Transmission mounts

I welded up a place on the frame to mount the transmission. There will be a crossmember which will mount to these platforms and to the bottom of the transmission. Here there are going in:





Also... I got some goodies!

Rod ends for the suspension:



A fuel cell. It's the Summit $99 special. It'll hold 8 gallons:



And brackets to mount it:



Since I ordered from Summit, I got some snazzy new stickers for my bench. "Racing season is almost here!"



I also tried mocking up a rear end. I don't think this one is going to work however. I won't be able to get the diff in an out of it. I'll have to try building the A-arm mounts a little further out.

Random stuff

Okay, so I haven't made a post in a while. Here's some random stuff that I've collected that I haven't posted yet.

Here's a close up of the turbo. I took it off so I could clean it and the engine a little bit.



I thought that I'd repaint the valve covers. Here are the coil packs exposed on the engine:



Check out my cams baby.



Valve covers and gaskets:



Cam closeup:



I also figured that I might as well change the timing belt. Here's my method for removing the crankshaft pulley. It's tough, but you can kind of see the newly painted valve covers here. They're a metallic gray. Trust me, they look way better than before (an cleaner).



The important part of removing the pulley...