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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:35 PM
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subframe connector pics plz...

I am about to fabricate some subframe connectors and i would like you guys to post pics of your installed connectors so i have some guidelines and ideas. Thanks. Hell I'd even like to see uninstalled pics, you know just a snapshot of them laying on the garage floor.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:39 PM
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Here are my Kenny Brown Double Diamond SFCs uninstalled.


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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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nice.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

I would like to see those on the car

I always wondered why they dont make them with a driveshaft loop that is very rigid

I think that if it was placed right before the body starts to turn up for the wheel this would give us a bunch more strenth

subframe connectors are now just starting to evolve

and it super cool
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by jamon8
subframe connectors are now just starting to evolve
Mine above are OLD. They've been discontinued for what? 10 years? So much for evolution!
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

Aren't those double diamond KB's for a fourth gen? Don't look like they would fit a 3rd gen to me.

I have lots of undercarraige pics of my old Camaro here. Alot of those pics a old as things evolved quite a bit over the years. But the pages show alot of details pics of various suspension parts.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/518752/2
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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Aren't those double diamond KB's for a fourth gen? Don't look like they would fit a 3rd gen to me.

I have lots of undercarraige pics of my old Camaro here. Alot of those pics a old as things evolved quite a bit over the years. But the pages show alot of details pics of various suspension parts.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/518752/2
No.....They look nothing like 4th gen double diamonds.....Well the same BASIC DESIGN, in that they are 2 triangles, but thats it.

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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

Here you go




Installed


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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

thats way cool that you would post pics of your products so that people that have the right stuff can make their own.especially good if your on a budget!
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

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No.....They look nothing like 4th gen double diamonds.....Well the same BASIC DESIGN, in that they are 2 triangles, but thats it.
you still haven't tried them on your car? I can assure you, without a doubt, they are 4th gen sfc's. The thirdgen trans crossmember mounts are on crazy angles, the ones in you pic are flat, like the 4th gen. they are also too far back to be for a 3rd gen.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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you still haven't tried them on your car? I can assure you, without a doubt, they are 4th gen sfc's. The thirdgen trans crossmember mounts are on crazy angles, the ones in you pic are flat, like the 4th gen. they are also too far back to be for a 3rd gen.
The pic may make the tranny mounts plates look flat, but they do sit at angles. When I first saw them sitting at angles, I thought they were wrong.

I held one up under a 3rd gen vert for a quick check. Of course they wouldn't sit flat on a vert, but the front, middle & rear mounting points sure did look like they lined up good.

I sent the pic & the Serial # on it, to Kenny Brown, to see if they could provide any verification of what they are.

When I look up 4th gen double diamond styles one, they look different....Not a straight bar on the outside...



If they ARE 4th gen ones, I got screwed by a TGO member.....

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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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Maybe I did get screwed.
Here's the TGO thread I bought them through.....
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/exte...sub-frame.html

But check out pic #2 of these KBDD SFCs on a 4th gen....Sure look familiar...... http://www.killebrewonline.com/Car/97suspension.htm

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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

heres a pic of installed SFC's that are fabricated.
Attached Thumbnails subframe connector pics plz...-frame-20connectors10.jpg  
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

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Maybe I did get screwed.
Here's the TGO thread I bought them through.....
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/exte...sub-frame.html

But check out pic #2 of these KBDD SFCs on a 4th gen....Sure look familiar...... http://www.killebrewonline.com/Car/97suspension.htm
i hate to say it, but i think you got screwed. Those bastards!!!
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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thanks for the great response guys. You are all a great help. Or as we say here in texas, "Preciate it y'all!"
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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viva evolution

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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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Re: subframe connector pics plz...

82Five-O,

Here are the pictures of the SFC I made for my 82.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/susp...-wont-fit.html

PM me with any questions
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