slimjim
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Figured it was just too cool to not document. I’m swapping a Viper V10 into a ‘69 Barracuda. Deadline: Hot August Nights 2021
Thanks man. Gerst didn’t have mounts for the viper so, I’ll be fabricating my own.This is going to be awesome. Thank you for your service. Did Gerst have a motor mount set up for the viper? Cool story great grandmas car.
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I didn’t think so. I’m subscribed to the channel. I’m slowly building something similar using the Gerst and a T56 but with SB stroker.Thanks man. Gerst didn’t have mounts for the viper so, I’ll be fabricating my own.
Not my car FB, this is for sale or was. Just showing that it can be done cleanly.How far did u move the firewall ?
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Front end is torn apart and the beast of an engine sees home for the first time!
wouldn't it have been quicker/easier/neater to have cut most all of the tunnel away and make a new one from 2 or 3 large pieces of sheet rather than the patchwork quilt approach you used? no offence, it'll look great once finished up but what a lot of work compared to rolling a new tunnel in large sections that'd need only a few joins finishing for paint. i mention it as you still have the firewall to do and it'd be painful to watch you do that all again there along with all the extra finish work before paint. i also see a lot in the hot rod world where the transmission can't be removed (for example to replace a clutch), the entire drivetrain must be pulled which seems crazy. in your time lapse it seemed that you'd built the tunnel pretty snug to the back of the trans which would make removal at the least very hard.
regards, neil.
Nice work. Good luck with it I’m glad to see someone doing the viper. I had done a lot of research in doing a mid engine V10 in a fastback with a V drive. But my wife decided college for the kids was more important.