Charger
I love my son dearly but he changed direction on this build so often that it felt like building 3 cars instead of one. The decision to switch to the Tremec 6-speed meant more than having to re-cut the floor. I had to cut the torsion bar crossmember and re-design it for strength. A new (beefy) transmission mount also had to be designed and constructed.
That floor has been shifting more than the tectonic plates beneath San Andreas.
Remember - this is what we started with:
The new AMD floor installation was almost as much fun as a root canal.
We adhered insulation on top of the floor.
I lost track of the photos showing the cutting & installation of the 4-speed hump. Just use your imagination to picture me cussing as I'm butchering a hole in the side of the transmission tunnel and burning myself with weld spatter.
Seen here are pics of the floor with the 4-speed hump already in place and now getting cut up again. Remnants of removed glue and insulation (along with some dirt) are visible still.
We weren't able to fit the Tremec in the car until sections of the floor pan were removed. That included part of that torsion crossmember that was located right where the new shifter needed to be.
I love my son dearly but he changed direction on this build so often that it felt like building 3 cars instead of one. The decision to switch to the Tremec 6-speed meant more than having to re-cut the floor. I had to cut the torsion bar crossmember and re-design it for strength. A new (beefy) transmission mount also had to be designed and constructed.
That floor has been shifting more than the tectonic plates beneath San Andreas.
Remember - this is what we started with:
The new AMD floor installation was almost as much fun as a root canal.
We adhered insulation on top of the floor.
I lost track of the photos showing the cutting & installation of the 4-speed hump. Just use your imagination to picture me cussing as I'm butchering a hole in the side of the transmission tunnel and burning myself with weld spatter.
Seen here are pics of the floor with the 4-speed hump already in place and now getting cut up again. Remnants of removed glue and insulation (along with some dirt) are visible still.
We weren't able to fit the Tremec in the car until sections of the floor pan were removed. That included part of that torsion crossmember that was located right where the new shifter needed to be.