thanks for the compliments
UPDATE!!!
Let’s get caught up. I’ve been working on the subframes and they are coming along nicely. The front is definitely more challenging to fabricate than the rear. The rear diff output cups are much more centered between the SF mounting points, so the c-arm mounts will be much easier to make. Then there is the front, with the engine/trans mounted lower and rearward. This puts the front output cups much further rearward and it’ll just be more difficult to make the front c-arm mounting tabs.
Here is the front transverse member of the front subframe, finished welded and reinstalled.
- front sf front transverse member.jpg (1.2 MiB) Viewed 45452 times
- front sf front transverse member2.jpg (1.19 MiB) Viewed 45452 times
And here is the tranverse member that will go under the bellhousing. The trans is mounted pretty low, so I relieved the tubing and used a thick plate and some endcaps, welded it up and flappered it reasonably smooth. I’m just holding it in the pic, and might trim the bottom of the bellhousing fins down a bit.
- front sf under trans relief.jpg (1.5 MiB) Viewed 45452 times
- front sf under trans relief to be mounted.jpg (1.41 MiB) Viewed 45452 times
And lastly a pic of the top of the coupler nuts that were trimmed and welded into the rear subframe to mount the removable piece.
- rear sf removable nuts welded.jpg (1.83 MiB) Viewed 45452 times
