Sfi 25.5

[63vette]

DaveH;301044 wrote:
Made more progress, pulled the oem steering column out and getting ready for an aftermarket column with removable steering wheel. Practiced a bit with the tig and got one side tacked in, a couple of my tack welds don't even look like complete poo. Got part of the funny car cage fitted.

If you can tack it you can weld it. Fire that welder up and finish it!
Good move with the removable wheel, its going to help you shoehorn in a lot. If you dont want your wheel to wobble get a MW hub.

[DaveH]

Eh, I'll let someone that knows what they are doing finish all the welding. I practiced enough that I feel ok tacking things together but thats it. I'd have to practice a lot more before I felt comfortable doing the welding.

The hub I got is competition engineering, hopefully it's decent.

63vette;301050 wrote:
If you can tack it you can weld it. Fire that welder up and finish it!
Good move with the removable wheel, its going to help you shoehorn in a lot. If you dont want your wheel to wobble get a MW hub.

[63vette]

DaveH;301053 wrote:
The hub I got is competition engineering, hopefully it's decent.

That one is decent not too wobbly. The loose ones are annoying as hell.

[DaveH]

Little more progress, got as far as I can with the material I got. Everything is tacked in, I'm starting to feel sorta comfortable tack welding with the tig. Note to self, don't forget to turn the gas on. lol

[63vette]

DaveH;301972 wrote:
Little more progress, got as far as I can with the material I got. Everything is tacked in, I'm starting to feel sorta comfortable tack welding with the tig. Note to self, don't forget to turn the gas on. lol

Looks good Dave, gonna do a little rewiring while you have it apart?

[DaveH]

63vette;301983 wrote:
Looks good Dave, gonna do a little rewiring while you have it apart?

Yep, no metal work to do so I started on the wiring today. It was a disaster.

[blackcherryTSi]

DaveH;301972 wrote:
Little more progress, got as far as I can with the material I got. Everything is tacked in, I'm starting to feel sorta comfortable tack welding with the tig. Note to self, don't forget to turn the gas on. lol

i have to commend you sir that looks like a mess! i would be lost with that pile of wires and dash ripped up. i take it youve had it apart numerous times?

[DaveH]

Wiring is almost cleaned up. I'm not sure where I'm mounting my switches so the little pile of wire in the tunnel is the switches/wiring for that. Otherwise it cleaned up pretty well.

[DaveH]

I got the tranny crossmember fitted today.

[DaveH]

more progress

[63vette]

Are you moving the drivers side helmet bar back and using the offset passenger bar halo tie in?

[Cobra Rob]

this = welding blankents

[DaveH]

63vette;303821 wrote:
Are you moving the drivers side helmet bar back and using the offset passenger bar halo tie in?

Eh, I got it fitted and tacked in already and I don't think it's going to be that bad to get in/out of so I'll prob leave it.

[DaveH]

More progress. got the dash bar in, and an bunch of the pipes that go behind the seat. It's getting closer to done.

[Raider]

Dave by the time your done its going to weigh as much as my truck...looks good

[DaveH]

The CM is pretty light actually, I took out the oem support bars in the doors, the oem steering column, etc so I don't expect the car to be much heavier than last year. I guess we'll see.

[DaveH]

Main part of funny car hoop is fitted.

[DaveH]

All the 25.5 stuff is complete and tacked in. Just a couple brackets left to add to the steering column! w00t!

[63vette]

You may want to add one more bar to stabilize the steering column unless its a very solid mount on the firewall, and dont forget to add a tab for the gopro mount.

Here is how I did mine:

[DaveH]

Finished the column up this morning!

Man, it's a great feeling having this done. Huge thanks to Bill O. for letting me use some of his tools, and to Fallguy for letting me use his chopsaw and for holding pieces in place while I welded. Thx to Jim for looking at my silly pics and giving ideas.