Thread: Who knows their pre 32 mopars?

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Straight out of the box, without any think time........I would be afraid of using even the heavy duty tubular axle that is commercially available from Speedway or other vendors. I would opt for a custom 3" O.D. x 0.500" wall mild steel unit and I'd make it AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. I'm sure that Speedway could arrange for one of their suppliers to cut the ends of the tubing to accept spindles of your choice. I'd be thinkin' something that would take one hell of a lot of brake, because if you think about it, it's like stackin' two 350 Chevys on top of each other. The only other angle then would be laying the tube back at about 7 degrees positive caster to keep her trackin' straight. Remember too, that you have to subtract any rake that is built into the car. So, if you, for instance, built the car with a 3 degree rake, you would want to lay the axle in at 7 degrees positive with the car sitting at rake.

I was just thinkin' that if I were tasked with doin' this, I might do some sleuthing around at a heavy truck shop, lookin' at the axles and spindles that might adapt some gi-normous brakes onto the front end. Take a look at a Dodge pickup with a Cummins in it and see how much brake they are using.

I might also toy with the idea of using a gasser design front, but moving the straight axle up to the top, above the springs, to lower the vehicle. Picture this with the axle on top of the springs.......
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/HD-Ga...ub,383100.html
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