Roaring Forties #52

[patbarry]

Mark, I did some cutting and bracing on my seats for the 5 point harness. Here's some pictures.

[patbarry]

seats completed and installed

[Dan Weilacher]

Hi Pat, great job, and congrats getting it down the road! Can you tell me besides modifying the cross-member just under the pipes , what else did you do (frame under gearbox mod? engine, trans mounts) ? I installed my engine ,pipes and box in stock trim just to see where its at clearance wise. I want to "de-angle it" as much as possible. Any help much appreciated. Dan W

[patbarry]

Dan, I did the 'hershal' modification. I got rid of the crap under the gearbox and just used the two uprights sitting on 1" thick rubber spacers. I cut and rebuilt the crossmember. All this screwed up the location of the muffler brackets, so I welded on tabs to the chassis and then fabricated some real simple muffler supports. Absolutely nothing fancy. I reinforced the gearbox mounts with an additional gusset plate added to each mount. I made no changes to the frame. The absolute biggest pain in the rear was modifying the exhaust pipes. Once I know everything is good I'll send them away to Jet Hot - the Eastwood stuff did not work.

If you would like pictures of something in particular, let me know and I'll snap away.

[Cliff]

Originally Posted by patbarry

Cliff, I live in The Woodlands, about an hour north. You're close to Simon, he lives in that general area, did the car you see have orange stripes?

Yeah, it did. That must have been the car. We saw it twice several months apart around League City/Kemah. Incomplete on the first, and mostly finished on the second. I wanted to follow and talk with the driver, but had an appointment I couldn't miss.

Maybe our paths will cross again.

Cliff

[Dan Weilacher]

Thanks Pat, sounds like you engine sits a bit more level than stock then. Take care, Dan