What did u do to your raptor today?

[CoronaRaptor]

good thought. it’s pretty decent metal in shear, but your point is taken. i’ll fire up the welder today.

those plates are just mild stell zinc coated, right?

just grind it clean and fire it off?

Pics during and after, or go buy a Prius.

 

[SJC8713]

week 2 of waiting on leadframe parts. Agitation growing.

 

[TomDirt]

Week 2 of waiting for the B&M trans dip stick that Holley performance was supposed to ship "in 48hrs".

 

[TomDirt]

Anybody used one of these drill & bolt up-style trans drain plugs on a 6R80? Any opinions good or bad? It's not going to see extreme pressure, and it sure makes changing fluid easier.

 

[NateMob]

Anybody used one of these drill & bolt up-style trans drain plugs on a 6R80? Any opinions good or bad? It's not going to see extreme pressure, and it sure makes changing fluid easier.

I dont see why it wouldn't work as long as there's room inside the pan.

(I also see what you did there. )

 

[TomDirt]

Purely coincidence. That was the only clean spot in the garage!

 

[Jakenbake]

Still working on getting the bed side installed. Looking for what the actual interference is before I keep cutting…..

I did get it dovetailed this evening though. The shape of the fender is somewhat hard to lay the dovetail angle on. Something about the curve kinda messes with how straight the tape lays. I ended up laying tape, marking where I wanted it with pencil, making my own pencil mark (both using the tape and freehand), and then making the actual line with segments of tape. It worked pretty ok actually.

The angle you look at it kinda plays tricks on you whether it is straight or not too…

Well that or I screwed up lol

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Still working on getting the bed side installed. Looking for what the actual interference is before I keep cutting…..

I did get it dovetailed this evening though. The shape of the fender is somewhat hard to lay the dovetail angle on. Something about the curve kinda messes with how straight the tape lays. I ended up laying tape, marking where I wanted it with pencil, making my own pencil mark (both using the tape and freehand), and then making the actual line with segments of tape. It worked pretty ok actually.

The angle you look at it kinda plays tricks on you whether it is straight or not too…

Well that or I screwed up lol

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It will look just fine once you put some edge moulding where you cut it, if you plan on doing that.

 

[Jakenbake]

It will look just fine once you put some edge moulding where you cut it, if you plan on doing that.

Honestly, i think I prefer it without the molding. That’s how I had it previously.

I’ll probably reserve judgment until after it gets wrapped.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

Honestly, i think I prefer it without the molding. That’s how I had it previously.

I’ll probably reserve judgment until after it gets wrapped.

Since yours are fibreglass it’s not as big a deal as a steel one, less chance of rust or cutting yourself, lol.