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Originally Posted by dsraven
Iceman, I hope you didn't take my posts ge wrong way here. I have always said, it's your truck do what YOU want. I like to give options and explain different mechanical reasons for my points, but in the end its YOUR choice. Just keep it safe. I apologize if I came off sounding like you need to do this or that. I didn't mean to.
Keep us posted on your choices, we still like seeing the pics, maybe pointing out something that could be done differently or giving a good old internet slap on the back for a job well done.
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Not at all! I appreciate hearing the opinions of people that have been there done that. I bought the truck 6 years ago as an "Almost completed project"...Almost completed project is a nice way to say "Unsafe to drive "LOL. Truck came with sbc 350, TH350 trans, and a 68 camaro rear. 54 car front hubs to get the
5x4.75 lug pattern. I've been working on it Winter months and Driving it, good weather days , the rest of the year.. New wiring, LED lights, Upgraded to front disk power brakes. new front leaf springs, moved gas tank to the rear, And small things to make it a more user friendly driver with todays roads and distracted drivers. I have looked at different ifs power steering options but have decided I want to keep it as much Chevy as possible. The two popular options being a 70s camaro front clip or C4 suspension. I had a 75 Camaro in the 70s when I was in high school. Handled well until I did the cool thing and added rear shackles to raise the rear to get the drag car stance. Decided to go with the C4. The Flatout front wheel CL will sit at 2 to 2.5" above the bottom of the frame.
My trucks newer front springs front wheel CL is 3" bellow the frame. I would like some rake so a 3" drop should work . Any more and I'll have to lower the rear some. The title of the thread may be misleading. want to install the cross member lower as long as it doesn't require major modifications to the frame. When I start will post update.
Thanks Mike