Cascade Crew

aaron_sK · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:53 pm Post subject:

My unaesthetic build continues...

I asked her for water...
she brought me gasoline...

Fuel tank hijinks:

Things continue to fall out of the car. This tank came out no trouble at all. Must be because I lack an engineering background... Wiggly wiggly

The filler tube tank I got from Mike way back when had a bent flapper that wouldn't close, and the threads on the end of the neck were a bit wonky. My stupid ass figures "no problem!" so I reach for the chain cutter and whack the neck off, intending to swap it with the neck off of the old tank. Then I suddenly remembered why that's a really stupid idea: Rolling Eyes

So I sat there looking at the two tanks and it occurred to me that the tank from the old GTA was actually kinda dented and beat from being kicked around the floor of the several shops I've had since I got it. It was actually crushed down on one side from me setting something on it at some point.

It also occurred to me that the tank I had just pulled was in nice shape except for having a filler neck that was bent down by someone trying to swap the pump without dropping the axle far enough (thank god they didn't cut a door).

After looking at it a bit I fixed myself a quick filler neck fixin' tool out of some exhaust pipe that Paul had left at my shop: Laughing

Perfect alignment: Wink

Gaskets:

The gasket that comes with the Racetronix kit (right, ignore the cut) is a super cheapo crappy one. It had swelled up while installed in the other tank and would not go back in. The GM unit (left) is lined with a wire and has nice alignment tabs. They want almost $17 for it though!!! Shocked

Tank vent:

While the tank was out I cut the vent line with my peanut cutter and rerouted it up:

With the tank vent rerouted I removed the hard vent line from under the car, then ran a 1/4" Wix filter above the filler neck:

...and routed the line out through a hole in the gas door liner:

Axle:

The axle prep and installation was a fairly boring affair so I didn't take pictures, save for this one of the new suspension goodies thanks to Paul and Mike:

I will let them settle before I decide, but I think I may need to take another quarter to half coil off of Paul's springs. I am not running any rear stereo or upholstery and this thing sits high:

More paint:

I apparently cannot go an entire day without painting something, so I pulled the strut mounts to make Ian happy and touched up a few other spots:

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject:

No stereo for me either. Just a battery. Which you'll have at some point. Plus get fuel in it, and the engine in it, and everything assembled and driven before you decide. Even weight in the front will bring it down some.

aaron_sK · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:14 pm Post subject:

Indeed. I'm in no hurry.

I was shocked at how much the car came up when I gutted the interior. I did not weigh all that came out (went in with all the other dump run crap) but I would guess several hundred pounds.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:25 pm Post subject:

And subframe connectors with dual bracing.

RSFreak · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject:

chevymad · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:08 pm Post subject:

Aarons a carpenter right? Why did I suddenly have an image of 2x4 subframe connectors.... Laughing

iansane · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:41 pm Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:52 am Post subject:

Alphius · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:38 am Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:44 am Post subject:

Morgan is still making cars (high performance cars, mind you) with wooden framing behind the coachwork.

Wood is much lighter than steel and can be plenty strong if used correctly. The issue is longevity, cost and fire retardation.

iansane · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:11 am Post subject:

I look at this;

and think, "Yaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!"

IROCDave · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:30 pm Post subject:

Man thats a big job changing colors of paint. A couple of things that came to mind while looking at the pictures, Were the gaps between body panels / doors / hatch etc good? Also might want to paint your final coat around the gas tank fill plastic shroud. That would be a bitch to prep and paint later. You could leave it, but every time you fill up you will know what color the car used to be....

IROCDave · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:45 pm Post subject:

Oh, and dont think the poke at GM didnt go unnoticed Very Happy

Maybe Ford should have stuck with wood...

http://www.raptorforumz.com/showthread.php?t=14208

I hadnt heard about this until last night. Adam Carolla mentioned it on the car show. He had a great line about it. The guy from thesmokingtire.com has one and was trying to say that the ten trucks with bent frames all hit something. Adam responded with " yea, they hit reality".

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject:

popballz · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject:

nice work dude, its coming along well!

RSFreak · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:34 pm Post subject:

We should point out that we put the yellow deck lid on my car 'cause it is drilled for a spoiler. I could have drilled the holes myself, but my lid was already pretty rusted and this should be plug-n-play! Wink

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject:

@ 'hairy mr burns'!

Glad to see progress. Looking forward to following the build.

-Schultzy

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:46 pm Post subject:

Dinner and more beer resulted in installation of additional parts.

Frame braces painted and installed:

Also some other crap I put under the hood while I was in there: Wink

chevymad · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject:

Whats that dinky thing? a motorcycle engine? LOL Razz

aaron_sK · Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:04 pm Post subject:

Pretty much, yeah... LMAO