Thread: Gasser susp question

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If you look at the 56 chevy in the link posted, that is what I got in mind, only mine will be a little stronger done the way I'm thinking. Don't have pics right now. I was wondering if 1/8 inch wall will be stout enough. You got to keep in mind that the eng will be set back and the rear mount for the spring will be at or behind the welded sub. I will use 1/4 to do the boxing. If I do this, I don't want the sky high stance, so I want to keep the front rails at the top of the stk frame, that'll leave a little over a inch gap at the bottom. I was going to plate it with 1/4, and then gusset it at the bottom if that makes sense.

Originally Posted by vht

If you look at the 56 chevy in the link posted, that is what I got in mind, only mine will be a little stronger done the way I'm thinking. Don't have pics right now. I was wondering if 1/8 inch wall will be stout enough.

Yes.

Originally Posted by vht

You got to keep in mind that the eng will be set back

If you've never moved an engine back, you have no idea what a nightmare it can be. New firewall, move the seat back, move the steering back, move the pedals back, re-engineer the rollcage, yada, yada, yada, but if you're gonna do it anyway, I might consider using front and mid motor plates tied to the frame.
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Originally Posted by vht

I will use 1/4 to do the boxing.

Overkill..... 0.188" (3/16") will be plenty.

Originally Posted by vht

If I do this, I don't want the sky high stance, so I want to keep the front rails at the top of the stk frame, that'll leave a little over a inch gap at the bottom. I was going to plate it with 1/4, and then gusset it at the bottom if that makes sense.

Again, 1/4" is overkill. This thing will be heavy as an Army tank.

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There won't be that much 1/4 used, just the pieces around the 2x4 box. Should have been clearer on the engine set back, I can put the #1 plug a inch or better behind the spindle centerline without rebuilding the firewall. With the nova clip I had on there, the engine mounts set a little behind the crossmember. I could do the major set back deal, I just don't really like them back that far. Engine heat, screwed up dash and all the things mentioned above don't appeal to me. I don't like them a mile in the air either, at a rod run Sat there was a 55 chev that set perfect, a Henry J that was 4 ft in the air. I looked at the 55 about 10 times. I should have took pics but I was feeling like crap and didn't think. These damn doctors don't find out something soon, I won't be building anything.