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Old 04-02-2011, 07:10 PM   #1
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Made my own.

Designed it after Jim Myers racing.
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Old 04-02-2011, 09:39 PM   #2
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looks good to me
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Old 04-02-2011, 09:52 PM   #3
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awesome work man what all did you make and what is purchased?
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Old 04-02-2011, 10:09 PM   #4
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Re: Made my own.

What spindle are you using?
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Old 04-03-2011, 12:48 AM   #5
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Old 04-03-2011, 09:54 AM   #6
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Re: Made my own.

I made the crossmember,upper and lower control arms, upper control arm mount and frame stiffner.I used the Hotchkis sway bar,Metric Impala spindles(from speedway),QA1 coilovers,Thunderchicken rack and pinion and napa ball joints.
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Old 04-03-2011, 10:29 AM   #7
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How did you come up with the measurements for the upper and lower A arms? Your work is bad a$$! I would like to attempt my own front suspension when that hurdle comes and this is inspiration!
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Old 04-03-2011, 11:10 AM   #8
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I made the crossmember,upper and lower control arms, upper control arm mount and frame stiffner....
Is that all? I thought you were going to impress with your fab skills....
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Old 04-03-2011, 02:34 PM   #9
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How did you come up with the measurements for the upper and lower A arms? Your work is bad a$$! I would like to attempt my own front suspension when that hurdle comes and this is inspiration!
I mounted the frame to my welding table and made a jig under my original suspension.This gave me a guideline to reference to my lower balljoint location. After that it was just reading alot of books and getting info from different websites and measuring alot.I looked at buying a kit but didnt see one i liked so i combined several different things from several different companies.
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Right on man, thanks for the answer. Do you have any more pics taken during the process? I like the idea of building a jig off the stock suspension
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Old 04-03-2011, 09:13 PM   #11
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Right on man, thanks for the answer. Do you have any more pics taken during the process? I like the idea of building a jig off the stock suspension
The jig was just a few pieces of square tubing,Used it to mark my lower control arm location.
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Old 04-04-2011, 04:56 PM   #12
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