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#49's new powerplant has arrived, let the build begin

why nobody has made controls arms using two of the four stock holes and large heim joints is beyond me...... i understand its not cheap to go that route but thats a good way to go if you dont care about it being rubber dampened.
 
gorman said:
... i would still like the bearings in the sleeves. I would press them into my stock arms for the sleeper look ....G.
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Sorry, not that simply. The factory arms are not setup for doing this.

KAOS_3.0 said:
Whatever happened with the spherical bearings from that uk company? Or are we talking about making bearings for only 4 bolt arms?
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I'm only talking about 4 bolt LCA's.

UPDATE:

So I finally was able to freeze and press the hub bearings in as well as pressing the new DSS stage3 hubs in.

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TRicker said:
why nobody has made controls arms using two of the four stock holes and large heim joints is beyond me...... i understand its not cheap to go that route but thats a good way to go if you dont care about it being rubber dampened.
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How close are the two bolts to fitting into a four bolt sub frame using that idea?
 
Great things take time, but man, this is just taking way too long! :laugh:

Looking great, and I really cant wait to see this thing run!
 
Nothing has been done on the car.

But I have...

-Completely tore down and remodeled a bathroom in my house.
-Finished insulating my garage so I can keep it at 55°F all winter without creating ice dams on the roof of my house
-swapped on snow tires on all my cars
-winterized my southern spoiled Audi

Plus I was hoping if I waited long enough CEG's forum would be fixed so that it's not as slow as molasses.
 
Now that I have some time off for the holidays and my TTS is good to go for winter I should have some updates on the car here over the next week. Hope everyone had a good holiday.
 
Oh and before you get any wise ideas, here is the current layout of my garage and why I have no room until summer roles around.

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Jazzbo1125 said:
Need more garage!!! The motor formally found in CSVT#49 is still alive and mostly well!
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Ha! Good to know. That motor was quite strong. If I would have left this car alone it would have been just fine. I'm assuming it is still running strong on the clutch that I put in it as well? Pics?
 
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