Young Gun's C6 Suspension Tube Chassis Mopar Cuda

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Hello my name is Gant MacLellan and I am 25 year old car enthusiast and first time builder! I have always had a passion for muscle cars and particularly MOPARS in general. Originally I was going to find a project and restore it to its original condition; however after a couple years of lurking around these forums, the expectation level for my first build has drastically changed.

I fell in love with the CUDA and was finally able to track one down that met my requirements and primarily…………. met my budget. Looking back now, I realized that I picked one of the most expensive cars to build! I knew that it was going to be rusted and I knew that I was going to cut it to pieces.

I have had the car for a little over two years now and it has been a long journey for me to get it to this point. Like many people on this forum, restrictions of time, budget, school, tools, resources, and knowledge have made progress painfully slow. However I am determined to one day complete my project, regardless of how long it takes.

I have done all of the work on the car myself and it’s something that I am particularly proud of. Thank goodness for the Internet, because usually if I did not know how to properly do something, I would just research it until I had a better understanding of how it was done. After graduating from the University of Georgia, I was able to go back to school at a local technical college to take a couple classes TIG welding. I am still not an expert, but definitely can practice enough techniques to get the job done.

Through this build I want to encourage people of all ages and financial backgrounds to build their dream car and never let any frustrations or doubts get in the way. I hope I can show that with a lot of hard work and trial and error, that anyone can achieve the results they want. No matter the level of experience!

I want to thank all of the talented builders, companies, and helpful people that post their work and knowledge on these forums to help people like me understand how to do things correctly and have something to aspire to. If anyone ever has any questions or advice on something that I have done or my experiences, please don’t hesitate to ask.

My next goal for the car is to blast it again, seal it, then builld my jig, replace the rockers, set the car at ride height, and mount all the c6 suspension at their correct pickup points.
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Completely cut the front suspension off and gutted the car
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Spent alot of time on ebay waiting for good deals for c6 suspension parts, pressed old bushings out, balljoints out, sandblasted, smoothed castings, got AN AMAZING DEAL on powder-coating, replaced everything with pfadt suspension kit, arp chromoly studs, new hubs, etc.
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[elitecustombody]

props to you, man for taking on a project of this magnitude and using speedblaster ,lol, that must have taken more than few hours and countless refills:) Good luck on this project from another E-body Cuda owner:thumbsup:

[ccm399]

Hi Gant,

Looks like fun! I'm likin' the Duster (I think) looks like a ton - o - fun! :yes:

I'll be sure to keep an eye on this one!

Chris

[Ron in SoCal]

Hey Gant - C6 front and rear, huh? Props man for taking this on. What city are you in? I want to see this when it's done....:thumbsup:

[waynieZ]

Wow impressive work.

[bonecrrusher]

Nice pics... is that a Pro-Stock Chevelle getting built there?

Tires almost look like they belong on the Batmobile that got blown up in the Dark Knight.

[strtcar]

Wow, great looking build.

[wellis77]

Hey Gant, you and me are not too dissimilar, but I'm building a Dart with Viper stuff. I like the project and am looking forward to seeing more. Back to my chassis build.

[WSSix]

oh hell, another UGA grad on the forum. Where's Wes so we can team up and make fun of him for being a Clemson grad? :)

Welcome Gant. I like the plans you have for the car. Good luck and keep us posted.

[novanutcase]

WOW!!! Talk about taking it down to the bones!! Nice job Bro!!:thumbsup:

John

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Hey guys thanks alot for the warm welcomes and the encouragement. I definitely have learned alot throughout the build.

I used the spot blaster to do most of the car, the control arms, and random parts. It works great but, is very time consuming, messy, etc. Ive seen it a thousand times and anyone telling you to source this job out is 100% right.

Spot blasting the car took about a week to do in my backyard! I blasted it with a material called garnet!

The plan is for complete c6 suspension front and rear. Once I create the chassis design, I will have a cad or solidworks designer map it out and then transfer to a laser cutter. Ive already replaced all the balljoints, bushings, shafts, hubs, studs, etc. and upgraded with pfadt parts.

I will post up my fathers drag car very shortly. Some specs on it include, 2000-2200 lbs full tube chassis duster, 750-850 dodge r3 drysump motor, 15x16 33 tires, airshifter, etc. etc. etc. Should pretty much be a monster and a great bracket car. It will be my first time drag racing, so definitely excited.

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[R.A.D]

i'm signed up can't wait to see this progress

[Autokraft]

Did you guys build the drag car as well? It looks Badass :thumbsup:

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The chassis was bought as a kit and the bare chassis was sourced out to be assembled and tig welded correctly by a chassis builder in Georgia and all the aluminum work was done by a great up and coming builder named BJ! His website is http://www.genesisoneauto.com/ Bj did alot of work for Franken Cuda, which you may have seen in alot of media lately , other then that everything has been done in our garage!

[rjsjea]

Oh yeah, nice stuff going on there:)

[millerman340]

Sweet! Will be waiting to see your ideas for this Mopar.:thumbsup:

[nvr2fst]

Totally cool projects you and your father got going. Thumbs up to the younger talent around this site. Is your dads ride a kit from Bickel or SW?
Need to start a subforum for the irs set ups on here!

[revmopar]

this is going to be a fun build, I also have a cuda that i want to get to work on soon. can I ask where you guys find the pick up points for these suspensions, ie, c6 or viper? Thanks

[214Chevy]

...... Looking back now, I realized that I picked one of the most expensive cars to build!

I love Cuda's as well. But you are exactly right, they are very expensive to build. But, when built right, it is a hell of a sight to see. Good luck and I'm watching this one. :woot:

[brandon8350]

I like the way this turning out .What motor are you going with

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I believe the Duster Chassis was from SW.

In my opinion the Cudas and Mopars in general are the only way to go ;)! I have alot of big ideas for this car and I cant wait to share them with you guys.

I’m not quite sure on which motor combination I’m going to go with yet, thought of everything from big block hemi, small block, twin turbo, dodge r5 engine, etc. etc. The one thing I know is it will be a mopar engine and more then likely depend on my budget at the time.

I’m looking for something that’s going to be 600hp-700hp and similar in torque for the street. Nothing too crazy but, for me its all about being snapped back in your seat, not necessarily how fast you can go.

Revmopar- There are alot of helpful threads on these forums you can search and members that will send you the pickup points!

Stay tuned!

[SuperB70]

-"In my opinion the Cudas and Mopars in general are the only way to go !"

Hey Gant, your are absolytly right about that.:thumbsup:

Looking forward to see your ideas, dont keep them to yourself.

Another Mopar-guy from other side of the world

,Juhani

[T_Raven]

Very nice work! I've seen a few Camaros takin down that far now that they aftermarket metal is available but it's pretty impressive to see a Cuda getting such a rebuild

[Ron in SoCal]

-"In my opinion the Cudas and Mopars in general are the only way to go !"

Hey Gant, your are absolytly right about that.:thumbsup:

Looking forward to see your ideas, dont keep them to yourself.

Another Mopar-guy from other side of the world

,Juhani


Yeah, except for the C6 suspension.....:lol:

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Rebuilding the car from scratch should be a great learning experience and I have alot of great ideas for the car. Should be interesting!

Ron you are correct all Mopar but the gm suspension. Its just unfortunate that anything like a viper suspension is so exspensive. Control arms for those cars on ebay are super pricey. I was able to save alot of money by finding used parts, sand blasting them, replacing them with all upgraded parts and having them powdercoated for a steal.

[Ron in SoCal]

Gant - I've already told you I'm diggin' your project and your work. I was just teasing, cause the 'Mopar's the only way to go comment sounded funny w the control arms spindles.' Whatever you build is cool w me, so keep goin Bro! :thumbsup:

[R.A.D]

can't wait to see some pictures:D

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Hey guys, hope all has been well! Little update, I came across a great deal on Craigslist for some 3x10 1/2 steel sheets that I am planning on building my chassis jig with. They could be in better condition and there is some pitting, especially on the first sheet that was exposed to the elements for awhile, however this side will definitely be a bottom piece. I would love to have them Blanchard ground but at a quote of $900 a sheet, its way too pricey. The other sides are much better and I should be able to finish them very nicely. I plan on cutting plates, fixtures, and rotor stands out of this plate as soon as I can get my design to a CAD designer and then water jet or laser. They weigh about 1200lbs

I want the jig to be adjustable and mobile. I am going to build something similar to the strong hand tools build pro table, but instead of plates running the width of the jig they will mostly like run the perimeter of the jig and be 5'X1' with cross sections so I can move around in the car. You can see by the chalk I'm just mocking some things up of potential hole patterns etc. I'm considering 5/8 holes with smaller holes in between for bolting. I chose 5/8 because I can maybe use some of stronghand tools fixtures in the future.

I will have the corners radius-ed and the jig wont be welded to but more of a platform to mount my car, etc. The tricky part is designing the platform below the plates, but I think I have some good ideas.

If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them!

Also, does anyone know of anyone that could help me get my drawings into CAD for the plate?

Gant



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Hey guys just wanted to throw out some updates! Not too much going on, but sourced a complete c5 rear suspension with the upper rails attached, so I can have a good starting point of all the suspension points to build a jig off of! Contemplating duplicating all of the control arms with chromoly tubing, howe racing balljoints, spherical bearings, larger splined hub bearing for a 934cv stub, etc. and then selling off the rest.

Anyways hoping to take the steel next week to have water jet, into my jig pieces along with all the holes.

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Hey guys hope all has been well! Well my build just got really interesting and even more complicated lol! How about plans for a twin turbo R5/p7 Dodge NASCAR engine?????????? I think so! I wanted to do something that was exotic and a combination that was rare and I think Ive met that criteria so far. I hope to build a stout combination that is reliable for the street and will make heads turn. Hard part now is going to be mating the bellhousing/clutch/ to a strong enough transaxle/diff and researching the best combination of parts.

As you can see I was playing mock up in the living room haha! But you get the idea. I have a good head start on the major parts for the engine to be mocked up on the jig and in my chassis. The block is a brand new unmachined piece with billet mains, 6 bolt heads, etc. The amount of R and D in these engines and heads is a work of art. Its really amazing and I would like to thank Mr. Arrington in Concord, NC for the great hospitality and answering my questions. Tell me what you guys think and as always any advice is welcomed!


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[scottysimp7]

Wow, white carpet and engine parts. You must be single or have one hell of a wife! Looks good:thumbsup:

[tooblue]

Wow, white carpet and engine parts. You must be single or have one hell of a wife! Looks good:thumbsup:

What he said,, Car looks good so far.. Pooor carpet.. lol

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Haha yah, the carpet is already on its last leg, so its about to be changed! Parts are pretty clean as it is.

[R.A.D]

don't stop now

[SBDave]

I like where this is going! I wanted to do a twin turbo engine for my Cuda as well but am settling on a stroked small block for now. Do you still need help with CAD ? PM me if you need a hand with that.

Dave

[Jay Hilliard]

very cool. It will be a very nice car when finished. Nice job on the c6 peices.

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SBDave
I think a small block stroker is a good setup, my father's drag duster is a stroked r3 motor. I thought the twin turbo r5 would be something alittle out of the box, but turbos sure do complicate a already highly complicated engine.
I actually still need to put my chassis jig design into cad for a waterjet to cut the plate for my fixture attachments. Would you have experience in something like this? Know any solidworks? Hows your project coming?

Jay Hilliard
Thanks for the comment! You have quite the build also and great attention to detail. The c6 pieces took awhile to collect, lots of work to sandblast, replace bushings, smooth castings, etc. But would it shock you if I am contemplating duplicating them out of chromoly tubing with spherical bearings and selling them? I know it seems crazy, but really considering it.

[SBDave]

My build took a detour.... I've been enjoying my car as I worked on it until it was hit while parked on the street. Finding a 73 grill for a Cuda is next to impossible. Anyways, yes I know solidworks. I work on 2009 but that should be fine for most shops. PM me and we'll figure something out.

Dave

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Two 16' I beams serving as base for my jig, got to get them cleaned up and drilled with many holes for adjustability. Almost 6" flange 8"web and 1/4 thick.

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SBDave let me finalize my jig plan and maybe I can shoot you a drawing to transfer to cad to cut my steel plates out.

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Hey guys thought Id post up so progress. I sourced a 2008 Tremec TR6060 rear transaxle from a vette. Media blasted the case and cleaned it up. I am planning on trying to rebuild it myself one of these days and upgrade it to stronger internals.

Lastly here are a couple of pics of my father's R3 stroker motor for his Tube chassis Duster. He is getting very close to having everything completed and off to paint. Enjoy!

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[R.A.D]

and.........

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Haha believe me Im working as fast as I can!

I also just ordered 5 gallons of evaporust for my i beams and a gallon of eastwood epoxy primer and catalyst!

[R.A.D]

there ya go

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Im just keeping the updates Rolling!

1 Gallon of Eastwood Epoxy Primer Black
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5 Gallons of Evaporust for my I beams and plates!
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Lastly I got a hold of some really trick pieces!
Dodge R5 CNC billet aluminum piston oil sprayers that have 3 jet sprayers able to adjust the amount of oil! These are really neat, they have a CNC hole through the center of the piece and the bolts have hole passages for the oil to flow.
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[R.A.D]

nice...........

[bonecrrusher]

Those are crazy!

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Well after a very long but productive day, Ive made some good progress and my chassis jig is one step closer to being done. The 1/2 steel had been sitting in the truck for almost 3 months and after driving to pick it up it has finally moved. As you can imagine it is ridiculously heavy, so luckily a friend of the family was able to help out with his crane truck! Unloading was a breeze, I then measured my sections, clamped a channel guide and used a steelmax saw. Even though its only recommended to 5/16 it did a great job and left a very accurate and clean cut. Im pretty worn out after maneuvering the plate all over the place. Ive still got alot more cutting to do and then hopefully going to rent a mag drill and spend a weekend drilling holes. I still have to sandblast or evaporust treat all the metal, epoxy primer everything, put on casters, buy bolts, make chassis fixtures etc. etc. Hope you like today's pics! Thanks for the support guys! My ride is going to be badass!

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Its fun coming home and seeing another goody that has arrived at your door. Today a C6 z06 rear differential showed up that I purchased off ebay 2 days ago. Considering this is a $3000-4000 new differential. Everything looks good to go, however there is a hole in the case due to whatever accident it was involved in an caused the differential cooler to puncture the case. I will form and roll a new piece of aluminum, weld, and finish like new. Needless to say I have developed numerous "mini projects" within my entire project. I plan to completely rebuild it with cryo, micro polished parts, shafts, etc. and finally powder coat it the same black finish as my control arms along with the tr6060.

When I started this I knew I had expensive taste, that only the best would do and I knew that the only way I would have my dream car and have it built to the level of quality that i want was to take parts that I would never be able to afford brand new, that had some sort of flaw and put some work into them to make them nice again. That's part of the fun of it for me, learning to do things myself. The last thing I want to do is be on someone Else's schedule. Stay tuned!!!!!!!

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Well first off I wish I could have had the time or chance to go to SEMA but one day I will and hopefully it will be to display my car. Anyways just wanted to post some progress. On my days off from school and work I try and make at least one cut in the plate which is alot of work in itself, I have about 3 more 6' cuts, then evaporust treatment, grind smooth as possible, scribe, center punch, and drill all my holes. Then it will be getting everything as level as possible and supporting the cross plate underneath. Lot of work to go. Check out my new 6 stage Dailey Pump and Moroso R5 pan, absolutely amazing! I cant wait to get the jig together, prime everything and mount all my components. Hope everyones project is going well. Updates soon!

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[wellis77]

This is definitely a cool build! Very ambitious. I like what you're doing with the plate. I thought about doing that for my build but it didn't make sense for the cost and effort considering I'm doing this extensive of a build just once. Great to see this though, keep up the good work.

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Thanks Will, I have to catch up to your project! I know the jig is alot of "unecessary work" but I know when its done it will be awesome and If I want to make an adjustment I can just slide a fixture to the next set of holes very easily. In the future I eventually want to build other projects so I plan on having the jig a long time, so putting in the work now is well worth it.

[SuperB70]

Hi Gant!

That oilpan is just sweet, 4 pickups, 2 each side? Very smart structure to have support rail from side to side in the midlle. It's going under maincaps?

Maeby I have to copy that to my own pan.. Thanks for sharing.

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The oil pan is really nice 4 pickups, a spot for a oil temp gauge I believe all stainless steel construction, pretty low pan for clearance. 6 stage dry sump pup. Your correct it sits underneath the main caps. Ive thought about duplicating the pan out of a lighter material such as aluminum, but the pan is almost too nice, so I may not

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Hey guys been a little while since I’ve posted anything up, I just finished another semester of school and finals. Anyways got some new toys and going to show you some of the work I have been doing. First off tried my first attempt at polishing the casting off of one of the heads. Spent about two days doing it and it is a whole lot of work and time. One things for sure you have to have the right tools for the job. They are much better in person but I’ve come to the conclusion that I am going to media blast them and probably powder coat them black.

I also picked up a 2 stage Johnson rear end pump that I took apart and I am rebuilding it now. I am going to mate it to the rear pinion cover of the zo6 differential and run it to two oil coolers etc. Anyways I am sourcing a new set of gears and two housings now because a lot of debris ruined the ones I have. Should be pretty cool when it’s done. I also picked up a rather large Patterson dry sump tank I plan on doing some modifications too including filters, heat bungs, etc. Took several hrs. to completely clean the entire tank and I have been working on refinishing the metal and removing some scratches from it. I have not tig welded in a while so going to pick that back up on my school break.

You’ll also notice all the red plastic plugs I bought, ha-ha I went a little crazy with them and now I have every plug and size you can imagine, but it will be helpful to keep debris out of the engine in the future. In the last pics you’ll also notice I removed all of the intake gasket material and also been working on repolishign the intake and exhaust ports, still a long ways away from finished and have to still do the other head. Hope you enjoy!



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[ccm399]

Very Nice!!! :)

[214Chevy]

Very Nice!!! :)

Yeah, what he said.^^^^ :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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[bonecrrusher]

Looking great man!

Like how this site doesnt shrink down the images like the other site..

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Thanks man! I dont know how to resize the photos anyways, so I hope people like them huge like that haha.

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Mini project #888000077 haha

Eventually going to have a billet rear pinion cover machined that accepts the johnson rear end pump, and make a new pinion drive plate that mechanically is driven as the car moves, so I can run some oil coolers for transmission and differential. The pinion cover I got had a crack in it anyways, so it will all work out. I wish I had the all the tools and machinery to rely on myself and keep things moving!

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[R.A.D]

very cool...........

[xtreme]

Thanks R.A.D

[DRJDVM's '69]

I always love the pix when there are engine parts all laid out in the house... On the dining room table (with white tablecloth too), on the carpet etc

[xtreme]

3' feet of dash 8an Billet Fuel rail! Collecting parts for my intake, still deciding what I want to do, might chop up a cast ported intake and make it into something cool or save my money and do some billet runners etc.

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[bonecrrusher]

3' feet of dash 8an Billet Fuel rail! Collecting parts for my intake, still deciding what I want to do, might chop up a cast ported intake and make it into something cool or save my money and do some billet runners etc.

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Thats a big rail...

[xtreme]

yah I wanted to make sure I had enough, probably have extra, havent decided between two or four rails yet, hope I got an adequate size

[bonecrrusher]

yah I wanted to make sure I had enough, probably have extra, havent decided between two or four rails yet, hope I got an adequate size

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LOL!!

[xtreme]

hahah:lol:

[Ppd1979]

Incredible build

[xtreme]

Thanks man, stay tuned!

[xtreme]

Man this is one "trick piece from RCR racing" The previous dry sump tank I bought, one of the sections had some dents, Im not experienced enough to keep workign them out yet so I bought this other section that has a billet double bypass oil filter system similiar to the oberg style completely built in. Check out the pics it is unbelievable.

Im going to cut the bottoms of each tank off and have a water jet flange cut out so I can weld them directly to the tanks and eliminate the clamp style system the patterson systems have and go to something more similiar to that of the peterson styles.

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[xtreme]

Did some work on my dry sump tank today. The Patterson style tank uses a clamp style system. I felt that this could be more like the Peterson style where two aluminum rings bolt to each other with a o ring groove machined in between them as a seal.

The tricky part was not deforming the tank in anyway, cutting the flange off and making the cuts and halves straight. I think I did a pretty good job. I used the current clamp and seal as a guide and basically grind-ed down to the line. Worked pretty well and the two halves are level. I might continue to reduce the bottom portion of the tank, but going to wait until determine how much oil my whole setup will need. The tank is huge.

I ordered two 1" NPT x 4.5" long 120volt 500 watt oil tank heater probes for the bottom section of the tank and two 1" NPT aluminum weld bungs.

I plan on purchasing the metal in the next couple days for a lot of my car machining projects. Ill then have to have the tank flanges cut, drilled for bolts, and welded. Stay tuned.


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[xtreme]

Hope all has been well! I have been pretty busy back at school, but just still collecting parts and moving forward. As you can see Ive hunted down alot of parts and accessories to get everything moving when the time comes.
Hope you enjoy!

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[Al Moreno]

That's going to be one bad ass project! Keep it up.:thumbsup:

[xtreme]

Thanks Buddy! From your posts it seems to be that your a big CUDA fan also! Trust me I wont let you down with this one! You may just have to give me 10 years to do it haha

[xtreme]

Another new parts update! 60mm roller cam core, another set of engine block off plates so that when I start smoothing the sand casting and blasting I can keep the engine clean and don't have to damage the Evernham plates I already have!

Clevite coated rod bearings, Clevite coated main bearings, another set of billet oil sprayers so now Ill have two sets. New Damper ring and o ring rebuild,
Front cam seal, Front crank seal, rear crank split seal cometic, Valve train Organizing tray, New 60mm roller cam bearings. Brand mew R5 MSD Pro Billet Distributor Dual Pickup.

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[xtreme]

Hey guys wanted to update you on my father's Tube chassis Duster drag car! His R3 440 stroker is finally built and made 780hp on the dyno on gas. Hes hoping to creep into the 800s with alcohol. Should be a wild ride and my first attempt at a drag car!


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[millerman340]

Sweetness!:hail: I like the p7 stuff but I'm a sucker for a well built R3..

[xtreme]

I agree with you on that! I searched some old threads when you were looking to do a turbo on the r5 stuff! Did you figure anything else out?

[millerman340]

No, but I se e a few people have bootsed the p7 with success. I'll stick with the w9's.. There fine for me! :unibrow:

[xtreme]

Yah as long as I put together the right combination, everthing should be fine! Thanks anyways!

[xtreme]

Hey guys I already sold one pan, I have two left in the for sale section! Wanted to post up better pics of the quality of these for you to admire! Updates soon!


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[xtreme]

Better pics!

[LSfan70s]

Updates?

[xtreme]

LSfan70s

Im working on it! Trying to close out this semester in school, take the GRE, and get into a masters program.

Good thing is the weather is getting nice and I hope to do some stuff soon!

Thanks for the interest
Gant

[Payton King]

Are you in NASCAR country? Where did you pick up the motor?

[xtreme]

Hey Payton, sorry hadn't checked this in awhile! I'm in Ga, not NC. If your looking for anything Dodge Nascar, send me a message and I can set you up with some great people!

[xtreme]

Hey guys hope all has been well! I was hoping some of you paint experts could help me find a paint color and code similar to the pro mod duster below preferably ppg. I'm sure some of the Mercedes etc have colors similar to this grey silver pewter. My father is going to go for something similar or better on his tube chassis duster. Here are a couple pics below.

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As some of you may remember my father's car had some imperfections with the originally chassis measurements that he didn't want to risk for safety and all of the hard work was scrapped. You can see some pics of the original chassis earlier in the build thread. Long story short, it is now being professionally built by www.r2b2racecars.com here in GA. Great bunch of guys and should be even better! He went all chromoly now as well. Here are some pics!
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[ironworks]

Those R2B2 guys do really nice work. Should be pretty cool when done.

[xtreme]

Thanks Roger! Big fan of all of your work over the years!

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Well guys, unfortunately my build that Ive been working on for the last several years is going to have to be put on hold for awhile. A little thing called life happens sometimes and things change. I have to put one dream on hold, so I can begin another. I will be keeping the car shell and a few other things, but all of my R5P7 engine components, corvette suspension, drivetrain components are up for sale in the for sale section. Ive posted the link below.

I promise I will be back one day and build this car the way it needs to be built. I want to thank all of you who have supported me throughout the build. I will be back.
Gant MacLellan

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=45270

[WSSix]

Good luck, Gant. Sounds like it's something positive holding you up and not a negative so that's good I'd say.

[xtreme]

Really appreciate that man! Thank you so much!

[dstryr]

Really appreciate that man! Thank you so much!

too bad for me you weren't building a chevelle ;)

[214Chevy]

Don't worry about it brother. This thing called "LIFE" goes on. And sometimes the things that make us the happiest, in this case maybe building your car, has to take a back seat to other things in order to make someone else happy or to make other sacrifices. Good luck!!

[Brads70]

Well guys, unfortunately my build that Ive been working on for the last several years is going to have to be put on hold for awhile. A little thing called life happens sometimes and things change. I have to put one dream on hold, so I can begin another. I will be keeping the car shell and a few other things, but all of my R5P7 engine components, corvette suspension, drivetrain components are up for sale in the for sale section. Ive posted the link below.

I promise I will be back one day and build this car the way it needs to be built. I want to thank all of you who have supported me throughout the build. I will be back.
Gant MacLellan

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=45270

Bummer, best of luck. :hello:

[xtreme]

I really appreciate it guys! Thank you for all the support