1971 Vega LS1 Project

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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 2:58 pm

72vega5.3 wrote:Very nice. It appears you have the front hoops installed as well?

Yes you can see them on page 2. He did a nice job on them, they clear the heater core box.
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby 72vega5.3 » Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:16 pm

Oh, I missed those. Everything sure looks good, and keep the photo's coming, especially for us half blind folks :)
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Sun Dec 27, 2009 6:21 pm

Today I made a stop for the brake rod. I used the piece that was cut from the clutch cylinder bracket, a piece of 2" exhaust pipe and the stock vega rod.
I also moved the handbrake handle back about 70mm as it was interfering with the shifter stick.
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby vegon71 » Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:39 pm

I love seeing home fab pics :th: looks awesome!!
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby megavega » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:28 pm

Very nice job on the master cylinder/clutch master bracket, looks like a factory item! :th: opens up useing the later f body stuff with it, wait till you get down below,its fun trying to fit the slave cylinder and linkage in there too, although it matters if your running the lt1 or ls1 set up,since they are differnt, nice work so far on your car!!
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:38 pm

megavega wrote:Very nice job on the master cylinder/clutch master bracket, looks like a factory item! :th: opens up useing the later f body stuff with it, wait till you get down below,its fun trying to fit the slave cylinder and linkage in there too, although it matters if your running the lt1 or ls1 set up,since they are differnt, nice work so far on your car!!

Thanks!
I have the LS1 setup so no linkage. It is still very tight where the hose attaches and around the bleeder screw. I am planning on drilling a hole in the floor to get easy access to the bleeder screw. That way I could even bleed the clutch myself.
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby cdnvega » Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:09 pm

Very nice work on your car, keep up the good work.
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby full boost » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:44 pm

your project is turning out very awesome can't wait to see more pic's of your progress .. it looks pretty killer!
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:19 pm

Time for some updates, a lot of things going on but nothing is really finished. I have been scraping the undercoating off and cleaning the undercarrige with lacuer thinner, nothing I am looking forward to do again.. Found some rust spots in the rear wheelwell areas that needs to be taken care of. Other than that the sheet metal on this one is in pretty good shape!
You can see that GMs primer dip did not work as intended. Above the rear end is a big spot that never was coated.
I also made a simple jig and cut the brackets of the stock rear end.
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:42 pm

Today I finished the rear crossmember. It connects to the thick metal area in front of the lower control arm mount, and to the diagonal bars for the main hoop. The LCA mounts are going to be reiforced too. I made the lower part removeable and cut channels for the brake and fuel lines.
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1972 Pontiac Firebird
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Thu Feb 04, 2010 6:18 pm

The rear control arms are almost finished as well. Bought spohn Del Sphere pivot joints:
http://www.spohn.net/shop/Del-Sphere-Pivot-Joints/
Pretty cool, unlike normal uniballs these can be disassembled and rebuilt. I bought tube ends along with these that were welded to some tubing.
After lots of searching I finally found tubing in the right dimensions to be used for end spacers and sleeves. Without a lathe it took a while to make the 24 pieces..
This solution turned out kind of expensive and heavy, each complete controlarm is about 500 grams (1lb) heavier than stock. I still think it turned out good. They will be way stronger than I ever need and they should last forever..
I have sent the tubes and sleeves on zink plating. They are going to look killer when done!
The swaybar is going to be mounted with some kind of clamps instead of directly through the LCA to make adjustments easier.
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby Roccosvega » Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:28 pm

Wow that looks like some bullet proof fabrication, nice work!

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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby 72 SS PNL » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:54 am

looking good

i dig them control arms , im pissed at UMI for not getting back with me on those ends
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby vegon71 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 7:21 pm

Its looking good, Its looking good :th:
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Re: 1971 Vega LS1 Project

Postby grandam75 » Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:40 pm

Updates!
Rear crossmember welded in. Reinforcements for rear control arm mounting points. Cut and rewelded the old transmission crossmember and the reinforcements between front LCA mount and firewall for header clearence.
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1965 Buick Wildcat Convt
1972 Pontiac Firebird
1993 BMW 740i
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