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I actually manage a food and beverage Filtration oem when I'm not home. It is hard to find fitters and welders that can actually build true 304 frames, let alone autogenoualy purge weld 316 tubing without carbide precipitation.

I'm just using the welds to pull my cross dimensions in. All the fit-up is very tight being laser and plasma notched from parametric data and it's only mild steel and tacked well so it isn't moving much. This chassis is so rigid from all the nodes and multiple planes once you have it stiched...

Nothing that exciting the last few weeks. Chassis is being rotisseried and I am welding out all the tubes slowly. Still have a bit of time to invest to get past this stage.

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Older Delta drill press that was 208v 3ph when I bought it. I added a cheap hall effect sensor for RPM readout and a 3 way switch for forward/rev. The original power switch just supplies power to the VFD enclosure so it is not hot all the time it is plugged in.

I've been planning this for about 10 years. A lot of decisions where made well in advance of any work getting done or parts being purchased.

The chassis got pulled from the fixture and flopped onto it's lid this weekend. With it upside down, I removed the fixture plates from the table and rest them onto the rockers, but in the flipped position to locate the subframe I had previously welded together. I hoisted the subframe onto...

I made series of pickups this last weekend collecting the last large drivetrain parts and some other items I needed. A friend had a married Ford 205 case he acquired from a mutual friend who has since passed. Really appreciate the gift, as well as the sentimental attachment. The mutual friend...

It only makes sense to quit fighting the way the drivetrain was designed and out the shaft under the driver. This crawl box still uses a factory adapter to the ******, so I still have the front crossmember mount. I will probably build a tail housing mount off the 205 using the same bushing as...

The TJ/LJ chassis' are a neat product. Interested to see how yours is progressing. It was a bit of a stall, the tubes took a little bit to get here but they arrived late last week. I started here, a standard configuration XL chassis rear lower frame all tacked together. Then I removed all...

No, the 4x4 post it was sitting on when we bought the house just rotted and needed to be replaced. I am not one to do it twice:lol_hitti

Easter weekend, I didn't get a lot of time to work on this. The main hoop plug welds all got filled and I welded out the **** joint so I could put the support tube back in and then the tube gussets. I also fit 4 tubes (2 per side) under the elbow rail, the front seat mount support tube to those...

Left over beam drop from the shop build, W10x24 I think, some rebar from the foundation pour and some bolts from a project I've long since forgotten. Welding it was easier than bending and tie'ing this little cage even if you're not supposed to. I am sure it will be fine. I did go back and trim...

I'm leery of the even smaller chamber with the flat tops in the LQ9 honestly, 11.4 is pushing it on 91 octane which is the highest I can count on in CA. The 64.5cc of the 799s puts me at 11:1.

Thank you, it was (is) quite the undertaking.

Summits 8719 is very tame, duration and lift aren't very aggressive. Lobe separation is nice, and should give a noticeable audible change. I'm thinking something more like a 220-225/218-225 @.580 or .600 lift with a 112 LSA. On the fence of what to do with the heads right now, cheap 799s or go...

Sorry, thinking of a different person. The ORD Magnum crawl box showed up along with a 205 rebuild kit. I need to plan a trip to go pickup a rear end and the 205 in the coming weeks.

Adapters in the back to bring track width up to match the front more closely. Sterling or 14FF was a toss up for me. The end reason is just cost, Sterlings around here seem to be $800 if they're disc. I can go get a 14ff from a yard for $300.

I'm there, I moved over when it started. Like Pirate, Irate is definitely a place to be further into a build before starting a thread just because of the myriad of expert and 'expert' opinions. I'll get one going over there eventually.

Nicely done letting physics work for you, instead of fighting it.