Two steps forward...

[Keeper]

So there I was cutting the firewall and floor of the body to fit, and I notice that I needed to move the engine mounts forward 3/4 of an inch. Great, except I had fully welded them to the frame (yeah yeah tack it all first...)

Anyway I get out the grinder and get the engine mounts off, ripping a hole in the frame doing so. Small hole easy to fix, except I start looking a little deeper and think "Funny that looks awful thin"

So I get out the drill, drill a hole a few inches away and start measuring. Here is what I came up with.

Frame width: 52mm
Inside measurement: 48.5mm (measured from the outside of the frame through the hole to the inside of the other side of the frame)

So I do some math: 52 - 48.5 3.5mm/2 = 1.75mm

So now I am thinking "Holy s***" They only used 14g or 16g metal for my frame!!

Then I came to my senses and realized that I had done the math wrong and divided by 2 when I should not have and the metal is actually 3.5mm = 10g

So whats the moral of this story?

USE TACK WELDS!! It will really save a lot of hassle

 

[GizmoJoe]

whew.. lucky indeed.
But that's too much math for my head at this time of morning...
52 - 48.5 3.5mm/2 = 1.75mm *2 = 3.5mm = 10g
Good grief... does 1 + 1 still = 2?

I haven't even tack-welded my mounts to the frame. If you can envision it, I have added an upside-down "U" to them that sits over the frame. That way I can slide the engine back and forth until it's where it will rest. Then I will cut off the outer part of the "U" and bolt the rest in place. It may not be a show-car look but I have to do all of this with few-to-no tools and no garage of my own.

 

[Youngster]

Been there, done that a couple times too. No need to get our shorts in a bunch. It ain't screwed up till we can't fix it!

Ron

 

[rooster57]

AH the metric system got to love it

 

[Francis Blake]

Thank God for a cut off wheel, a grinder and a welder.

 

[Keeper]

AH the metric system got to love it

HAHAHA It was easier for me to figure out this way. I used inches the first time round and came up with .120 "ish" and .060 inches. Just easier to work out with mm.

They are slowly moving me away from SAE to metric...must be something in the water.

 

[chopfather]

i like to measure twice ,weld it once then cut it back off and then put it on again right,i like to think of the first try as practice :hi: