How should sub frame connectors be installed???
12-20-2006, 03:19 PM
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How should sub frame connectors be installed???
Just curious on what type of rack sub frame connectors should be installed/welded on. A rack where you drive the car up on so the suspension is loaded or will a rack that lifts on the frame to allow the suspension to sag. About to install mine and wondered if it mattered??
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12-20-2006, 03:31 PM
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Car: 1992 Camaro RS
Engine: 383 SuperRam
Transmission: 4L60
Axle/Gears: 3:23 Posi
SFC need to be installed with the suspension loaded. A drive on rack is good. One that lifts on the frame is not keeping the suspension loaded plus it may get in the way of installing the SFC.
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Car: Yes
Engine: Usually
Transmission: Sometimes
Axle/Gears: Behind me somewhere
Doesn't matter if the suspension is "loaded" or not.
The important thing is that the chassis is STRAIGHT.
I had mine done on a race car jig. Bolted it down to a metal plate about ¾" thick. No suspension was even installed on it at the time.
Another good way is to do it at a frame shop, after having the frame pulled to its exact specs, and held firmly in place there.
The important thing is that the chassis is STRAIGHT.
I had mine done on a race car jig. Bolted it down to a metal plate about ¾" thick. No suspension was even installed on it at the time.
Another good way is to do it at a frame shop, after having the frame pulled to its exact specs, and held firmly in place there.
12-23-2006, 04:02 AM
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Car: 1988 Iroc-Z / 1992 RS
Engine: 5.7 TPI / L03 TBI
Transmission: 700r-4 / 700r-4
Axle/Gears: 9 bolt 2.77 posi / 10 bolt 2.73
About how much did that cost? Having the frame aligned and sfc installed?
12-23-2006, 12:29 PM
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Car: Yes
Engine: Usually
Transmission: Sometimes
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It was free. Good friend from high school days. Got it done while doing paint & body work, so the whole car was in little pieces already.
Probably would have been $200-300 if I had just hauled the stripped chassis to a race car shop and paid like normal people do.
Probably would have been $200-300 if I had just hauled the stripped chassis to a race car shop and paid like normal people do.
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Re: How should sub frame connectors be installed???
I am planning on getting a set of SFC's but I have an issue. I know for a fact that my car is sagging abit. What can I do, WITHOUT taking it to a shop to tell how bad it is and get it back into shape to put the connectors in?
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