Solrac's Reventon (Frankenstein) built

[Tusabes]

Do you have the correct wheels and spacers ?
Drop the body on and test fit to make sure the wheelbase is proper before final welding

[01Lambiero]

I'm probably a little late on this but.....have you checked the wheel base numbers on your body? and subtracted the wheel base of the Fiero?  The figure of 11.5" stretch sometimes, depending on the body builder, ends up with a build which has tires not centered in the wheel wells.  You really NEED to do more homework.  There are a ton of builds to look at and websites with build diaries to view.  Jim

[SchulzeA]

It sounds like your stretch distance is fine but your rear section is offset to one side. Put a straight edge on the portion of the fiero frame tubing still attached to the firewall and see how it lines up to the portion of the fiero frame that you have moved with the stretch.   

[solrac]

i have stopped working on it for today and will go back and fix it when i am not so fustrated or tired..
thanks for the advice guys!!!!

[lance345]

I can't give advice from a builder point of view, as I'm just getting into my first build (also a reventon, I'm watching your build with interest  ), but I can give advice from an autobody point of view. Fix it right by doing it over. It'll just create problems down the line like alignment issues, wheel tracking problems, etc...

Just my .02, but taking a shortcut, or letting a small problem go early on just snowballs and snowballs until you are being chased by an avalanche. Italian said it right, just take a step away if you need to. Frustration seems to always breed bad decisions.

[italianknightrider]

find it an fix it right , do not final weld , the lower legs have a curve or bend in them look their first ,this must be fixed ,take a break an come back fresh to look it over tomorrow an it will jump right out at you !! you don,t wANT IT TRACKING DOWN THE ROAD SIDEWAYS 

I will mail you some poster board templates next week for dressing plates on the bottom extensions

[solrac]

finally i did the stretch. its all tack welded right now and i will finish welding it later on the week.
The stretch was 11.5 but i have one slight problem.
all measurements added up besides one of them =(
from the firewall straight back to the strut towers . both sides are equal.
the problem comes when i do cross measuring. from left side firewall to the right side strut tower doesnt come one the same measurement the other way. but all stretch points are equal to the same measurements.
seems like the whole back end shifted to the driver side.
cross measurements are less than half an inch off..
should i do the welds all over again ? or
should i try to bend it? or
should i just leave it and deal with the half an inch off?
both sections are facing straight foward. just the back end it shifted to the driver side..
so what do u guys think??

[solrac]

[italianknightrider]

looking good ,the bottom an or lower 2 are critical .... measure 5 times weld one ,because this body came from Mexico is it set up for 10.5" or 11 " 

[solrac]

today i cut the chassis. i tried to keep it straight but it didnt happened. I will do a whole lot of measuring before i weld it all complete.

[solrac]

i am a lil confuse on where and to what the actual subframe welds to..
i see pics but they dont seem to cut where i cut. the reason i cut it there was cus the pics in lambolounge.
but their frames are a whole different set up than mine..

[solrac]

OK.. so i didnt cut the top as i was planning to.. Thanks for the advice guys..
i am getting the body ready for the sub frame but i think i messed up. i cut some place to weld the support but as i start looking at other pics i see that they dont cut where i cut...
what do u guys think??? did i mess up??

[italianknightrider]

i would stretch the rear first , then mount the sub-frame support around the doors 

[autopro]

Don't forget to brace the cabin before you cut off the roof.  If you don't you will be almost impossible to line things up afterward. 

[solrac]

Getting my frame ready for the body..