ecotec swap (Page 71/98) wftb FEB 24, 04:21 PM wftb FEB 24, 04:23 PM wftb FEB 25, 03:51 PM Built a simple bracket to mount the top of the coilover : wftb FEB 25, 04:14 PM And now the suspension will take the weight of the car: There are a lot of things to do now before this set up will be ready for the road obviously .The coilover in the pic is one I borrowed off the front of the car .I will be buying another pair of QA1 's for the back , but I need the longer travel shocks .There is not enough room on the passenger side to increase the shock angle enough to be able to use these shocks with their 4" of travel .There is a ton of bracing and welding to do and to do it right , the cradle has to be dropped .While the engine / transmission is out , I am going to reroute a lot of the plumbing , make a slight change to the exhaust and the list goes on and on .I won't bore everyone with pics of the cradle drop and tomorrow we are on vacation to Cuba so the next post might be a couple of weeks from now .I can't wait to get out of the snow and the cold .Thanks for watching . wftb MAR 09, 05:37 PM Assembly sitting off the car .Taking everything apart to drop the cradle now ,what a mess . Lunatic MAR 10, 06:24 PM Man, we just love creating work for ourselves, don't we? I think your vacation was too short! Lol. I'm enjoying the modifications from the warmth of my house. Now that it's starting to get warmer, I'll have to head out to my garage and try to keep up with you. I look forward to the finished product, you have your work cut out for you. wftb MAR 11, 08:29 AM Thanks .I have the car hanging from the chain fall now , still on jack stands , while I crawl around underneath disconnecting and draining everything .That is one problem with a turbo setup like mine , all the extra cooling lines and wiring .Should have the cradle out today sometime. wftb MAR 11, 07:21 PM So I have the cradle disconnected and remove from the car now .Finding a few things that need fixing so it is a good thing that I decided to do this now .Main motor mount is shot and the axles seem to have developed some slop where they pop in to the tranny .Looks like I need a stiffer mount , there are poly mounts available . The axle problem I need to look in to further , not sure what the fix will be there .But , I have a shop manual for the Cavalier everything came out of so should not be too hard to figure out .A lot of these parts are now 11 years old , not too surprising that some of them are starting to fail .The Fiero In hang mode : wftb MAR 15, 09:40 AM Engine and cradle are now separated and now I can bolt the cradle in and weld up the drivers side and start work on the passenger side . 2.5 MAR 20, 01:59 PM Thats some pretty wild fab and ideas. Impressive.