My 87 Tbird and cougar

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My 87 Tbird and cougar

Reply #30 – February 26, 2012, 07:32:02 PM

I went and looked at the bird's motor today, I was mistaken it is a super victor:) I don't know why I keep thinking it is a victor j, anyways that cheered me up. Ok, I will start posting some of the camaro shots.

This is a 91 T-top camaro that frame was all made from scratch! There was nothing there originally. We plated the front subframe with 3/8" Steel.

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Reply #31 – February 26, 2012, 07:35:16 PM

We are keeping stock style suspension and stock body lines.

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Reply #32 – February 26, 2012, 07:36:36 PM

My 87 Tbird and cougar

Reply #33 – February 26, 2012, 07:37:56 PM

My 87 Tbird and cougar

Reply #34 – February 26, 2012, 07:42:37 PM

My 87 Tbird and cougar

Reply #35 – February 26, 2012, 07:47:35 PM

The engine is a 454 stroked and bored to 500ish, not sure what heads to use yet, probably Brodix aluminum. Full Billet Specialties serpentine setup with Dyers 8-71 black wrinkle finish with blower snout modified to work the serpentine setup.

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Reply #36 – February 26, 2012, 07:50:39 PM

Oh and here are the tires, Had the wheels made at US MAG the fronts didn't fit the tires so now I had to make 2 more front wheel in a narrower width.

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Reply #37 – February 26, 2012, 07:53:28 PM

So now the current dilemma is we have to narrow the rear 6-8", tilt the engine forward more to get the proper pinion angle as you can see in the last picture the diff needs to come up 4 to 5 inches. I want the tire to tuck up into the fender. Also in the engine pix, you can see the rad support has to be cut out, dropped and moved forward to clear the modified blower pulley setup

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Reply #38 – February 26, 2012, 07:56:31 PM

Holy hell.

That is some SERIOUS metal craftsmanship. WOW!!!! The foxes look awesome...that bird is something else. Those custom angular-bodied rear ends are the craziest looking automotive component. You said "this time it will be all or nothing". I can see you live by that statement...

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Reply #39 – February 26, 2012, 07:56:47 PM

WOW.. i wasn't expecting that! lol very nice work.. i really like your panhard bar mount.. the frame work looks very similar to what i have planned for my black bird.. if i can find my folder with all my chassis/susp designs, i'll upload a pic.. again, VERY nice!

and i had a slight sigh of relief when i read that it's a super victor lol

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Reply #40 – February 26, 2012, 07:59:39 PM

HOLY BLOWER! lol

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Reply #41 – February 26, 2012, 09:55:06 PM

WOW!

Travis

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Reply #42 – February 27, 2012, 03:43:15 PM

Another tip that would have helped a bit, if you are narrowing your rear end use an adjustable control arm for a panhard bar instead of cutting a stock length one down, we just couldn't seem to get it straight no matter how many times we tried. Also when doing a build like this get the wheels and tire you plan on running first!! Then build the car around them. That is easier than having to make changes twice. Also build a setup you can grow into; again, so you don't have to build it again! I made this mistake several times over before I learned. The camaro really snowballed out of control on me, I was only supposed to slap a running 454 in it and call it good, but I ran into problem after problem.

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Reply #43 – February 27, 2012, 04:46:19 PM

Very nice buildups man. The fabrication work on the Camaro is top notch!

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Reply #44 – February 27, 2012, 08:10:01 PM

i know all about having the toys before i start building.. i, too, have backed myself into the corner too many times to go that route again lol.. i already have my wheels.. maybe.. if i make the money to build an outlaw 10.5, than i need to trade down in size.. if not, i'll go for 8.50 index and run my 15x15 with 5.5bs and 15x5 prostars.. no tires, as we all know what happens to tires if they sit around for a long period of time.. lol

but here's my frame design.. i transferred it to the computer on paint, but it's not final yet.. i have to actually take measurements and bring it to scale.. i'll do that when it gets closer to the time to actually start working on the car.. hopefully by summer (crossing my fingers)