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Old 05-17-2012, 10:30 PM
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Looking good!
Old 05-19-2012, 07:41 PM
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I got the front brackets half way done today, i should finish up tomorrow..

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The mount to 2 existing holes in the frame.




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Old 05-20-2012, 07:01 AM
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I hope those dowel rods dont deflect too much under a load

JFWY.... nice fab skills for sure!

i must have missed it somewhere, but what happened to your QA1's???
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I sold the QA1s along time ago because i did not like the way rode.
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Nice work Corey. Keep it up.
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I got one of the front mounts all done today, i should be able to finish up the other one next week and get some 1.25 0.120 wall tubing to finish up the bars!

The bar will be level when it is installed on the top rear and bottom front holes, from there i can angle the bar to get more or less bite. It took a lot of planning to get these mounts built but i think they turned out great.

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Here it is all mounted up, they will be attached with 3 x 1/2 grade 8 bolts, i would like to find some 5/8 ones but i will probably have to order them.

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This is a shot from the rear to see the angle of the bar.

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should be interesting at the track. did you happen to throw an angle finder on it with the truck sitting on the ground?
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Not yet. Once i get the steel tubIng i will put the angle finder in it. Iwas having issues with the wood bowing and the angle finder is magnetic and i was out of hands
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Try to break the broom sticks.


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