Topic: NOW WITH TWIN TURBO LQ4 ACTION~~~~~~~~~~~ 1966 RAT CITY RED ROCKET!!!~~~~~~~~ (Read 156967 times)

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #690 on:** March 21, 2015, 05:29:25 PM »

DO WORK!

ratcityrex · « **Reply #691 on:** March 21, 2015, 05:45:06 PM »

Trying to sell my plasma cutter to buy a tig. Been looking into the everlast tig welders. They have pretty good reviews online.

Random Hero · « **Reply #692 on:** March 22, 2015, 01:17:56 AM »

get a thermal arc

highroller54 · « **Reply #693 on:** March 22, 2015, 01:27:56 AM »

Miller plasma?

ratcityrex · « **Reply #694 on:** March 22, 2015, 01:51:37 AM »

Quote from: highroller54 on March 22, 2015, 01:27:56 AM

Miller plasma?

Yeah.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #695 on:** April 08, 2015, 12:01:21 PM »

Well, I did this about 3 weeks ago and I got frustrated with how it's coming out so I haven't touched it in a while. So here it sits. Probably fuck around with it this weekend or early next week.

Oh, I sold my plasma cutter. Got $700 for it. So I've been on the hunt for a ac/dc tig. Found one last weekend. Miller syncrowave 200, and 2 125cf bottles, and 10lbs of rod for $1200. But the dude never emailed me back and then when he did it was to tell me that it was sold. I hate it when people post on craigslist don't put a phone number up. Just a email.

So I'm still on the hunt for a tig.

ApexSilver06MR · « **Reply #696 on:** April 09, 2015, 12:39:27 AM »

Looking tits homie.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #697 on:** April 09, 2015, 07:39:31 PM »

Quote from: ApexSilver06MR on April 09, 2015, 12:39:27 AM

Looking tits homie.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #698 on:** April 18, 2015, 10:57:42 PM »

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #699 on:** April 19, 2015, 11:22:02 AM »

dvst8r · « **Reply #700 on:** April 19, 2015, 11:22:10 AM »

Nice.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #701 on:** April 19, 2015, 01:38:42 PM »

Slow progress, but progress none the less. Got both sides welded up. No I'm mocking up turbo placement for one of the turbos. Might try and get some more done on monday.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #702 on:** April 20, 2015, 07:28:09 PM »

Well besides heat wrapping it, I'm done with the passenger side manifold. Staying true to my hmt roots with whitey bends. Going from cast iron to stainless to mild and then back to stainless steel. All with a harbor freight mig.....

highroller54 · « **Reply #703 on:** April 20, 2015, 08:32:19 PM »

Fuck yes knee grow!!!!!!
Love it!!!!!!!!

turbohf · « **Reply #704 on:** April 20, 2015, 11:32:57 PM »

you know i love it. is that some thick ass metal? im sure solid for a lifetime and a half.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #705 on:** April 20, 2015, 11:47:53 PM »

Yep, .120 wall

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #706 on:** April 21, 2015, 08:18:45 PM »

Loving it!

Eggylshatch · « **Reply #707 on:** April 21, 2015, 09:56:42 PM »

Fuck yes.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #708 on:** April 21, 2015, 11:23:59 PM »

Thanks guys. Gonna try and get a little more work done on it next week.

Random Hero · « **Reply #709 on:** April 26, 2015, 12:54:57 PM »

Awesome man. Looking good!

ratcityrex · « **Reply #710 on:** May 02, 2015, 10:00:56 PM »

Twins......

dvst8r · « **Reply #711 on:** May 02, 2015, 10:15:18 PM »

Getting there, keep at it.

Ntrain2k · « **Reply #712 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:17:08 AM »

Quote from: dvst8r on May 02, 2015, 10:15:18 PM

Getting there, keep at it.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #713 on:** May 03, 2015, 11:53:21 AM »

Thanks guys. Will probably be another month before I get a chance to touch it. May is my busiest month with work and life. Then I go on vacation in mid June to Dominican Republic for 8 days. So I hope to have it moving under its own power by August. Then maybe a mini tube and a different front clip come winter......idk

dvst8r · « **Reply #714 on:** May 03, 2015, 08:24:35 PM »

DR in June? Seems odd, normally people go to escape winter not get more summer. LOL I was just there in March. Do Not Stay at VIK Arena Blanca.

Iberostar and Ocean blue would be my choices for Bavaro.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #715 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:28:09 PM »

Yes in june....lol its the only time of year i get to take vacation. Im ok with it because nobody else really goes then so i get to park my fat ass on the beach and have it all to myself. We are staying at melia caribe in punta cana.

dvst8r · « **Reply #716 on:** May 03, 2015, 10:50:31 PM »

Go to coco bongo, well worth it.

ratcityrex · « **Reply #717 on:** May 07, 2015, 06:55:18 PM »

Well I scrapped the idea of a tig welder and ordered up a mustang II bare clip from lakeshore fabrication. I spoke with Kevin who owns lakeshore in Missouri, and he informed me that he builds all of the nova clips and mustang II crossmembers for speedway and they sell them as there own.

Long story short, it's $450 + shipping to get it. He's gonna call me tomorrow with a shipping quote.

Figured if I buy it bare I can find some a arms and spindals and everything as I go.

If I have the clip sitting in my garage I'm pretty much forcing myself to go with a m2 clip. It's gonna be so much easier to go with big brakes and do a whole pro touring setup with the m2 setup.

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #718 on:** May 07, 2015, 09:50:00 PM »

mustang II bare clip?

No idea what this is ha, excuse my ignorance

ratcityrex · « **Reply #719 on:** May 07, 2015, 10:32:34 PM »

Ok so my nova is a unibody. Like a honda. My front end/frame unbolts at the firewall with about 8 bolts. The stock chevy suspention really limits what you have for room, and the handling is sub par compared to most newer cars.

So what the hotrod people have been doing for years is take the mustang II crossmember and everything attached to it and put it in there cars. Makes for alot more room and can be made to handle really well.

So instead of just cutting out all my suspention like mor hot rods have, I bough a whole new front frame with a new mustang II crossmember already welded in. But it's bare so it doesn't come with any a arms or rack and pinion or anytime like that.

Looks like this

This is how much room there is with a ls in my engine bay stock

URL=http://s252.photobucket.com/user/snolan1/media/1967%20Blue%20Sedan%20CA%20black%20plate/Picture065-1.jpg.html]

[/URL]

And this is with a mustang II front clip installed

Don't look like much but it's like night and day in person.

News:

Author Topic: NOW WITH TWIN TURBO LQ4 ACTION~~~~~~~~~~~ 1966 RAT CITY RED ROCKET!!!~~~~~~~~ (Read 156967 times)

Author Topic: NOW WITH TWIN TURBO LQ4 ACTION~~~ 1966 RAT CITY RED ROCKET!!! (Read 156967 times)