Aarons Drag CQ: 3-29 anodized and welded stuff. AN lines

[my2000apb]

YES!!! a rental with all insurance options

[zerb]

ill be racing sunday too, long as it dont rain down at englishtown!

[speeding-g60]

weather is calling for sunny, zero chance of rain, high of 79.

great forecast for me! it was 97 i think last year at the show!

[speeding-g60]

it was fun. it didnt break.

i put the ceramic bronze discs back in, and my short track suffered huge from clutch slip. this much higher power did not even attempt to play nice this time. every 60' was 1.8x.... to my best 1.40 and usually 1.5's. this made my best ET yesterday 10.14.

BUT my traps remained in the 152-153 range, so that was good there, a sure sign its making more power now that it is sealed up a little better.

had a good time, and a good way to retire the car for the winter at a great show put on by great people in front of a huge crowd of VW/Audi nuts!!!


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[speeding-g60]

so, a tryout for no-lift-shifting. poor clutch discs did NOT appreciate this. but, i will say that once the new shifting methods get squared away, its gonna be ON with a capital O-N!


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[subvertdesign]

Beast! Great videos. Which clutch discs are you going to run with next?

[speeding-g60]

gonna put the sintered iron ones back in when the new shifter arrives.....

[speeding-g60]

and doing some medium level surgery.

wanted to tie in the front end to the cage. so that is being done. moving the firewall. thinking about a dry sump setup. the shifter is hopefully on its way.

i dunno, but i get bouts of ADHD pretty bad, see a shiny, and off i go! happened about 6 times today alone!

















so, everything yellow gets axed. some stuff gets put back in, like the firewall gets moved into the compartment a foot or more, that stuff.



and its time for some trimming stuff out.







its good having a full REAL race car shop not too far. take straight bar stock, have mandrel bends a little bit later!

[HeartlessNomad12]

wow, thats quite the bout of ADHD

[speeding-g60]

so before, i tied the top front side of the strut tower to the lower framehorn where i chopped it off. and that is good, but i wanted better. it didnt tie in to the full cage. so, i put another bar into the area, from the A-pillar upright thru the firewall/cowl, and run it by the strut top and back into the framehorn. gusset the strut tower top to the bar, and tie it in. then triangulate the tower back to the dash bar center, and no more cross-bay strut bar, too.

its working in my head....













who completely guts their car down to full harnesses and all? me, cuz i am bored.



gettin a last look at it before i go cut crazy.



and a few minutes or so later, i have a starting place LOL





added one tie in bar up front



then i got the true fabrication tools out. cardboard, scissors, Sharpie. and putting in some time on the strut tower.











while doing this, i decided to "notch" the frame rail for more clearance with the rear WG. soooo, i had to fill that hole in some.



and of course, while the motor (which will now be the ready to run backup motor) was out, lets check the clutches....



i guess clutches and donuts are alike. glazed is what we get!

[speeding-g60]

yeah i was doing something, then i saw something else and next i knew the windshield (lexan) was out. i was thinking about getting a spot-weld remover bit, but decided to try a regular 1/2" bit to see if it worked. and next i knew, the whole under dash steel was wasted.

its fun. i like this stuff, its my hobby.

[Mcstiff]

Any reason you are keeping the "OEM" towers and rails? It seems you could gain a bunch of space by going to tube ahead of the firewall.

[speeding-g60]

dont want the mess of the burnout all over everything up front there. only reason. that and the subframe mounts to the rails. i cut them off originally right after they are no longer needed structurally for the motor mounts. if i remove d the entire OEM stuff up front, i may as well make a whole new front subframe system and all. or no subframe.

i didnt want to go "that far" into it really. but it crossed my mind yeah. that befuddled crazy over driven space up there.....

[PRA4WX]

Mmmmm. Glazed donuts.....

Aaron. I like the way you work. I've done some of the same things you're doing to the front end right now. (In my mind ;-p ) Keep those pictures coming!!

[bdcoombs]

Awesome work. Did u make the piece the tie rods mount to on the steering rack?

[speeding-g60]

yeah one of about 4 different iterations. this one was to lift it up and out of the way for trans removal. also notice, no more dampener on it either.

[bdcoombs]

Yes i like it alot. my heims bolt close to stock location. Good idea extra room

The tubing work looks great nice to have it all tied into cage and struts

[fasterthenrs2]

you r one sick sick sick pupy And whoever they were who introduced you to sawzall r regretting that ;D and i love it

[quattro87]

:stupid: One sick puppy is right. When I think I am all over the place, I just wander on over to some Aaron project and I start feeling better........may not even have ADHD. :wink: You do get it done!! Looks great.

[speeding-g60]

thanks guys!!!!

Janis, i havent touched the car with a sawzall yet. just grinder and cut-off grinder. oh yes, cant forget the GAS-AXE!!!!! (oxy/acet torch)

[speeding-g60]

and so, i been neglecting the car for a bit. hurt my back some....

have 4 bulged discs one with a tear and one with a 4mm chunk broken off. so i been trying my best to lay low and not push it.

but i did do some stuff, yep. some lightening stuff, like dash and such. more cardboard!





and i used my redneck brake. put on one table line up the line. clamp old kitchen countertop to it on top, and push. works great~!!





i need a new Boost gauge. this one dont go high enough anymore haha

[speeding-g60]

and i swear i was at this point at the beginning of this project how many years ago? from page one, Oct 28-29ish.... LOL



and now here again to start for the day. also ditching the pedal cluster in favor of something with three MC's from Wilwood.





seems i always get cut-happy when i am bored haha.



and some more scrap for the scrap box.

[speeding-g60]

and thats a rough cut. please do not be alarmed. it needs lots of trimming yet, but i do have the pass side planned out already. waiting on my shifter (SURPRISE!!) so i can get all of that clearanced correctly from the start. will be going cross-car from tower to tower for structural integrity......

[speeding-g60]

and i got things moved over from the old gauges panels to the new dash.

[Jersey90TQ]

and thats a rough cut. please do not be alarmed. it needs lots of trimming yet, but i do have the pass side planned out already. waiting on my shifter (SURPRISE!!) so i can get all of that clearanced correctly from the start. will be going cross-car from tower to tower for structural integrity......

please tell me it is an SAE shifter and they are getting to release one for the b3/b4??