I have chassis #9, after what feels like eternity I've finally found some time to finish this project. I went out to measure my bolt patter and discovered it is 5x112. I dont see that anyone else has this pattern. I'm alittle confused.
Shawn
We also intend on keeping track of our build time hours for all future goblin kit builders. IT always seems to be a question that everyone wants to know. We will also list our total investment for our project....however this can very significantly because of all the options available.
Our...
We thought about a stand off for the brake tee. A 3/8" hole seems to be a simple solution and less pieces to the kit overall. (Less pieces, less cost...I am a small business man after all . ;) )
We were looking at the pictures on the site for parts placement, I saw the fluid reservoir...
So today Elizabeth and I decided that we were going to start mocking up some parts. We started on the brake system and found one thing that we modified.
This is a picture of the rear brake lines - The main line running down the spine of the car has to go over a rectangular steel tube. It...
First impression is that these guys did a fantastic job at fabrication a chassis. Shown below is most of the parts in the "stage one" part of the kit. Very impressed with the owners and of the product!
We opted for the race version with the full cage, race seats and harnesses. We are already...
The shop space is my collision and repair facility. Being the owner I secured one of the spaces for the project. I would do it at home but I have all my good tools at the shop. If you like this spot, I'll post a picture of the hot rod shop...you'll love that one.
Great idea...I'm upgrading the lower control arms to the sport, aluminum arms. And I have new struts already. The knuckle was the hard part but I found one locally at the salvage yard. I would suggest trying to sell some of your parts through craigslist first. Salvage yards around here won't...
We removed that sensor yesterday. They are actually screws. The ends you see are the tips of the screws with a male torx end. I have a set of those sockets so it want hard for us to back the screws out. However, you should be able to cut some metal away in the front to access the phillips "head"...
Spent some time today cleaning up the engine of unused parts. I removed the A/C compressor and will run a smaller belt. I will post the proper belt size when I get it installed later this week
Also looped the heater hoses as I wont need a heater.
Started with this....I cut the hoses off when I...
We have the engine and transmission removed today as well as all the wiring. in two days my 11 year old daughter and myself have 10 hours total involved in the disassembly. Some of my time was spent teaching her how to remove clips and which tools to use and why. 2 experienced adults might be...
So we got started on the Donor disassembly this weekend. My Daughter and I were knee deep in destruction!
A few observations and notes for future builders.
1.)We started our disassembly in the rear and worked forward. Next time I will start in the front and work my way to the rear. The dash...
Picked up our donor from our local Copart. We have a little over $1,000 in it. It's an 07 LT with just over 81,000 miles. IT seems to have been well taken care of by the previous owner. It took a hit on the RH front side and we'll need to replace a few suspension parts but I'm ok with that...
MY name is Shawn and live in S.E. Iowa. We are about to build a track goblin to be used mostly on the street. This isn't my first build as I own a Hot Rod shop and have been restoring/building cars since I was 16. My 11 year old daughter is excited to get started.
I will be posting the project...
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