Owner built on a budget;

[Hray]

48 hours, 7 days down, 83 to go

I took some pictures of the sway bar, it is not totally done but I thought if I wait to take them when spindles are on that it might not be so easy to see everything.

Here is picture from head on, I did check the curve down on the bar and it seems to fit fine when i tried it on the body, it actually comes close to following the contour of the opening.

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here is a photo of the sway bar in position of where I would like it when car is sitting on all fours with complete car weight on arms. you can also see the u bracket and mocked up bolts.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2657/...aa074dbf_b.jpg

this is from the top looking down on the sway bar and bracket.

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I did set the spindle on the arm, and hooked up the tie-rod, all seems to be in good clearance for turns and movement.

Here is the sway bar with CR bolt and heim joint, it looks like that once arm is up pararrel to ground that i only need a couple inches longer bolt to make heim reach the u bracket

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/...cb869b3a_b.jpg


Aside from taking pictures the crew joined in again, tyler got all the spindles, rotors, and items with them painted today, Riley and I spent quality time on the transmission getting it ready for paint. The crew is excited about going home and showing the parents the pictures of them on the internet so here they are working away, they both stayed focused for about 4 hours with me.

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Tomorrow is our big feast with all the company coming, so shop will be a lonely place tomorrow without any activity, but it will be there when we get back to it. The firewall is all finished and ready for paint, hopefully that will be sunday.

Ray and Crew.