91 Galant VR4

[turbotalon1g]

I like the square stuff, but some noob questions for you.

The square stuff is for support to the body pieces and mounting right? And where it mounts to the (round tubing) frame is where the strength is?

Looks good man.

[Pushit2.0]

Yes this is a frame to hold the fenders, hood, front bumper cover, grill, and lights onto the chassis. The chrome moly round tube is the main frame that the suspension, engine, tranny, water to air heat exchanger, and radiator will be mounted. I wanted the square stock to use the flat surfaces to make it easier to mount things and the joints are easier to lay out, just cut and weld no notching needed. I decided to re-do the lower mounts for strength, I did not think the small thin gauge tube would hold up at 160+mph. I bought about 20lbs of aluminum to make all this, and it looks like I will use about 15lbs or so.

~John

[turbotalon1g]

Cool, that all makes perfect sense to me.

I can't wait to see this thing roll.

[Pushit2.0]

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10338.jpg

Here it is, removable fender/frame assembly.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10342.jpg

This is the first stage of removal and about half way threw the install of the front clip. I will modify the fire wall mounts so that with a second set of hands the front clip can be removed with or with out the hood on and the front wheels on and the car with it on the ground by only removing 4 pins. All this to make it easier to work on of course.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10343.jpg

Here it is pushed in to the correct depth.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10339.jpg

Here are the front slip connections, these are fabricated out of 1/8" mild steel and will be fully welded to the frame when completed.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10341.jpg

The other side bracket

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10344.jpg

I think the brackets are strong, yes this is me standing on the front core support.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10345.jpg

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/612/medium/Picture_10347.jpg

Never mind, I think I might have made this structure a little to strong, this is a floor jack with a 0-600 PSI gauge on top, and it only takes about 520lbs to lift the entire front end of the car right now, so I do not need to worry much about this setup flying off the front of the car anytime soon. I thought I would just see how much pressure it could handle before it started to bend or something. Now I just need to make the front bumper cover mounts, front grill mounts, head lights/turn signal mounts, then finish weld and start to paint stuff.

~John

[tehehodi]

Wow, looking amazing! Nice work

[Swifty1638]

I like! When's the motor going back in? You have the rest of the cage to finish too? Is the hood, bumper and fenders all going to be 1 piece?

[turbotalon1g]

Put hinges on the front, to go a little old school and raise your pimp status!!
http://www.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/2025509/ballin_Full.jpg

That shit is crazy strong, good work.

[LingLing]

That's some amazing fabrication! I love the fact that you can remove your entire front end in one piece lol

[Pushit2.0]

I like! When's the motor going back in? You have the rest of the cage to finish too? Is the hood, bumper and fenders all going to be 1 piece?

I could multi quote but this is easier. Yes the bumper, fenders, grill and head lights will be 1 piece, then the hood will be held on by 4 hood pins, which could be left on for front end removal or pulled for spark plug changes and what not.

The cage is all done, minus the pass side door bar.

~John

[Matt D.]

Haha John, proving that what you build is strong enough. Very nice. :)