With the bow in the pedal tubes straitened, the fit of the center brace is much better now.
After taking some time to check the fit, I then drilled the brace to the firewall angle using a #30 bit and my 90deg drill attachment. It was as simple as it sounds.
Now comes the tedious part. Drilling the brace for the bearing block. It takes a bit of time to get things sorted and aligned and then I was able to place the first mounting hole. I finished all holes on the drill press with a reamer so that means I needed to mark the hole, remove, drill, install, then repeat. Tedious, but the results are excellent.
Now I need to enlarge the cutout for the firewall recess. I did make an initial cutout, however what's shown on the plans, is not exactly correct. The plans call for a 1 3/8" cutout to be made to the part that's already supposed to have a small cutout. The part they give you has no cutout at all. so I bit of thinking, measuring and cutting is needed here.At this point I am close
Little bit of filing and final fitting things are looking good.
Once the fit was correct and complete, I then drilled the lightening holes as suggested in the plans. I did all three, but in retrospect I should have omitted the 1" cutout, it would allow me to trim the brace a bit more. You will understand when I show you how I trim the brace.
