I
delivered my body to Lance in Oxnard California, his team will continue
to build the frame that will include mounting points for the body and doors.
The next things to mount to the chassis would be the steering wheel column,
pedals, seat rails, roll bar, and the rear section of the motor mounts.
The
motor will not be mounted in the normal motor mounting method. Lance has
the engine designed into the chassis frame… as you can see in the
photos they have an engine mounting plate (rear farewell and the front
of the engine) that the (dummy) engine is mounted to. At the rear end
of the motor there is a bell housing plate mounted to the engine. The
chassis frame will then mount to the bell-housing making the engine a
part of the structural chassis frame. Lance tells me that this type of
design will force the engine to torque and pull the whole chassis down
to the ground and hold on to the road.
The
center firewall frame section will be removed and the plate will then be
cut out for the front of the engine. All the pully belts will be inside
the center of the console frame section.
This
is a rear photo of the dummy engine mounted to the plate, unfortunately
I didn't get a good photo of the bell housing plate, you can barely see
it at the bottom of this photo.
We
just placed the fuel cell in for the photo
Lance's
team will also be removing the stock Fiero ½" wheel lugs and
replacing them with 5/8" lugs. Lance told me that the control arms
that RCC designed is a great set and needs no improvement, so he kept the
existing front-end suspension.
Although my information
comes from various builders and sources, if you want any information
contact me. The photographs used on this site are used with permission,
if you want to use any, contact them through the various links on this
site. I did and you can see the results!
