Thrift Shop Camaro

[WSSix]

Nice truck Payton!

Thanks for explaining the fuel cell guys. Appreciate the lesson.

[waynieZ]

Sweet Tow Rig Payton!! That is some serious suspension tech right there, and very interesting. Looking good !

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Vince@MSperfab

That is just the protective case that the actual cell fits into. Either foam or rubber blader.

http://www.atlinc.com/pdfs/Racing/AT...log-Page14.pdf

And don't forget the surge tank that sits inside in the middle/rear (shown on that PDF link).

[Gammaboy]

Originally Posted by Payton King

The next shots are bars that triangulate at the dash bar.

Any reason you guys didn't use those diagonals to brace the bend in the front upper rails? Would have meant not having to penetrate the firewall, and would have given you better load paths?

[Payton King]

The angle would have been too acute to add much support. Hard to see from the photos.

Sieg, it is a 6 inch lift for the truck....a 3 inch lift for me.

Mills, will see you out there.

Wife is not digging it too much since she will need to drive it some to haul the kids around.

[LS7 Z/28]

Originally Posted by Payton King

Wife is not digging it too much since she will need to drive it some to haul the kids around.

Hahaha, years ago when my dad was racing circle track cars on a budget, my mom was stuck driving to work in the truck he used to haul the trailer. When you need a decent towing rig sometimes it's hard to swing paying for it without using it as a regular vehicle also. Unless your Weld. I'm pretty sure she's still pissed about having to drive a 1 ton crew cab dually everywhere instead of a little car. Sometimes things are a compromise.

[Payton King]

She is not suffering too much as she drives a convertible. I did offer to sell her car and get her a minivan.

My boys are 15 and 12.

[rixtrix1]

I have planned on doing the offset 3-link, watts on my '66 Malibu, but this makes so much sense it's crazy. I've seen something similar to the link parts listed in the Speedway catalog, but never the two way fitting at the rear axle. Sooo, where does one get this stuff?

[Payton King]

All of that stuff came from Ron Sutton. He calculated offset of links, heights of both the accel and decel links, etc. I ordered it from him. There is similar stuff in other racing retailers parts books, but the suspension design service and racing expertise has me giving my money to Ron.

[Payton King]

While the chassis stuff is coming along, we have also been getting the motor ready for assembly. After Jim made the motor plate, I took it to Ed to get my water and oil lines together.

The water pump I am using takes an o-ring and snap ring for the lines to the block.



From each side of the water pump water goes to the side of the block. Water also enters the block from the front just like a normal small block. My motor also has spark plug cooling so there are 3 ports on each head.