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    I'm curious to see what is the back room over there. Maybe there is a Prostock/10.5 Outlaw front clip under some rags or something.

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    I haven't touched this car in a while, mostly due to have 0 money after bills have been paid but, that being said, I did just get back from the store, I am going to attempt to de-power the rack and get it setup to work with the SN95 spindles. The debate is, do I make a video of it or just a few pictures.
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    Well, the de-powering failed. The seal at the top of the steering shaft isn't removable. The good news is, the rack must be so far gone that, its actually real easy to move by hand so, I put it back together and put the SN95 bits on it. Tomorrow I need to get some sealant to seal up the ports for the fluid and install the rack again. It will be nice to not have floppy pickle wheels to make moving the car easier.


    I should also say, I have been dicking around with the engine bay, slowly getting it stripped and ready for paint and fab work.
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    Decided to gut the dash since it weighs 100lbs, even with just the steel structure left, its still a tanks worth of weight. I think it needs to be made out of a composite of some sort.

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    I decided to fill in all the holes that are found in the engine bay of this platform and with that, I realized I need to fire up the weld I got for Christmas years and years ago that I never touched. It's your average Harbor Frieght Fluxcore box but, that should be more than enough for this project. I had some spare metal laying around from other projects so I decided to make a few test passes to see what I can do and how bad I am.

    I have no real idea what Im looking at here. I know the splatter is just a by product of Fluxcore stuff and, i know I was starting to get decent beads to lay down but, past that. It looks like Greekaphilgy.

    First attempt:

    Attempt 1 was to weld the bent steel the the steel plate. The top weld was my most recent on that attempt and, where I turned up the speed the wire. Clearly, the top weld was the best one there. The weld to the right was a test past to see how the wire speed increase actually worked when applied to metal.
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    DashGutting-5608 by Jason Bacon, on Flickr

    Second attempt:
    Cut out a small piece and weld it to create a little wall. That didnt turn out well, trying to weld that little piece with no means of holding it up resulted in burning through (lower left corner) and just really sloppy looking welds. Not being happy, I took a 5lb mini sledge and bent it over and as you can see, it held. Then I tried to weld it down while filling the gap that is obviously left with that type of bend. After that, I just decided to make a few lines that resemble letters or snakes.

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    This may hurt some but, all of the connectors are cut off and all of the wiring from the car is ready to go to the metal recycler.

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    54lbs of wire came out of the car. Add the ECU and all of the connectors and grommets, there is probably 65-70lbs of wire in the car at birth. I may have left a pound of wire in the car for the pig tails I left for the headlights and tail lights.

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    That's a huge rats nest.

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    Any progress! Very cool build!
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    Another piece to the puzzle, thanks to Bastard SVT, a free Team Z radiator support.

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    Let's see if I end up having to do a tube front after welding this thing in and turning things into liquid.

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