazon special China throttle body. Gonna try and make it decent:
-debur everything
-smooth the IAC port (allegedly they whistle)
-weld the blade screws so they don’t fall out
-weld a dual seal (fancy vband) flange on
-replace with oem tps and iac

-I would love to change the bearings to a sealed one but I don’t have a blind bearing puller

So I took it all apart and chucked it in the lathe to take off the lip and anodizing so the flange would fit

Everything is super easy so far. We’ll see how it welds. If that goes ok I might offer to do this as a side hustle

 

[willyt]

We've got a couple of bearing pullers, but not sure about that small. What's the ID?