In reply to Stampie :
That looks more like a prison or mental institution than a school.
How many turns is the steering lock-to-lock?
In reply to Stampie :
That looks more like a prison or mental institution than a school.
How many turns is the steering lock-to-lock?
Those are license plate bolts!
That seems like an ideal car for winning at chaos.
In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
It's two and a half turns but I think that might be tire limited right now.
In reply to Stampie :
That's not as bad as I expected.
Stampie said:Not stretched as bad as I thought.
That should lower the car some.
Lowering the car: good.
Shorter gearing for autocross and drag runs: even better.
I can't wait!
BTW, rotors and performance pads are ordered.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Add masking tape and black spray paint to yer list. Zebra Butt Racing better go full Daktari on that. Also, please leave the schnorkel as is! 
11GTCS said:In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Add masking tape and black spray paint to yer list. Zebra Butt Racing better go full Daktari on that. Also, please leave the schnorkel as is!
I'm not sure how far our team leader is planning to take the lightening of the car. All I'm saying is that to keep the snorkel, you have to keep the A pillar.
In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :
Weight loss has begun.
This is Lil Stampie complaining he couldn't get a wrench on a nut. It was pretty easy for an old man to do.
Driver's seat out.
Passenger seat out.
Rear seat bottom out.
Then we discovered that we need like a T50 to remove the rear seat back. So we test fit the performance driving seat.
And our recoup for today was $1.16.
Turns out we needed a T45 to remove the rear seat.
Looky here. What's this?
Could it be the build sheet? This car just went up in value cause only the rare expensive cars come with build sheets.
Then we figured out that the seat needs one 2x4 in front and three 2x4s in the rear to get the right height.
Titled and tagged.
Also picked up some angle iron to mount the seat.
Floating Doc procured brake parts. That's right extreme carbon fiber pads.
For some reason I always thought those GM seatbelt bolts were t47.
Where'd you find cheap steel? Link?
In reply to iansane :
Could have been and the T45 fit just enough.
In reply to Tom Suddard :
Alro metal in their remnants section. Price is 20% higher than preCovid. https://www.alro.com/
I was gonna say that looks like an Alro receipt. Was $0.99/lb for usable drops last time I was there.
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Stampie :
That looks more like a prison or mental institution than a school.
the differences are subtle
In reply to Stampie :
How'd you manage to get the horsepower on your tag?
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Stampie :
How'd you manage to get the horsepower on your tag?
Three? Oh, wait!
In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
That's the added shot of nitrous. So yeah doubling the factory hp. I was sober when I text Tom also.
Guess we need to get some stuff done. Let's mount the seat!
We have a new to us tool. The two previous owners couldn't find a chuck key that would work. We got it free plus the metric chuck key off Amazon. Still rednecking it.
Front and back rails installed.
We're going to call this the honorary Sleepyhead speed hole.
Seat rails installed.
Mocked in place just waiting to weld after a good Mexican lunch.
While Lil Stampie books the seat back in I'll share pictures.
Lil Stampie wanted to weld so. Tacking the front.
And then tacking the back.
And pull the seat so he can weld it up. That's not good.
And the front lasted about 20 seconds longer.
Ok let's try that again.
so... with the following caveats upfront:
1) I appreciate your continued dedication to weight reduction.
1b) I 100% in agreement with your lunch choice, even if my exprience is it tends to negate any benefits found in item "1)"
2) I realize how much trouble I get in, and I get you in, when I "ponder thoughts with my keyboard open".
wouldn't a death wheel, and a notch made in that rail, give you more surface area to run a bead on?
In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :
Yes but we wouldn't get the height we want. We have plans.
We put it all back in and I tacked the rails together. Which the back promptly failed. Of course that didn't happen because Lil Stampie wasn't smart enough to take pictures.
He laid a bead all around the front then we bolted it into the car without the seat to tack the rear. With more room that worked.
Here's some of his beads.
alright, that makes more sense/strength then what I was assuming before
carry on / good luck
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