chassis

Hello All- I am doing a engine swap in my 1978 Camaro LT with A/C. It currently has an L6 inline 250 six cylinder. An ATK HP 94 with aluminum heads is going in its place. My question is, should I retain the stock springs or replace them with V8 springs? The A/C will remain for now but may be...

I’m installing subframe connectors and a 6 point roll cage on my sons 79 Z28. My intention is to have the car on my screw-jack stands and get it as level as possible for installation. My question is, What point(s) on the chassis can be used to place the levels to achieve both side to side and...

I am starting to restore my 1970 Camaro (SS 396/375hp) and I need to find some replacement springs. They are suppose to be F41 coded (125lb/in) 5 leaf but mine have several leafs broken. All that I look at are either drop or are 95lb/in rated. The places I've called act like I'm crazy because...

Car is clean inside and out. Has new floor pan. Perfect car to build on. Have all paperwork. Located in CT. Email me at [email protected]. Asking $ 1,500.00 Have other parts.

A method of measuring chassis torsional stiffness is shown. All shock absorbers and three wheels are replaced with steel members. Car is lowered onto the one front steel member and the car twists under its own weight. Two laser pointers are mounted to the chassis. One laser is mounted to the...

The rear spring bushings are replaced with Teflon lined sherical bearings to prevent spring bind from twist due to body roll.

The rear spring bushings are replaced with Teflon lined sherical bearings to prevent spring bind from twist due to body roll. The entire bushing is held in place via a c-clip. The spherical bearing is held between a machined land (seen in picture) within the bushing and an internal snap ring...

This is the NHRA required 6in X 6in X 0.125in steel chassis reinforcement plate for a roll bar. A new mounting bracket for the rear shock absorber is mounted to the bottom side of this plate, thereby transferring the loads into the roll bar. To stiffen this location, additional tube braces are...

These are the parts we designed and built to replace the polyurethane spring bushings with Teflon lined spherical bearings. These are 7075-T651 aluminum that have been clear anodized. The sherical bearings (not shown) prevent spring twist due to body roll. These parts are bolted together with...

The rear spring bushings are replaced with sherical bearings to prevent spring twist due to body roll. Note that there are two teflon lined spherical bearings in the assembly that mounts into the frame rail (left bushing in photo). The bushing assembly in the spring eye (right bushing in...

A six point roll bar with additional chassis stiffening braces. Barely visible are the chassis stiffening braces that connect the rear shock mount to the roll hoop common with the door diagonals (not the NHRA required upper hoop braces from the same rear shock mounts to the top of the roll...

NHRA required 6in X 6in X .120in mild steel unibody reinforcement for roll bar mount prior to welding. The rear shock absorber mounting bracket is attached to the backside of this plate. The bolts are used to clamp the existing sheet metal unibody parts together in order to increase the joint...

A fire extinguisher mount built into the seatbelt bar in the six point roll bar. Note the four tubing slugs used to secure the fire extinguisher bracket.

Rear upper shock mounting bracket: The other side of this bracket connects to the roll bar via a stiffening brace. The bushings for the spherical bearing at the end of the shock are not installed in this photo. The bushings press-fit into each end of the spherical bearing bore. With the...