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Originally posted by brickman
Very cool 48olds, that is interesting the way you incorperated the corvette parts into your car. That took some serious thought, I wonder if that would have been an easier thing to do than stripping down to the bare frame and welding in the mus II like I did. I was wondering why you felt the you needed the frame reinforcing, are you packing alot of hp into her?
Thanks, it took some serious measurement, but I work in the automotive industry, and measurement with a CMM and various precision tools is what I do. It was definately cheaper for me to do it this way, I already had the front frame section from the vette, so that also made it easier for me to measure and copy the upper A-arm placement, we also make a large shock mount for trucks were I work, when I cut it in half, it fit the lower vette ball joint perfectly, so I had a perfect pre-formed bracket for the lower A-arm. I'm running a 455(punched to 462) Pontiac, with a mild rebuild, I really put the frame reinforcments in, to help support the extra loads on the frame, for the air suspension, the car is going to be as low as I can get it:3dSMILE: I already have a tubing bender, so I figured I need to use it:o and sometimes I get carried away:HMMM: