Thread: 1949 Chevy, Viper powered

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1st picture: Narrowed the rear end from the Dodge Ram SRT-10, 6 inches out of each side to keep the pinion centered. Its a Dana super 60, 35 spline axles, 4.88 posi. Tubes are straight, and 3.5" OD, 2.5" ID, heavy stuff, so easy to narrow. Axles were shipped to Moser for shortening. Rear end was with in 1/32" of 12 inches.

2nd picture: V groove and centerline prior to welding of narrowed rear end housing. After narrowing welding and grinding you can't even see where it was narrowed, inside you can't even feel the cut line (no weld inside). Came out as straight as it was before i cut it. The heavy straight tubes helped that a lot, most rearends have swedged tubes or thin wall and makes it so you need a kit to line up the bearings. Cost me $242 to have the axles shortened, everything else was done by myself (not my first rear end narrowing job).

3rd picture: Because of narrowing the frame to fit the wide tires, 4-link had to go inside the frame, picture shows brackets welded to the fabricated crossmemeber. All of it fits under the bed with no modifications.

4th picture: Motor, Trans, and Modified X-member installed. The beast of motor/trans combo left little room to make it a true "X". The bars are parallel and tied into the rear cross member. Trans mount, drive shaft loop, rear cab mount (another cross member) will all be tied into this, plus bracing added. Motor mounts are located in previous posts.

5th picture: This is how she sits until i get home in July. Motor mounted, cab off, though it has been on and fitted since the motor was installed.

Have to mount the air bags, air tank/compressor, battery, fuel system, build a fuel tank, add a crossmember behind the rear end (air bag/Fuel tank mount), fabricate a panhard bar or Watts linkage, and a hand full of other things before i tackle getting it running and move to the interior and touch up the rest of the body and build a new firewall, all kinds of fun stuff!