I have the hawks tranny x member for the 4l60E but there is no way in heck its fitting with the Alson SFC's anybody else run into this issue with a solution?

 

what crossmember? a stock one? or aftermarket like Spohn or something? Does hawks make their own, idk? can you trim the mounting flange to clear where it hits the Alston SFC mounting flange?

 

I thought about trimming but it would be trimming alot!!! Even then it may not fit on the passenger side. Its hawks brand cross member for the LSX swap.

 

i think i found the link on their site, and it looks like there is a lot of material hanging off the tail end og the subframe, if thats what in the way, chop it off, it doesnt do anything.

maybe a pic of the issue on your car?

 

Your correct. i could get away with it on the driver side But i dont know about the passenger side. I'll try to get a pic tomorrow

 

definitely interested in seeing pics. I was thinking of getting alstons and this member for a better exhaust fit.

 

ehh I'm go crawl under the car now. Give me 10 minutes lol.

 

Ok, it wont fit even with chopping. First pic is with the held up on the driver side. The outline in red is the alston mount. I can chop 4 inches off the hawks member and be ok. Second pic is passenger side. The lin represents what I would have to chop off. Needless to say the cross weld point is on that other side. no dice...

 

its a spohn piece i would think. Im pretty sure thats who Hawks sells. Bluezee28 and myself have both come across this problem. You have to cut a bunch of it off for it to clear the alston subframe connectors.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/ltx-...ad-6-0l-5.html start with post #249

 

Spohn piece is very bulky and makes exhaust routing difficult

Id notch out the material to clear the SFC then weld a plate over top to get the structural rigidity back and clear the SFC point. Grinding some of the excess metal off the SFC wouldnt be a bad idea either

 

Its not the spohn one. Its their own brand. They sell their brand and the spohns.