Back to chassis....

In one of the previous posts we completed building out the tubing structure that will become the main floor section of the chassis.

In this post, we started by mocking up this completed tubing structure into the body, clamping it in multiple locations to ensure that it was aligned and leveled in the proper location using the rear S2000 subframe mounts as reference, which we also located into the new crossmember to serve as subframe mounting pads.

Applied a few short tack welds in each corner to ensure nothing moved, and then proceeded to stitch weld the new floor section to the inner rocker panels that we fabricated and installed earlier into the body structure.

 

Next, we re-installed the transmission, and set it to proper height with temporary piece of plate steel at the rear in order to check the clearance down the floor section where the transmission tunnel will be located.

 

 

Encountered some minor interference from an extraneous tab on transmission, which we proceeded to grind off. We will eventually need to take a small scallop out of the frame tube in the same location for additional clearance, but overall, the transmission fits very well. 

 

 

Dummied up a short piece of exhaust tubing of appropriate diameter to simulate the driveshaft location....looking good for clearance over the floor section.

In the next post we'll be working on connecting the new floor section to both the front and rear rails we fabricated earlier.