Assembly, Street Beast Cobra

[RedEye]

I'm using a TKO600 trans and with a 302 block I have extra room inside my tunnel. For pedals, I'm cutting out the right side of the tunnel and moving it about 2-3 inches toward the shaft for more room. Planning on Tilton floor pedals with an additional steel plate installed below the fiberglass. Looking for a break pedal which goes to a single piston which can then be fed to a balancing valve.

Another question.... the rear end of my car is exceptional high above the wheels, as well as somewhat high looking above the ground. The bottom of the fiberglass body is directly against the steel of the frame, and I'm at minimum motion levels for the coil over suspension. We're thinking about cutting into the bottom of the fiberglass in order to raise the suspension a bit higher. Did any of you find this to be the case with your kits, and what did you do to correct it. I currently have about 4 inches between the top of my 17R 315/35 tires and the bottom lip of the wheel well. I would like this to be either even, or only about 1/2 above the tire... very much the way it appears on the front of the car. Feedback welcome! Thanks.

[StreetSnake]

We cut out the old springs and put in coilovers. That fixed the problem but obviously that is a little fabrication work. I'll see if I can find a pic of my rearend setup. By doing that we could fit 335s under her. Looked nice.

[StreetSnake]

Here is the best I could come up with. Hope it helps. I ended up swapping these coilovers out for Afco's which made a world of difference. The chrome ones were nice lookers but that was about it.

[RedEye]

Originally Posted by StreetSnake

Here is the best I could come up with. Hope it helps. I ended up swapping these coilovers out for Afco's which made a world of difference. The chrome ones were nice lookers but that was about it.

Thanks! It's good to see someone else's work for once. It's basically the same concept we're working toward. We already installed the upper shock mounts to match the top of the steel tube on both sides, but I think we're going to actually raise them about an inch above the steel frame so that the rear of the car sits a bit lower. We'll need to cut the fiber glass which I'm not looking forward to...

[RedEye]

Here are a few photos. These were taken a few weeks ago, and dont show the suspension installed but do show the placement of the rear suspension parts. All the control arms are race stock. You can see from the second photo how the car seems to have a 'bumble bee butt' and rides a bit high on the back end... the fiberglass is entirely on the frame.

You can see the photo with the body on how the body seems to be tiled in the back when comparing it to the bottom visible edge of the frame below the door and windscreen. Are other cars like this? Not sure what to think, the fiberglass matches the frame very well, but the result appears incorrect.
What do you guys think?

[StreetSnake]

Originally Posted by RedEye

Here are a few photos. These were taken a few weeks ago, and dont show the suspension installed but do show the placement of the rear suspension parts. All the control arms are race stock. You can see from the second photo how the car seems to have a 'bumble bee butt' and rides a bit high on the back end... the fiberglass is entirely on the frame.

You can see the photo with the body on how the body seems to be tiled in the back when comparing it to the bottom visible edge of the frame below the door and windscreen. Are other cars like this? Not sure what to think, the fiberglass matches the frame very well, but the result appears incorrect.
What do you guys think?

Looking good...One thing that I want to make sure you are aware of is the gas tank. It is sensible logic that you mount the gas tank by sliding it down into the frame like shown in your pics, as I did initially. However, you need to mount it from sliding it in through the frame from the bottom. Many a builder have complained after they mount the gas tank they have to cut/fab the trunk compartment because the fiberglass is resting on the tank... that is because they mounted it from the top down versus the bottom up. Just wanted to save you the hassle in case you didn't realize. BTW, I love the tires, they look very niccce.

[RedEye]

Thanks for the information regarding the tank as it's actually one of the next steps for us. As for the nod on the tires.... this is my first sports car (currently driving a Mazda3) so I thought if you're going to do it, may as well go big... but when I saw the size of the 315 rears, I realized what an amazing project this is going to be... and that it's a very serious car!

[streetbeast]

Originally Posted by RedEye

Here are a few photos. These were taken a few weeks ago, and dont show the suspension installed but do show the placement of the rear suspension parts. All the control arms are race stock. You can see from the second photo how the car seems to have a 'bumble bee butt' and rides a bit high on the back end... the fiberglass is entirely on the frame.

You can see the photo with the body on how the body seems to be tiled in the back when comparing it to the bottom visible edge of the frame below the door and windscreen. Are other cars like this? Not sure what to think, the fiberglass matches the frame very well, but the result appears incorrect.
What do you guys think?

Attached pics of mine, they are old but show my setup. looks like you have Mustang setup in the back. Sorry won't be much help to you. BTW, what type of steering setup are you using?

[cobrafx]

Based on the pics on the thread i think I need to relocate my frame mounts. The pulleys were super close to the crossmember.
Jaime