1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project
5/28/20:
Sorted out the lower Cross member below the transmission.
I had a lower trans cross member for a mopar with a t5 swap from an old friend, Sam Powell.
That part ended up not fitting due to it being for a different Body style 67-76 A Body Mopar..
So I began to modify the original trans cross member out of this car that was used with the 3 speed.
I got to cutting and modding, Fabbing and Welding.
My original Idea Sort of worked, but it located the Trans up too high in the car.
This was an easy mod, Cut come clearance windows on the front and rear of the cross member and then weld up the 2 large holes that ma mopar had for the access to the trans bolts, and put small slots there..... but it was not to work :-(
Simple and worked well in theory ( in my mind) but not in real life on the car.
So that not so messy part had to morph into this betwixt beauty of mangled wire welding metal:
I basically had to cut and lower the lower attachment point of mount ~5/8". So I cut some metal strips and installed the lowering kit.
Finsihed rresult holds the trans in place without too much fiddling to get things all together.
Next, Clutch fork fitting, Driveshaft getting, then Upper cross member making.
Stay tuned!
Greg
5/28/20:
Sorted out the lower Cross member below the transmission.
I had a lower trans cross member for a mopar with a t5 swap from an old friend, Sam Powell.
That part ended up not fitting due to it being for a different Body style 67-76 A Body Mopar..
So I began to modify the original trans cross member out of this car that was used with the 3 speed.
I got to cutting and modding, Fabbing and Welding.
My original Idea Sort of worked, but it located the Trans up too high in the car.
This was an easy mod, Cut come clearance windows on the front and rear of the cross member and then weld up the 2 large holes that ma mopar had for the access to the trans bolts, and put small slots there..... but it was not to work :-(
Simple and worked well in theory ( in my mind) but not in real life on the car.
So that not so messy part had to morph into this betwixt beauty of mangled wire welding metal:
I basically had to cut and lower the lower attachment point of mount ~5/8". So I cut some metal strips and installed the lowering kit.
Finsihed rresult holds the trans in place without too much fiddling to get things all together.
Next, Clutch fork fitting, Driveshaft getting, then Upper cross member making.
Stay tuned!
Greg
