Rolocut Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Sweet build! Def subscribing!On going project, 94 cobra, r block, tfsr225, hp efi, vortech ysInstagram [MENTION=584]Rolocut[/MENTION]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 i appreciate all the love. i go through stages of love and hate with this car. and im definitely in a low spot right now. all the kind words help keep me motivated. i got the rear rail welded in over the weekend and few more holes welded in the engine bay. will post some pics when im not working . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 got the middle connector in. Had a bit of a gap in the too that I had to bridge, evident in the BIG weld in the front. For the most part turned out good! Welded 3 sides, not sure hot to get the bottom.... Hope this helps @DetRiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 got the support welded in today. As you can see, the metal in the rocker is not nearly as thick as I expected... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 looking good [MENTION=172]Sleeperstang1994[/MENTION]! that shoudl be nice and stiff once you're all done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Sure hope so. I'm putting some heat into these welds so I don't think it's going anywhere. Still kind of surprised and disappointed at the thickness of the inner rocker. Also that outrigger will give me a great place to mount the roll cage to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-Oh Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Not too bad!! When you get into a situation where you're welding heavier metals to lighter metals, try to focus your heat on the heavier metal and roll your puddle up into the lighter metal. You should be able to fill that hole up though by pulsing the trigger. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeahloh95 Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 looking good nice job so far keep it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVRL8TE Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 We used a Precision #448 on my 03 Cobra driveshaft, to my factory SRA this weekend. [MENTION=341]1997cobra[/MENTION]It worked out great. Stellar build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-Oh Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 Yeah I got the hole filled and sorted. I love to weld but I have to admit I lack practice and formal training. One of my biggest problems is my helmet. The batteries don't hold a charge and I lose the darkening effect halfway through a good weld and I screw it all up. If nothing else it might not be pretty but I know it's though!What kind of helmet do you have? I could see that being a huge annoyance lol, might be time to invest in a new one! Before you know it you'll be laying down dime rolls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Its possible [MENTION=172]Sleeperstang1994[/MENTION] I can't do it on my phone though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 Its possible @Sleeperstang1994 I can't do it on my phone thoughthanks man. i think this is all very good info and it will end up lost in my boring build thread lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 [MENTION=21]Steve-Oh[/MENTION][MENTION=67]95riosnake[/MENTION] is there a way to take the past few welding posts and make them into a thread?Its possible [MENTION=172]Sleeperstang1994[/MENTION] I can't do it on my phone thoughYea I'm in the same boat as Bryan, on my phone right now so I'll look into it when I'm home later :thumb: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted November 9, 2013 Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Took some brackets out if the rear of the car. Just looked bad and covered with some old burnout rubber. Threw them in the new blast cabinet with some help from my kids and cleaned them up. Will powder coat them tomorrow. Toss up between flat black or gloss black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted November 10, 2013 Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 What posts do you want moved to another thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWillyWalker Posted November 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2013 Gloss black like the subframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 for @Schiffy cobweb bump.#projectcar #moneypit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schiffy Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 for @Schiffy cobweb bump.#projectcar #moneypit. yeah. I found it earlier and meant to subscribe to it. Then my phone died! Haha.... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscribellito Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 sweet build, i'd love to swap an IRS in one day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's slot of work. I powder coated everything while it was apart and replaced every single bushing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's slot of work. I powder coated everything while it was apart and replaced every single bushing lol Lol so what you're trying to say is you did it the right way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 i guess you could say that. I have a feeling this "buil" will end up being a father son project. Grant it my son is only 5 right now. Having a family and a house takes up so much time and money this car just keeps getting pushed to the side. What started as a text from @WildWillyWalker "hey i found an IRS on CL for CHEAP" has turned in to my car litterally sitting as a shell with an IRS in it LOL. if nothing else the whole this is a learning experience and im learning not to be in a rush. good things come to those who wait... i hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White95 Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 More!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arayray Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Wow nice build! I'd love to do any irs swap but everyone wants an arm and leg for one! Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 this dang car does not get enough love. I have done some work lately. ill try to get some Iphone pics uploaded this afternoon Well here is a small update. Had pulled the dash do do the subframe connectors. All the sound deadening is off. Swapped an 01 cobra dash out of the project car Sean and I bought. Finally welded in the front leg of the drivers side frame rail. I'm going to use the TIG under the car to fuse the rails together. Also added some eastwoods thermo-coustic barrier to the fire wall since I won't be installing that huge stock mat again. most of my time has been going to my Mazda lately I have a smoking turbo and decided to replace it with these as soon as that's squared away I can put me little efforts back into my mustang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmage Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 I approve of this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Ssssoooooo biggest update in a long time. I don't have a fancy camera like some people so these are my best iphone pictars! Working on finishing up my drivers side TFSC.got the front cut open took the top off. Giggity. I use a hole saw to cut in and then my sawzall to open the rail up the rest of the way. here is the protrusion on the drivers rail that everyone seems to have a problem with. This is from the outside.this was my fix. I wanted to get my frame rail back as far as I could so I just cut it out.this is the piece cut outlier from the top view. fairly certain my frame rail is bent. I'mUsing 2x3 tube and it slid in the passenger side with no problems. I could not get it even close on this side. Probably all the sitting on jackstands it does. SO I moved my jacks and cut a relief cut in the side of the factory frame rail. with the cut the rail slid right in. this shows how far back you can go with out that nub. how's my welding now @Steve-Oh ?! here you can see the rail in with the opening. Also you can see the relief cut I made. welded from the outside. welded the relief cut shut. Feel like I got good penetration into the connector also. Double positive! this shows the good penetration fromMy welds on the inside. Burned the whole way through! made my middle connection and tacked it in. Just when your on a roll... You run out of welding gas on a Sunday afternoon. O well I'll finish it next summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SublimeRT Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 This is a kick ass build! Not sure how I missed this. Your welds are looking really good IMO. Especially the thick to thin on the front floor pans with the SFC. That is hard to do. What welder do you have? I wouldn't be so sure the frame is bent though. With mine it was also difficult to get the SFC to go very far back in the frame rail. In fact I took a nearly identical chunk out the side of the frame rail to get the SFC past the divot. Same thing happened with @Det_Riot IIRC. I think they might have used a Porta-power to spread the rail a bit to get the SFC far back enough to tie into the LCA bolt. Something about the rail tapering down the further back they went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 I knew the rails tapered. however I didn't think it was untll it got back to where the bolt for the subframe was attached at. either way my method of attack worked out just fine IMO. hopefully get the gas bottle filled this week and maybe get the out rigger cut and all welded up over the weekend. I have a lot of work for my business coming up so not sure where this will fall. most likely on the back burner again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 This is a kick ass build! Not sure how I missed this. Your welds are looking really good IMO. Especially the thick to thin on the front floor pans with the SFC. That is hard to do. What welder do you have? I wouldn't be so sure the frame is bent though. With mine it was also difficult to get the SFC to go very far back in the frame rail. In fact I took a nearly identical chunk out the side of the frame rail to get the SFC past the divot. Same thing happened with @Det_Riot IIRC. I think they might have used a Porta-power to spread the rail a bit to get the SFC far back enough to tie into the LCA bolt. Something about the rail tapering down the further back they went.He's got it spot on.your frame rail isn't bent. They're just a fucked up shape. The op is the perfect width for a 2x5 and the bottom necks down to where it isn't wide enough. So all we did was blow out the bottom of the frame rail, pry it open with a portapower and shove the 2x5 up in there.This is the best picture I have of what we did at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-Oh Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Welds are looking great @Sleeperstang1994 !! As sublime pointed out, it's tough to weld thick metal to thin metal and it looks like you nailed it lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 OK so you ran yours more "under" the car than I did. most of my rails will be in peoples feet way Welds are looking great @Sleeperstang1994 !! As sublime pointed out, it's tough to weld thick metal to thin metal and it looks like you nailed it lol! this was all honestly from your advice. you've helped me out a lot for sure! I think ive gotten significantly better over the last 6-8 months. Now if I could just get the TIG down right. @WildWillyWalker and I will be putting MM subframe connectors on his Saleen here shortly. I was TOLD im doing the welding Im for it. Expect to see some pictures in his thread... hopefully before it starts snowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det_Riot Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Yes and no. Mine go clear through top and bottom LOL I really need to seam seal it all and paint it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sleeperstang1994 Posted July 28, 2014 Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 DANG that is a big piece of metal lol. I figure while im under the car im going to strip all the factory paint and sealer and redo that. Wasn't some one talking about snow balls? that's this car as well. Sean and I were brain storming the dash bar and strut tower bars at lunch. that should be a go... eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted August 2, 2014 Report Share Posted August 2, 2014 Mostly worked on my wife's explorer today. Rebuilding the 8.8 in that. Like most things it went south. Pulled the cover to find this.Awesome! New gears are ordered for Monday. On the plus side she is going to be sporting my shocker yellow diff cover! this will be mostly hidden once the suspension is on the ground LoL. As for the mustang. Talked with Sean on how we are going to do the @SublimeRT dash brace and strut tower reinforcements. Think we have that figured out. I have 2 extra dash frames to use and mock up. As for actual work! Got my last out rigger welded in! and that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SublimeRT Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Good deal. I like the outrigger. I have been thinking about doing something similar with mine but I have not completely decided yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeperstang1994 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Worked on my @SublimeRT canister delete today! Not 100% happy with it. Not perfectly smooth. Sean tells me it's in the fender so don't worry to much. Need to weld the inside yet. I love pictures so here goes! this shows you the inside. There is 1, 5.5MM bolt holding your PCM bracket on. This is the bolt you see from the outside. For the most part I think it's good. Might see about welding the inside of the car yet. That's all for today. 2 updates in 2 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SublimeRT Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Nice man! Good mention of the PCM bracket bolt for those who will need to retain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttocs Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I drilled the spot welds on mine and found some rust behind it but I don't remember any holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
