I'm getting the track unit ready. I figured I'd do a little cleanup in the engine bay.
I'm curious as to what everyone's looks like. I'm mostly interested in the structure. I found some welding on the suspension consoles, so I did a bit of extra cutting to investigate further.

I'm also wondering if the cage tie-in needs to go all the way to the shock towers? I may need to weld in a small bar on both sides from the cage supports.
TIA
Pat

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OK, here's mine.

Brought the down tubes farther back than yours.

oops, wrong pic

looks like some owner may have had a tear or ovaling of the rear swingarm mounting points/console.

very common
braces are a very good thing

and

Here is mine....

and now for the picture...

Mine looks like this...

Mine looks like this too.

well my fav....I liked the reflection off the glass!

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mostly engine ...
Andy

Thanks guys!
JP, that's where I was thinking the cage should have went back to.
brant, I'm assuming you have no cage? I like your bracing, but why the Heim joint brace?
Pat

Here's mine, it's kinda crowded in there...

so pretty. Oh so pretty.

The shock towers become a weak spot when you start jackin' up spring rates....I think the number here is about 250 lbs. Couple that with the poor joint design & welds, tower to long....maybe that's unfair....the car wasn't designed for this..at any rate, it becomes a problem. After running springs in excess of this for a few years I found cracking/failed welds at the bottom juncture, firewall to towers. So, yes, down tubes farther aft is mo better, me thinks. Seal welding everything from the fwd bulkhead to the trans mount is also a good plan.

Don't over look the front end either. Bridging the front & rears together is the best thing I ever did to the chassis...same seal welding. This makes it "a piece."

Pat,
mine runs in a vintage club
most vintage clubs and even production classes in other clubs don't allow suspension points to be tied into the cage.

so I have a cage, but not allowed to pass through any bulkheads or to any suspension points.

all additional bracing (per my rules) must be bolt in, not welded in
those heim joints are bolt in aluminum

I've got ton's of pictures in THIS THREAD

engine bay:

/6 install starting this week

garold,

the swing arm mounted console support rods have more clearance on a -4 than on a -6

your going to have to play with the sheet metal likely
when we built our -4 we had braces to the dimple on the firewall (similar to yours). When we built the -6 we had to run them straight forward to gain clearance. Especially for valve adjustments.

brant

Hey Garold,
Do you have any sketches of your oil routing? I'm starting a six conversion this spring, and will prolly use a roundy-round car oil tank like yours. Any pros/cons/advice would be great. thanks!