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Here it is, all caged up!  :devil:  It's a 12 point cage with chromoly steel tubing and will be certified to 8.50 at NHRA tracks. I still have to paint it and make some seat mounts to get the seats bolted in. There's loads of other work to do before I will be able to drive it. I will keep updating as I go.

 

 

 

Getting there, looking good. Hurry up the nationals are less than 90 days away :)

You're right Steve, the race is on! Would love to have it there. :)

 

 

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Ryan nice work, I know you said its a 12 point cage but I'm only counting 10 points (2 in engine bay, 2 at the dash, 4 behind the front seat and the 2 in the trunk) did I miss 2 points?

 

I am pretty sure the the ones at the front of the door each qualify as two points.

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Thanks guys!  :yay:

 

Ryan nice work, I know you said its a 12 point cage but I'm only counting 10 points (2 in engine bay, 2 at the dash, 4 behind the front seat and the 2 in the trunk) did I miss 2 points?

I was wondering the same exact thing. I only counted ten, but when I google searched "12 point cage" the same cage comes up. I think like Bill said, the door bars count as an extra 2 points. Not sure though. As long as it's safe in the event of a really bad crash, that's all that matters.

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I think I might see a little light coming from the end of the tunnel. You can actually tell it's a Monte Carlo now! It's not done yet but its getting closer... :shifter:

 

Right now I'm in the process of rewiring everything in the car. Most of it is already done, I had wired in the essentials last fall to fire the engine, but I pulled it all back out to get the cage welded. I didn't want the wires to get all burned up and ruin a brand new harness.

 

I'm also chopping up my factory dash to re-use. I had to cut some pieces out to get it to fit around the bars, mostly just notching stuff to make room. My dad is helping me fit up a new Racepak digital display. We just cut the plastic out from between the original gauges and made a bracket that attaches to the mounting points that were used for the stock cluster. We made a template from construction paper that will be cut out in aluminum to finish the face of the dash.

 

I found a different rack and pinion setup thats manual and the input shaft is at a different angle so it looks like it might work. I talked to the tech on the phone and he said it will fit, so I'm gonna give the r&p another try.

 

Here's some more pics

 

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Man Ryan ya got some serious fabrication skills. Looking really good. It is always good when you can see a little light at the end of the tunnel and know it ain't the train coming. LOL 

 

Keep us posted. 

 

David

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Heres the dash, about 90%. I still have to add a few switches and lights, but its pretty much done. I might polish the face, or put some kind of design in it later. I have a new top pad to put on it too, I wanted to cut up my old ragged one first in case I made a mistake, which I did. I cut the slots a bit too wide and it looks like crap around the bars, but now I can make a template for that and cut it nicely on the new pad. 

 

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This lookin' sweet!! I may need you to come down and help with my '65 Chevelle. Like that cage work. nice and tight to the body. Gonna be one mean Monte!! I like that it is a '72.

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Got some more stuff done, It steers, stops, and shifts but not quite running yet. It's almost done, I promise.  :rofl: The new manual rack worked out nicely. I had to fabricate the steering shaft again but this time it looks and works much better. The kit came with new steering arms too, so I had to take a bunch of stuff apart again to get those on.

 

Got a different master cylinder for a manual set-up and stripped out my proportioning valve trying to install it like an idiot. Also had to re-string a few lines that were now too short after moving the master. After fighting with the stupid brakes for a long time, I finally won and got it bled out. At least the new driveshaft fit without issue. Everything is ready to rock and roll, just need to get it fired up again. :yay:

 

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Took this thing for a test drive a couple days ago to the gas station and holy crap it's fast. I was definitely not prepared for that amount of power. It really scared the life out of me. :BB:

 

Everything went well, didn't crash or break anything. The alignment needs work. It didn't go very straight. Its all gravy from here though, just some adjustments. I forgot to turn on the rev limiter and found valve float pretty quick. I wasn't looking at the tach, but I bet it was over 8 grand. :B  Needs better mufflers too, I put the largest 3" cherry bomb glasspacks that they make on it and it was still like they were not even on there. Stupid loud. 

 

Got a couple decent videos of the car, but I had trouble uploading them to the site. If you want to check them out on Youtube, here's the links-

 

choppy idle

 

test drive

 

 

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Awesome!! thing sounds great!! What's the H.P.? Can't wait to see it at Carlisle.

Thanks!

 

I wish I knew the numbers for sure, but according to my desktop dyno it should make between 650-720 flywheel hp on motor with 91 pump gas. I built it a little conservative because I plan on slamming this thing with tons of nitrous. I have to get it dialed in on motor first but I would love to get it to 1000 rwhp on nitrous. I should have it at Carlisle this year, I cant wait!   :cool:

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