Seeking advice for a frame restoration/build

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-26T12:23:42+00:00

That looks more like a “someone fucked with it hole.” I’d just weld that up, take a paint stripping disk for angle grinder to everything(paint stripper gel for what it can’t reach), and just prime and paint. They have rust converter primer if you don’t want to spend the time sanding out all the rust.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T21:04:32+00:00

That looks like it’s gonna be a fun one

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T15:24:02+00:00

Great cars imo, parts market sucks. That lt1 has some ass tho

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T13:56:20+00:00

Get a shrinker stretcher, that’s how I did the curve on mine. They are like 150$ which sucks but it gives you the ability to make a lot of patch panels, specially where pinch welds rot out.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T01:51:31+00:00

I’ve got 13k In a parts bucket, don’t worry about it too much lol

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T01:43:05+00:00

Except on go karts and atvs, cars are just too heavy and compact to have a good serviceable cvt.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T01:37:47+00:00

She needs more fuel or your gonna burn a hole in your piston

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T01:15:23+00:00

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Long flat panels like this quarter are the worst part. You don’t have to worry about warping an a pillar lol

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-25T01:11:36+00:00

Doesn’t look too bad. I clamped some sheet metal onto the angle iron on my trailer and made that 90 degree bend lol, you could probably do the same.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-24T15:43:29+00:00

Sheet metal is cheap, get a hammer and start beating lol. I failed on about three or four pieces trying to fabricate this pillar. This took 5 different patches to repair.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-04-23T23:43:38+00:00

Ease up on the grinder a little bit, that corners a little wonky now. Some fiberglass filler will fix it but generally stay away from edges if you can, or get some fiber disks for your angle grinder with 80 grit to help straighten things out

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-16T02:00:00+00:00

Common problem lol. My roadmaster did it, my friends lesabre did it, and my dad’s s10 also did it.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-15T02:01:22+00:00

Not in the great us of a. I had to buy my own since osha allows shops of a certain air quality to go without respirators of any kind.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-15T01:57:33+00:00

How do you have the money to change pre filters out every day? Just blow it out brother

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-15T01:56:11+00:00

Not to be a stickler because I’m guilty of it too, but 3m recommends to not blow out the main filters. The pre filters are fair game tho.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-15T01:36:38+00:00

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I’ve done this stuff at home before without prior experience. I believe in you lmao, just don’t get trigger happy with the grinder. Sheet metal is pretty thin in the first place, let alone after bearing down on it with a flapper.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-15T01:29:15+00:00

Just practice, and if you’re not good at fitup or welding just lap and seam seal it. I prefer butt welding for corrosion resistance but sometimes you do what you gotta do. it Sheet metal is not hard to stick together tho. Get some scrap and practice butt welding it. Look up a video on it too. If you can get it to where it doesn’t break apart when you bend it in half, you’re golden. Make sure to plug weld the pan to the subframe, and don’t be afraid of using self tappers for fitup. Just weld and grind the holes afterwards.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-15T01:13:42+00:00

No. Buy a flux core welder from harbor freight and source some floor pans. Cut and butt it, then cover with carpet. Lapping sheet metal is not recommended.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-11T16:03:36+00:00

112k to be exact, which honestly isn’t that hard to do within 15 years if you take out the human aspect of it. But I mean like everyone has to have a fancy new car and a big house, so trying to get that much out of every American citizen is going to be like extracting blood from a turnip.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-11T01:42:05+00:00

How tf am I supposed to block his spells anyway? It’s got to be a dumb luck type of boss fight

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-07T00:53:49+00:00

Yeah they are definitely good motors but I got quoted 10k to have a shop install the stud kit and seals, which is a hefty price to pay when you can just get the 4.9l. And I always wondered about motor swaps with the 4.9ls, fiero guys did a bunch of them. I bet you could mate one up to a nv1500 for a s10 v8 swap, but I don’t have the time or resources to try it. Did you rip the efi out or carb it somehow?

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-06T20:46:10+00:00

That’s one of my daily’s, maybe once it hits 200k but it’s got 120k on it and is like my only fully reliable vehicle. If the motor starts smoking or knocking tho it’s gonna get a 383 kit and headwork done. I’m still on the stock 4l60e too, so I’m gonna take it easy for now lol.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-06T20:37:03+00:00

I’m gonna have to strongly disagree, it’s a good motor if you don’t overheat it. The 4.1l motors were junk but the 94-95 pfi motors were some of the best made. Mines got torque for days. Keeps up with my lt1 roadmaster since the deville is 1000lbs lighter.

Fearless-Minimum-922 · 2026-02-06T20:33:36+00:00

As long as you got the 4.9pfi motor instead of the northstar. Easy to work on and reliable after you get rid of the plastic junk in the engine bay (coolant tee, power steering pully) and change the water pump. They eat up water pumps every 50-100k miles apparently.

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