up and down in motion…..

i hope this works…not sure what will happen with the sound..so be careful..it is just my compressor kicking in…

the car going up

the car going down

It goes up and down

FINALLY…got my rear suspension dialed in…it has been a long time since I have given any updates..so my apologies..

But I got the trailing arms in, squared up, figured out the rear shocks, panhard bar is in and the bags set up.

Welded in the cross bar and the bag mounts and tonight it went up and down..

Next thing to do is tear it all apart..rotate the frame and finish welding the bottom sides of the frame that I couldn’t get to earlier…then off to the blaster..

The while that’s happening I plan on redoing the lower a-arms with an integrated shock mount. Shouldn’t be too hard..

Here is some pics..

from the front..with the bags inflated

The panhard bar prevents side to side sway with this type of suspension..this was a whole ordeal..but I got it figured out and it is pretty sweet.

X stinguished - i reframed my thinking

Yeah, so it has been awhile, and I am sorry for that..but lets just say thanks because it is ON!!!

I consulted with my chief design engineer..aka friend about this chassis and came up with a much better plan.

I cut it out..what is it..glad you asked

Then things got crazy..tubing..measuring, cutting, grinding, welding…measuring…measuring..more measuring..

I think this suspension is going to be fun…

check it out

The toughest part was making the front pieces…now..i still have some structural steel to add, but it works great.

This suspension is used in NASCAR’s cars and it originated from 60-72 chevy half ton pick up trucks..still lots to do, but this was a MAJOR step.

Framework - plans taking shape

So I had some time off this week, being Thanksgiving and all, so I had a chance to get to the metal yard and pick up what I needed to start my frame work. I picked up some steel tubing, mostly 2×4 and 2×6 with some plate as well. I think I will need to head back there again shortly to pick up some more stuff. Anyway, I got to work on the first part.

The rear crossmember. Rusted out and bent, it needed to be replaced. In addition to that I also needed to get the rusted bumper bolts out of the frame. So I went to work.

The rear crossmember is 50 inches and so when I got the metal I made sure to have them cut it to specification. It worked out perfectly.

With some prepping and my welder all warmed up it went in perfectly. Though you can’t see it, there are 4 bumper bolts that I had to remove from the frame. They were a royal pain.

My plan is to run a trailing arm rear suspension, simliar to nascar and so I will need to stiffen up the center of the car as well as take care of some of the rust issues. I plan on cutting out the center member hump, once I get every other brace welded in and the arms positioned. For now though, I have the center pieces in place. It reall stiffens up the frame.

Eventually I will have a 2×4 cross member running width-wise connecting the two outside rails and used as a locating piece for the front of the arms and I will probably run plate along the inside of the frame as well.