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<blockquote data-quote="suicidekings" data-source="post: 15289825" data-attributes="member: 121833"><p>Like I said in the last update... the motor mounts needed some clearance around the block webbing....</p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/W1hsom" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4291/35446476024_7d9bb31c7d_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A29659F2-F046-4A2D-A23D-8678C8ED1F36_zps0bkb9szx</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/X28uYo" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36112401982_da86ff0c1d_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />D35448A1-E043-4C92-ADC5-38AB4BDAB9B8_zps8p9jjx42</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>And in case you saw that bug in the first pic and said "wtf was that" here is a close up. </p><p></p><p>In this pic he's about the size of a quarter give or take.</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/W1hstS" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4304/35446476344_e283f75f18_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />3A409EA1-00C3-4490-BF64-5CC75DFC2BFE_zpsfwcmicye</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>First snag today. Where the new panels were welded in there was an overhang and the k member would have folded and probably cracked the paint... so what the hell, might as well grind on some fresh and minty paint. I ended up putting down some thick tape on the engine bay side and only ground with the pad moving into the paint instead of away from so it turned out perfect without any chips. After these pics I put some touchup paint on the bare spots. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/X28v3S" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4315/36112402242_602b61b58e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />B20C867B-6274-4A29-8400-31BF76A2DBE1_zpsq0jip5rp</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/X5bEwg" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4308/36146968931_2d8d9e0b13_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />0B12EE08-438A-41E9-992A-06D8C8114B88_zps1knnshgo</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>The motor mounts were a bitch fitting into the k member, but after an hour of jacking around with it we got her to fit. the one bummer is the k member bottom brace won't clear my headers so I will have to make a custom brace. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/X28v8G" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4307/36112402522_d449507a1b_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />8099EA50-B5BA-45F3-A58B-239F1318CF24_zpsrt4vshon</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/W1hsJm" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/35446477184_76ba67ef0c_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />E9832F53-E7AA-41FC-9646-4452B2D4CDC0_zpstaqlnsvs</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/XgSPXZ" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4315/36279286635_c11134197b_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />AC5C7005-8AD7-4B7E-9B03-44352E6642EE_zpsefywii3l</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/X5bE92" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4308/36146967641_c35501ff73_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />C1EDF782-1159-4C84-AC22-BD224D389861_zpstsepwpoz</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/W1hsRA" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/35446477604_177a0d8b8a_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />9D5ACEAF-29FB-428F-9227-FCA0C34F5787_zpshmg0iowu</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/X5bEcD" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/36146967851_60a11d86b0_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />31CC9D5C-D38B-4C59-B23C-09FFC75E6BC6_zps2zilowno</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/W1ht1y" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/35446478124_263429e2b2_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />ACD5A28C-C974-4283-9F65-05FF1D974235_zpsz2hkka0r</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>This pic you can see some orange peel. This strut tower is strange because from the bottom you can see it bad however from the top down its very very difficult to see. The painter offered to wetsand it after everything is all finished... I honestly don't know I even want to mess with it. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/X5bEia" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4302/36146968171_076bd9956a_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />B499966A-E3C5-40AC-B1A5-775287063539_zpsl4h06bu2</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/XgSPZc" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/36279286705_a921f37731_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />2BA98108-A091-4F04-A37C-1421EAB9D3AB_zpsnwceyssf</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr<a href="https://flic.kr/p/W1ht7A" target="_blank"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/35446478474_89b5243abb_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />942B63F6-CECC-4E05-960C-CCBB21E748DA_zpszolwxesc</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/" target="_blank">|SK Photography|</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p>Next step is to drop some plumb bobs in order to do some measuring to make sure the K member is square. Cheers!!! :beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="suicidekings, post: 15289825, member: 121833"] Like I said in the last update... the motor mounts needed some clearance around the block webbing.... [url=https://flic.kr/p/W1hsom][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4291/35446476024_7d9bb31c7d_b.jpg[/img]A29659F2-F046-4A2D-A23D-8678C8ED1F36_zps0bkb9szx[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/X28uYo][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36112401982_da86ff0c1d_b.jpg[/img]D35448A1-E043-4C92-ADC5-38AB4BDAB9B8_zps8p9jjx42[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr And in case you saw that bug in the first pic and said "wtf was that" here is a close up. In this pic he's about the size of a quarter give or take. [url=https://flic.kr/p/W1hstS][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4304/35446476344_e283f75f18_b.jpg[/img]3A409EA1-00C3-4490-BF64-5CC75DFC2BFE_zpsfwcmicye[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr First snag today. Where the new panels were welded in there was an overhang and the k member would have folded and probably cracked the paint... so what the hell, might as well grind on some fresh and minty paint. I ended up putting down some thick tape on the engine bay side and only ground with the pad moving into the paint instead of away from so it turned out perfect without any chips. After these pics I put some touchup paint on the bare spots. [url=https://flic.kr/p/X28v3S][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4315/36112402242_602b61b58e_b.jpg[/img]B20C867B-6274-4A29-8400-31BF76A2DBE1_zpsq0jip5rp[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/X5bEwg][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4308/36146968931_2d8d9e0b13_b.jpg[/img]0B12EE08-438A-41E9-992A-06D8C8114B88_zps1knnshgo[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr The motor mounts were a bitch fitting into the k member, but after an hour of jacking around with it we got her to fit. the one bummer is the k member bottom brace won't clear my headers so I will have to make a custom brace. [url=https://flic.kr/p/X28v8G][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4307/36112402522_d449507a1b_b.jpg[/img]8099EA50-B5BA-45F3-A58B-239F1318CF24_zpsrt4vshon[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/W1hsJm][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/35446477184_76ba67ef0c_b.jpg[/img]E9832F53-E7AA-41FC-9646-4452B2D4CDC0_zpstaqlnsvs[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/XgSPXZ][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4315/36279286635_c11134197b_b.jpg[/img]AC5C7005-8AD7-4B7E-9B03-44352E6642EE_zpsefywii3l[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/X5bE92][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4308/36146967641_c35501ff73_b.jpg[/img]C1EDF782-1159-4C84-AC22-BD224D389861_zpstsepwpoz[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/W1hsRA][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/35446477604_177a0d8b8a_b.jpg[/img]9D5ACEAF-29FB-428F-9227-FCA0C34F5787_zpshmg0iowu[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/X5bEcD][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/36146967851_60a11d86b0_b.jpg[/img]31CC9D5C-D38B-4C59-B23C-09FFC75E6BC6_zps2zilowno[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/W1ht1y][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4311/35446478124_263429e2b2_b.jpg[/img]ACD5A28C-C974-4283-9F65-05FF1D974235_zpsz2hkka0r[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr This pic you can see some orange peel. This strut tower is strange because from the bottom you can see it bad however from the top down its very very difficult to see. The painter offered to wetsand it after everything is all finished... I honestly don't know I even want to mess with it. [url=https://flic.kr/p/X5bEia][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4302/36146968171_076bd9956a_b.jpg[/img]B499966A-E3C5-40AC-B1A5-775287063539_zpsl4h06bu2[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/XgSPZc][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/36279286705_a921f37731_b.jpg[/img]2BA98108-A091-4F04-A37C-1421EAB9D3AB_zpsnwceyssf[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr[url=https://flic.kr/p/W1ht7A][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/35446478474_89b5243abb_b.jpg[/img]942B63F6-CECC-4E05-960C-CCBB21E748DA_zpszolwxesc[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/92446505@N02/]|SK Photography|[/url], on Flickr Next step is to drop some plumb bobs in order to do some measuring to make sure the K member is square. Cheers!!! :beer: [/QUOTE]
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