06-08-2004, 10:25 AM | #1 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: GA
Posts: 29
|
56 chevy truck plans
my plans for my 56 are:
use a hot rodded pontiac 400 engine with a poniac th350 use the original front suspention and steering, but i will upgrade the brakes and wheel bearings. im going to look into useing 4x4 bearings and disk brakes. any ideas? |
06-08-2004, 11:34 PM | #2 |
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Posts: 367
|
Reconsider using the original front suspension...that engine with original leafs and steering might be an issue.
I got a "No Limit, Wide Ride IFS" an my '59, and I'm really happy with it.
__________________
"I have found little that is good about human beings. In my experience most of them are trash." "In the depths of my heart I cannot help being convinced that my fellow men, with a few exceptions, are worthless."- Sigmund Freud |
06-09-2004, 02:20 PM | #3 |
Led Sled! Discs R 4 ME!
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Toms River, NJ, USA (Transplanted Hoosier)
Posts: 7,327
|
Sounds Like a neet truck blazinwest.
Although I would tend to agree with resin addict on the front end. These trucks were designed to lumber along at 45-50 mph. Any thing more than that then some type of upgrade is a good idea. An upgrade could be a 71-up pickup IFS swap, camero graft, Cordoba torsion bar IFS graft or an aftermarket graft. The skies the limit! Have fun! |
06-10-2004, 09:23 PM | #4 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: GA
Posts: 29
|
yeah i thought about it.
i have a 2wd 77 truck with a good front end but i like the look of the old solid axle the only thing is the stock steering, will it hold up? can i get a crossover setup or something? and how can i put disk brakes in the front? |
06-10-2004, 09:30 PM | #5 |
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: GA
Posts: 29
|
another possibility that i still have in the air is 4wd.
i could slap on an front axle with disk brakes, power steering, and good wheel bearings. but i would probly not take it off road, cause i have a blazer that i use for that. i have like 3 sets of 4wd axles, and a lot of chevy parts. so it would be the cheaper way to go. |
Bookmarks |
|
|