Slant Six Forum
https://slantsix.org/forum/

1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA
https://slantsix.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60536
Page 5 of 35

Author:  drgonzo [ Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

That look great, better than new.

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Photo trick..

Paint was still wet in that shot.

It will be satin black.

I am distracted by k frames in cars that are actually shiny.

Greg

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Sun Jan 20, 2019 3:53 pm ]
Post subject:  ¿You Mocking me? 1/20/19

1/20/19:

Well I got all of the K Frame Painted and installed.

Got the new 16:1 Steering Box installed, along with new Pittman arm, 11/16 Tie Rods and Adjuster Sleeves.

Got the Upper arms, strut rods installed too.

Lower arms are in place for mock up but will need to be removed for paint after the sway bar comes in and gets mocked up and tabs welded in place.


I also mocked up one spindle and rotor, Threw the 17x8 Mustang wheel on with a 245-45-17 Tire on it.
Was hitting the Grease Zerk on Full drop as well as the tie-rod end the entire time.

I was able to bolt the wheel on and determined that a 1/2" wheel spacer along with some quality 3" long wheel studs will help things out here.
Pictorial:


New UCA, Steering Bits and Front Strut Rod. LCA is there for mock up - to be finished soon.
Image


Image


Hits the Zerk :-(
Image


Hits the Tie rod End too! :-(
Image


That's 1/4" of space and the wheel is hitting. I hope to get a 1/2" spacer to kick the wheel out toward the edge of the fender some more to clear these things.
Also a set of 3" long studs will help here! :-)
Image


These cars look so much better with a tire filling the wheel well.
Image


Transformation at ride height: I think the mock up is going well - Time to fit the sway bar!
Image

Cheers!

Greg

Author:  drgonzo [ Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Wheels look great. About the same as the ones we had on my son's Maverick.

Author:  emsvitil [ Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: ¿You Mocking me? 1/20/19

Quote:
Well I got all of the K Frame Painted and installed.

Got the new 16:1 Steering Box installed,...……..., Threw the 17x8 Mustang wheel on with a 245-45-17 Tire on it.

Greg

How are the arm exercises coming along?

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

I am ready.

Lots of lifting and tire changing keeps the upper body fit. Removing unneeded weight from the front of the car will help too!
Got a Fiberglass hood and some other trick bits to get the front end lighter.

Greg

Author:  Dart270 [ Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Looks great, Greg. I have always run spacers on those wheels (1/2 - 3/4") to get BJ and tie rod clearance. They are deep offset anyway, so a spacer makes sense.

Lou

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

The FFI sway bar arrived today,

So this week's project will include mocking it up and getting the tabs welded onto the lca's. Once that is done lca's will be removed, painted and reinstalled.

Also putting together the dual circuit master cylinder and rebuilding the steering column.

Greg

Author:  emsvitil [ Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

The closer you can get the tabs to the wheel, the more effective the bar will be...……...

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Right on!


They are designed to line up about on the shock bolt area. I don't think i will be widening the bar.


Greg

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Sun Jan 27, 2019 1:19 pm ]
Post subject:  1/27/19

1/27/19:

I got the Sway Bar mocked up and the mounts mocked and then welded to the LCA's
The Steering column I now rebuilt and refreshed with new seals and paint, etc,

I found that my 1/2" wheel spacers were not wide enough so I went to 3/4" Spacers.

I started to paint the LCA's with some POR15.


Image


Image



Greg

Author:  Dart270 [ Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Those are nice looking sway bar tabs, and nice work on the LCAs. People will freak when we show up to a track day or autoX with a pair of Slant 6 64 Darts.

Lou

Author:  Greg Ondayko [ Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Thanks Lou.

Those sway bar tabs were from speedway motors, but did not hit the lca in mock up. So I had some spare roll cage tubing that I cut about 2" off of to bridge the gap.

Of course some other small mods needed to make it all work before welding.

Greg

Author:  sixinthehead [ Sun Jan 27, 2019 6:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

I thought those extensions looked round.
Nice engineering 8)

Author:  emsvitil [ Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course AutoX Car IRWIN PA

Will that induce a twist in the lower arm since it's so far off the centerline?

Page 5 of 35 All times are UTC-08:00
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited
https://www.phpbb.com/