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Thanks for the pics. Regards, Joe Dokes

The one thing I like about the Alterktion is the shock towers. Bill's setup uses a fabricated shock tower that is welded to the K member thus taking all the stress off of the inner fender. To me this seems to be the best setup structurally. The inner fenders were never designed to carry the...

Subscribed. Beautiful Work. Regards, Joe Dokes

I think cracks in that region are fairly common. Assuming this K-Member isn't bent I don't think this K-Member is junk. Firm Feel welds in reinforcement plates on their reinforced k-frames in this area. While that weld looks like crap, I think a little investigation and effort will determine...

You'll never get the pitman arm off without a puller. Autozone will loan one for free, or you can buy one for around $10.00. If you're rebuilding the front end spend the $60.00 dollars and replace the pitman arm. A breaker bar is all that is really needed for the nut, but as stated above an...

BUY THE TOOL. There is not other way to remove the pitman arm that won't cause damage to the either arm, or the steering box. I bought the Harbor Freight one twenty years ago. I use is about once every couple of years and it has held up great. Regards, Joe Dokes

Have not tried one, I wish someone would. I'd like some size comparisons between it and the stock manual box and the stock PS box. I'm hoping that it is the same size or smaller than the stock manual box so that I can run power steering on my 6.1L Hemi conversion. Regards, Joe Dokes

My experience from powder coating is from 20 years ago, and at that time the coating thickness was tremendous. Coating thickness often exceeded .030 of an inch. For example, getting a metallic finish required multiple coats that made the finish extremely thick. I had them coat a bunch of stuff...

Bigger doesn't necessarily mean better. I used to next door to a chrome plating and powder coating shop. Combined square footage of both operations was less than 12,000 square feet. Yet the quality of the work was top notch. Interestingly, both portions of the business were owned by the same...

Double Yep. The other mistake is that most people try to weld sheet metal first, which is actually pretty difficult. Regards, Joe Dokes

Glad I found this thread, lots of good fabrication ideas. Also really like the wheels and tires. Learned a couple of things, mainly that a 325 tire is really what I want to run. Still haven't decided if I want a 325 50 15 or 325 35 17, but either way I know if I do a minitub I can make it...

I had a chance to buy a 741 A-Body 8 3/4 for $800.00 and passed for a few reasons. 1. Didn't have a Sure Grip, 2. Had 3.23 Gears, wanted 3.73-4.10 3. limited gear availability. I still haven't decided to what rear to run. I KNOW that an 8 3/4 can be built strong enough to survive my HP and...

Hmmm, don't know. If I were going to use poly LCA bushing, and I am, I'd use the grease-able LCA pin from Firm Feel. All the benefits of Poly with a little squirt of grease to keep 'em quiet. Regards, Joe Dokes

Autorust.com They have a safety cab that can be used, I'd order both a left and a right. http://autorust.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=229&zenid=778db031236cec1c51230691dfff171e Hope this helps. Regards, Joe Dokes

Looks good, I planned to do the same to my K-member, but was concerned about warpage and I've seen some people reinforce the LCA areas but wondered about how this would affect this area. I've seen Firm Feels web page, I think $450.00 is a bit steep, $300.00 seems a more fair price, that being...

Mad Dart, Thanks for the welding pics on the K-Frame. Couple of questions: How did you keep the K-Frame from warping when doing the welding? Or were not worried about warpage? It appears that you welded some washers around where the strut-rods mount, does this affect the strut rod...

Your fit up looks really good, and that is often 90% of the battle for getting a good weld. Your buddies welds look good also, I've seen a lot, and I mean A LOT of ugly welds, these are some of the better looking welds I've seen posted. Keep up the good work. Joe Dokes

Need more pics. :) But from what I can see it is an interesting design. Like the idea of coil overs without a bunch of welding. Regards, Joe dokes

Buy a puller, you'll thank yourself later. Sometimes it's hard to spend money on tools, this is NOT one of those times. You can buy one for as little as ten dollars and at most twenty. The correct tools make working on cars enjoyable. Not having the right tools makes working on cars a PIA...

Subscribed. Thanks for the photos of the lower radiator support. Regards, Joe Dokes

Them CNC machines are expensive, include programming, testing, and an operator and it's easy to understand why parts are so expensive. I don't want to start a war and I don't want anyone accused of stealing other people's ideas, but there is another thread on these boards were a guy is...

Video looks really good. Good explanation audio is fairly intelligible, given the cold it sounds great. Are you in sales? :) Look forward to seeing the upper reinforcements. Regards, Joe Dokes

Some Ideas on supporting the upper portion of the shock towers. Nothing particularly new here, but perhaps of interest. Rather than have the pierce the firewall and attach to a cage, they could simply be welded to a plate that is welded to the firewall. I apologize to the guy whose car these...

Obviously been following the thread from the beginning, the reason I mention the Unisteer product is that with your LCA you have the ability to piece together a really nice setup over a period of time and not spend a fortune all at once. For example, I really like RMS system but since he uses...

No, I don't think you're slacking at all, it seems every time I hit the refresh button there's a new pic. Here's the next item you need to tackle: Fabricate a bracket that would mount a rear rack and pinion similar to the one offered by unisteer. I've emailed them, they have no plans or won't...

Thanks J-MacsMopars, It was hidden in plain sight. I never noticed the boss welded to the bottom of the tube. Now all he has to do is weld a tab on the top to attach the coil over and he'll be done with the Lower Control Arm. If he finds an equally elegant way to reinforce the shock towers...

That gusset looks good and should tie the two pieces together really well, and make an excellent tab for the sway bar. Few people realize that the sway bar is actually a spring and places quite a bit of load on the lower control arms. Thus, I think your choice of a .250" plate is a good one...

I think I have a more elegant solution to your interference problem, while retaining the additional support you're looking for. Rather than use a single 90 degree bend, why don't you use two 45 degree bends. The first 45 would have the support run roughly parallel to the strut rod. See the...

Hmmm, interesting progress. :happy1: Regards, Joe Dokes

Trying to piece together the pics. I would like clearer pics of the how the upper shock tower supports work. One of the key weaknesses to the Magnum force kit is the necessity of weld in braces for the shock towers. Regards, Joe Dokes