NoVa 818 Build

[Rasmus]

The Virgin Doesn't Go build. Looking forward to it.

[STiPWRD]

The Virgin Doesn't Go build. Looking forward to it.

lol, hey Rasmus, actually I'll be trying to replicate ur steering rack mods using my shiny new harbor freight welder, great pics btw

[Rasmus]

lol, hey Rasmus, actually I'll be trying to replicate ur steering rack mods using my shiny new harbor freight welder, great pics btw

Thanks man. I always liked build threads when there was a bunch of pictures. Pictures are way better than a line of text that read "Buttoned up steering rack and converted to manual". Plus when I do something wrong or backward the internet is more than willing to point it out.

The key to good welds:
1. gun time
2. good ground
3. clean, clean, clean, & finally
4. clean

[STiPWRD]

Subscribed. Looks like it'll be a good build. Will you be running at Summit Point eventually?

Most definitely, that is the goal. It's only 40 miles from my house.

The key to good welds:
1. gun time
2. good ground
3. clean, clean, clean, & finally
4. clean

I saw ur post from earlier today about the steering rack housing being aluminum. For some reason I thought it was steel - kind of a bummer since I just have a cheap flux core welder (probably gonna invest in a miller multimatic 200 in the future, just not quite yet). I'll probably have to settle for some NPT threaded blanks to plug up the holes. But I should be able to weld up the quill.

[Rasmus]

I'll probably have to settle for some NPT threaded blanks to plug up the holes. But I should be able to weld up the quill.

Yep you'll be able to do the quill easy.

On the half steering rack case half that's aluminum you can just fill those holes with JB Weld rather than having to source NPT bungs. Saves a buck and the JB, when cured, almost matches the cast aluminum.