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I cut the mounting plate, drilled the holes and counter sunk them and mounted the plate to the chassis. The chassis plate is slotted so the plate can move forward or backward, I set it in the middle so it can go either way if need be after mounting body.

This is the only pieces I will use from this kit as the bolts supplied were not counter sunk.

This is how the body fits over the chassis with the front tires cut down and the rear wells ground out. The wheel wells will have to be ground further to install flairs, but I want to mount the body first.

SP800001. After coning. I left .250" or 1/4" flat surface as the rules state. I will coat them later with clear coat paint.

I am enjoying this build. Next installment will be turning the front wheels down and coning them.
I should let people know Bill found this chassis, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on one! I have been looking for a chassis to replace the Scholer as we aren't sure we will be able to get them any more as Professor Motor has been out of stock on the one we use most for almost a year.

Finished axle.  A nice looking insert will hide this bad soldering job!

SP800001 continues. Installing the motor. This is the way I mounted this motor with the gear toward the end of the shaft so as to keep the 54t gear from hitting the motor mount. The motor mount is from Professor Motor and they are out of stock, however Beau has another similar mount. The motor is at the correct angle to clear the right rear tire and stay clear of the rattle pan. The seven tooth gear is not quite meshed close enough so if I were to use it, I would lengthen the mounting groove in the mount or go to an 8t. pinion. If you go to a 52 tooth gear which is popular, you may have to drill another hole in the chassis to make it work, that is what Beau did. You may have noticed that this is not an open S16D, but the mounting is the same.

Small flairs are in order, I will add them and primer the car when done. The body has yet to be cut down. As I am a Pontiac guy when it comes to NASCAR, this is the first Chevy I have ever built for slot racing! In any class! I think it is going to turn out nice and run well in the Nationwide series. Of course we haven't raced a stainless steel chassis yet!
I want to take time to thank Bill  for down loading all these pictures.

SP800001 project continues. Installed the axles, tires etc. Set the tracking, front to the max of 3.170" and rear to the max of 3.190". As you will see in the pictures, this car is going to need small flairs. I use brass tubing for spacers with an ID of .095" or so and an OD of .125".
Money wise the parts in this installment are as follows: axles $2.25 each X 2 = $4.50. Front tires  $8.00. Rear tires  $10.40. Brass bushings for the front axle  $1.50. Gear  $3.50. Rear axle bearings  $9.60.

SP800001 continues. I went ahead and bolted the chassis together as the directions are good and no sense in taking pictures of the process. I will say that during the building that the nuts and bolts be at least snugged up or you may be picking them up off the floor as I did because they will unscrew themselves!
I decided to make a Nationwide NASCAR out of this chassis as the TA2 would require me to narrow the pans and I wanted to get a car going asap and that would be just an extra step.
The NASCAR I am using is a Dale Eearnhardt Jr. 2002 Chev. Monte Carlo.
I am ordering another chassis to do the TA2 using a snap kit of the 2015 Mustang.

Yes that is a nice  mount, but not for the D cans. I never bothered to look to see if Slot Plus has a mount for the D motors. I have a mount that I ordered from Professor Motor a while back. It is a Plafit #PL1078P and it will fit, I wish I had ordered about 10 of them as Professor Motor is out of stock and has been for quite a while. I also have a mount that Beau gave me that will also fit, however it only has the bottom screw hole for mounting it to the motor. I guess that will work if a person was to make sure the motor is taped or somehow fixed to the chassis.

I am going to do a step by step chassis building session of the Slot plus chassis. here as I am doing one on the NWTS site.
This is the package the chassis comes in. All the screws, nuts, etc. come in a little zip lock bag.