Here is the front horizontial braces I made and installed. it is made from 2" x 3" rectangular steel.

Sorry for the random picture posting, however I hadnt really posted anything for a while and wanted to get somthing up. I will get some brake pictures next. I designed by own set up using stock hubs up front with Wilwood GT 13" rotors and Viper calipers. I used Wilwood 12" rear rotors and 93 Cobra calipers with parking brake feature.

thought I would post some pictures and information on my brakes. As I mentioned earlier, I went with a new system that uses Wilwood GT 13" 1.25" thick rotors and Gen II Viper calipers up front. I havent got to the rear yet but will soon.

Here is the first attempt at making a bracket for the front brakes.

more pics

another view

mock up

there were a couple of problems with this design, the biggest of which was that this positioned the caliper in the front (like the original) however the caliper was designed to be in the rear. I could have used it in the front, but I would have had to change the balance tubes and bleeders (not a huge problem). I ended up stripping out one of the caliper mounting holes which made me rethink the who design. I also didnt really like the overall surface contact area (rigidity).

So, on to gen II. I basically copied another design. It took some work and thank god for a plasma cutter.. Much better design.

a harder aspect of this design was manipulating the 1 1/8" steel block. it was a pain to cut. Forunately, I have a lot of tools and was able to get it cut to the size I needed. Also, I have a harbor frieght mill/lathe I bought years ago, which allowed me to cut the clearance slots and trim down the block. I am not a machinist but was able to muddle through it.

Finished product

Here are pictures of the lower control arms. I made all of the stiffening plates. The three smaller pieces on the side/back of the arms were a result of looking at some 70's era NASCAR examples.

Here is a side view

Here are some pictures of how I built the 4 link