Excellent work you do.. would love to drop one of my Fiero's off and have you add a few body mods.
 
Looking forward to the finished product.. 

Been doing a lot of little piddly things over the last week, including some wiring, more sanding, radiator tab mounting, and remaking the rear IO panel trim piece. Yep, once again I have to re-do something I already did.  This time, due to spacial concerns, I had to revise the port positioning, which meant cutting a whole new trim piece.  :x

But enough of that, let's show something I did get accomplished...

I posted earlier about the SSD mounting system I came up with...




Here is the bracketry that will hold the mount to the fiberglass panel.  I'm using flush-mount alan socket screws from the other side that screw into the threaded brackets.


I sanded down the mounting piece, as it will be painted to match the case.


The SSD drives are fastened on utilizing their top-face mounting holes.




A look from underneath shows the mounting screws for the SSD's.


The whole mounting assembly is screwed to the brackets via two flush mount screws on each side.




The cutout lettering in the center will have a UV orange backing, and it will be lit from inside.

Now back to the cabling debacle...

notfordman
Wow, you have so many great ideas to act on. Will the flames be edge lit or lit up by the fans? They look fantastic!!! Really coming along now, can't wait to see what you do with the spark plug boots and connectors! Thanks for the update.

Thanks!  The flames will probably be edge lit, since the orange led fans do little to illuminate them.  I'll lay a UV led strip below the flames and see how they look.
 

Not much progress over the Easter weekend since I was out of town, but here are a few pics of the cabling and new IO plate...

I got these short USB 3.0 extension cables to run from the motherboard to the back panel.  But one end must be modified into an angled plug.


So the rubber casing was stripped away, exposing the wax underneath...


using my heat gun, the wax is easily melted, and becomes clear.


Then I just scraped most of it off the wiring so I could bend the USB port over creating my angle plug.


I proceeded to apply the same treatment to the other 3 USB cables, as well as two HDMI cables, and hot-glued them into place behind the back panel.  Here you can also see the two DVI cables which were stripped of their gigantic white casings, and the back of the PSU power switch (top left) with extended wiring.  Also hidden behind the usb cables is the ethernet adapter.  I know this doesn't look pretty, but it will be all covered up in the end. :)


And here is what hopefully will be the final IO plate.


What the heck is going on here??  SSD watercooling?

Made some good headway on the PSU wiring yesterday.  This being an automotive/hotrod theme, I couldn't just do normal sleeving and be ok with it.  I had to go with the theme and run simulated brake lines from the PSU for all 12v accessories and motherboard power.

Using the same technique as I did with the 1/2" stainless tubing, I made templates out of soldering wire and bent the 1/4" aluminum tubing to match.  These runs will carry the SATA power cables to the SSD's.  


I employed 90° compression fittings to transition from the tubing into the SSD mount.


On the other end, the tubes simply fit into the PSU cover where the cables plug in.  The next set of tubes will provide power for the fan controller and LCD screen on the front bezel.  The tubes drop down to the floor where the wires will continue hidden underneath to the front.


This pair runs power to the led strips that will run around the inside of the frame.


These tubes are for the dual 8pin CPU power cables.  Each tube will carry 4 wires, hence the need for the slightly larger 5/16" tubing.  Again, 90° compression fittings are used to bring the cables through the fiberglass panel to the motherboard.


Here's an overall shot of the PSU cover with all brake line tubing installed.  The open holes on the right are extras.  I was going to do one more set for the pumps, but they are so close to the PSU, I will just run the wires under the floor.


Next up is the main ATX 24pin and PCI-E cables.  But these won't be run in aluminum tubing, nor will they be sleeved.  To give you a clue, hotrods typically have 8 cylinder engines in them, and you can see there are 8 large holes in the PSU cover...   :wink:

that is some cool stuff man, very unique =D

Thanks for the update. So looking forward to seeing this up and running.

More odds and ends accomplished over the weekend.  Some progress on the wiring, getting the spark plug wire look for the 24pin ATX and the PCI-e cables...

I threaded six wires through each 10mm UV orange hose and added spark plug boots to the ends.  Straight boots for the PSU end...


...and angle boots for the other end.


Here's a shot of the wires pulled through the panel.  Connectors will be added during final assembly.  And I'll have some chrome eyelets installed to finish off the holes.  


Will add the other four spark plug wires tonight. 

Got all eight done...




I originally had the PCIe bank routed in front of the res, but I didn't like it, so I'm toying with going in behind it.  I think it looks more tidy, and it helps to hold them in place.   But now they are a little too long, so I'll have to shorten them.

Another clean-up item checked off my list:  Boxing in the top and front side bezels to hide all the ugly webbing and fiberglass remnants.

I got a sheet of 1/16" ABS and cut out the main pieces after making rough templates.


Then I cut a bunch of pieces for ribbing and support.


After fitting a base piece, I started gluing in the ribs and support pieces with ABS cement.


Now the main piece has something to glue to.


A shot of the left side bezel front.  You can see why it has to be covered!


With the front cover in place.  The first of many test fits.


Mating the front piece with the top piece.


The right side bezel is in much better shape than the other one, but still needs to be boxed.


I simply mirrored the original pieces to make these.


After many refits, especially on the front due to the proximity of the front grill and faceplate, I finally got everything glued up.  Here's the whole top with both side panels on the case.  I scuffed the boxed pieces up in preparation for paint.


My OCD is thanking me! 

Progressing along nicely.

Are you going to use a powder coat paint?

Yes, that color rocks!

If you remember I'd like to see a picture of the parts after they have been chromed. Sort of a 'before and after' pic comparison

That is a very 'different' type of terminal modding. Interesting.