SFC Help with Ladder Bars
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Car: 1985 Z28
Engine: Turbo 5.3
Transmission: 4l80e
Axle/Gears: Ford 9"
SFC Help with Ladder Bars
I have some Competiton Engineering bolt-in SFC's and I have never been able to get the passenger side one to sit at the same level as the driver's side one.
I had planned to weld them in, but this has kept me from wanting to do that. I had measured the actual "frame rails" of the car while it was squared up at my shop and they were all the same length from the ground. The SFC on the passenger side was about 1/2" lower than the one on the driver's side. The problem here though is that when unbolted, I cannot get the front of the SFC up anymore to raise it up that 1/2".
I know that if the "frame rails" of the car were different lengths from the ground the car would launch crooked, which I don't want happening. My question is whether or not the SFC's being different lengths from the ground will produce the same effect.
I am also planning on running ladder bars on this car which means I'll need to weld the K-member for them on the SFC's. I'd feel better if the SFC's were equal lengths off of the ground when the car is squared up, but if it won't make a difference, then will making sure I get the ladder bar cross member welded in perfectly level work fine?
I had planned to weld them in, but this has kept me from wanting to do that. I had measured the actual "frame rails" of the car while it was squared up at my shop and they were all the same length from the ground. The SFC on the passenger side was about 1/2" lower than the one on the driver's side. The problem here though is that when unbolted, I cannot get the front of the SFC up anymore to raise it up that 1/2".
I know that if the "frame rails" of the car were different lengths from the ground the car would launch crooked, which I don't want happening. My question is whether or not the SFC's being different lengths from the ground will produce the same effect.
I am also planning on running ladder bars on this car which means I'll need to weld the K-member for them on the SFC's. I'd feel better if the SFC's were equal lengths off of the ground when the car is squared up, but if it won't make a difference, then will making sure I get the ladder bar cross member welded in perfectly level work fine?
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