Sonoma GT 0334 - Build Pics

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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Thanks for the well wishes Guy's.

About a year ago they found the tumor in my thyroid and decided to do a biopsy on it. It came back semi-inconclusive. So they sent me down to the university hospital for another biopsy. This time a Pathologist was going to do it so they could get a good sample. Yep that was a big mistake there used to working on dead people. Needless to say he was an idiot and those result came back that it was possible that i had a malignant type of cancer. Since it was in the thyroid they decided to watch the tumor and see if it would maybe shrink with medicine. Well that didn't work so good the last biopsy was pretty conclusive. The tumor is now 1.5 centimeters & malignant. So now they feel they have to take it out because they don't want it to damage my vocal cords. This is the first of two surgery one now and one in 5 months. So it looks like i am going to get a couple extra weeks off work to lay on the coach at home and hang with the kids, should be fun. It will also give me some extra time to work on the build book for syborg.

Once again thanks for all the well wishes.

 

[BigBadSmoosh]

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best of luck in your surgeries and your recovery marty, make sure you or someone close keeps the board updated.

 

[JKsSyclone]

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Good luck and get well Marty! We'll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

BTW....Dont tell Christina about the no talking for three days part or she'll want me to go with you. :lol:

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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I gave my wife a couple people's e-mail so they can post an update. I may even ask Opie to run out to the chassis shop and get pics of what Dave did during the week of my surgery.

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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Good Morning,

Dave worked on the Dash this week. It's starting to look like a dash again.

First - mounted behind the dash is the Highway 22 Fuse Box.

You can see the Vent mounted on the Passenger Side of the truck.
We are still going to install one more vent for the Passenger highlighted in black.

Here is a close up of the Drivers Side.
All of the switches have been reverse mounted. The goal is to keep the dash ultra smooth.

This is what the backside looks like.

Dave had to change the way we mounted the dash so the hardware wasn't visible.

The MSD box is mounted in it's new home.

One of the members on syty.net sent this trick piece.
http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42425
This one will be installed on project 663

More to come next week.

 

[MRKING]

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I like the billet gas pedal , why no new billet brake pedal ?

 

[MikeRenz]

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is that how the switches will look? Or are you doing to make covers for them? I think you might be able to have a better/cleaner lookin switch than those long pole switches. :dunno:

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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I like the billet gas pedal , why no new billet brake pedal ?

Actually the gas pedal is going to be swapped out for the New Midnight Series from Lokar.

Also will the brake pedal.

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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is that how the switches will look? Or are you doing to make covers for them? I think you might be able to have a better/cleaner lookin switch than those long pole switches. :dunno:

nope billet knobs still need to get attached

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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A couple people have asked what's left before paint. Here is the list that Dave and I are working off of.

To Do Paint & Body
Patch Panel underside of Bed

Billet Bed Shims
Smooth Welds on Inner Fenders of Bed
Smooth Tailgate Handle (Just tacked in)
Adjust Hinges on Tailgate

A-Pillar Body Line

Hood Hinges - Possible Billet
Remove Hood Body Line < (= End Body Line on Front Fender >

Inner Fenders - Smooth
Radiator Cover Shroud

Remote Wiper- Complete

Roll Fender Lips on all Four Corners


Interior
Sheet Metal Dash Conversion (Side Panels)
Mount Gauges

Re-Drill Steering Column

Mount Lokar Hood Release
Mount MSD Coil ( Firewall )
HID Headlight Conversion or H4 Conversion


To Do Engine Bay
Billet Master Cylinders

Mount Over Flow Bottle
Mount Power Steering Tank
Mounting tab on Hogan Intake Valley (FPR)

Turbo Support Bracket

Mount AC/Heat Bulkhead
Mount AC Dryer
A/C Condensor Clearence Grille

Radiator Cap
Install Oil Fill Cap / Spout in Manifold


To do Plumbing
Stainess Brake Lines
Braided Stainless Lines on Trans Cooler.
Braided Stainless Oil Cooler Lines

Y-Block to Engine - back to Fuel Cell

Temp Sender - Radiator (keep one hole open)
Upper Radiator Hose
Lower Radiator Hose

PS Lines
Air Lines (Air Ride)
Shifter Cable
Transmission Dip Stick

Electrical Lines
Starter
Remote Battery
A/C Plumbing


To Do Chassis & Suspension
Misc Underside Welding
Cross Brace
Smooth Welds on the Frame
Tie Rod Sleeve (Talk with Kevin)

Bump Stops on Chassis - Front Suspension
Longer Wheels Studs - Front Spindle's

Drive Shaft

Ground Studs - Firewall, Front Frame, Rear Frame
Ground Studs - Interior firewall, Pump Controller, Radio, Amp, MSD Box

 

[jimhrabe]

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Thats a long list! LOL

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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Thats a long list! LOL

it seems never ending

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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wait i almost forgot - that's just the list prior to paint. I haven't even started the list post paint & body work

 

[Drag SGT]

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K, Marty, with all these sudden threads on front disc brakes for GT's, I have to ask.... how much did it cost for your precision brakes setup? I must ask because I've got a set of Wilwood's in the garage right now waiting to be put on the rear once we start fabbing this winter. I still need to order some Airride Tubular A-Arms though still but I'd like to have nice shiney discs all around. Man, I'm broke...

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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K, Marty, with all these sudden threads on front disc brakes for GT's, I have to ask.... how much did it cost for your precision brakes setup? I must ask because I've got a set of Wilwood's in the garage right now waiting to be put on the rear once we start fabbing this winter. I still need to order some Airride Tubular A-Arms though still but I'd like to have nice shiney discs all around. Man, I'm broke...

Which Kit the 12, 13 or the 14.

12" Kit was around 900-1000
13" Kit was around 1300-1400 - but it never got made
14" Kit - let's just not go there (it had to be developed from scratch)

As far as the Air Ride Tubular Upper Arms make sure you get them complete as the stock cross shaft doesn't work with there arms.

 

[Drag SGT]

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I was going to get the kit that was $899 that included shock mounts, etc. Is that what you're talking about? Is the precision brake kit located on their website?

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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I was going to get the kit that was $899 that included shock mounts, etc. Is that what you're talking about? Is the precision brake kit located on their website?

Not sure been a long since i looked at Air Rides Catalog. Sounds like your buying upper and lower control arms

The brake kit at precision is on hold since there in the middle of a restructure. I'll keep you updated as to when the kit will be available again.

 

[Drag SGT]

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Sounds good, thanks Marty. Yeah, the kit that I wanted to buy comes with.... arms, bushings, ball joints, air springs, shocks, bolt-on mounts, and fastners/brackets. I sent them an email to see what shocks they come with. I'd like to have QA-1's all around, but I'm just picky I guess...

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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Good Mornig All,

I would like to welcome Vintage Air to the sponsor list.
We look forward to working with them on this project.

We wanted a control unit for the dash that would work with our project.
It's ultra clean and simple looking.

Previously installed in the Vintage Air Heat, Cool, Defrost Gen II Mini

More to come next week.
Seems like i just spent a couple hours ordering parts this week.

 

[Syborg Twin Turbo]

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Good Morning All,

Well, this will be the last update for a couple weeks as the big day is Tuesday Morning.

Pictures don't do it Justice. Man are these tires huge!

Notice the tire is almost the same height as the body line at ride height.

Just like the picture.
PS that is one bad viper hanging in the air. About 300k invested so far.

just a quick side shot.

okay last one i promise

Now you can see what the chassis looks like.

http://www.syborgtwinturbo.com/albums/Build/2006_11_04_014.jpg

Here is all of the Air Ride Equipment

Dave installed the new Vintage Air Billet Defrost Ducts.

Underside view. The ducts are temporally being held in by sheet metal screws.

A little more trimming was needed on the dash so it would clear the door panel.
Although we are not using the stock door panels they were used as a guide

Yep that's a bunch of guy's looking at an upside down bed

Yep that's the stink can there Dad.

Dave also trimmed out the inner fenders and closed the gap.

That's all for this week. I hope to be back online by the weekend.