You guys are doing some very nice work. But, "Dated Technology" how do you come up with that? Not trying to start an issue, I am just interested in your thoughts. Never have enough knowledge. Thanks.

Jim - In the past we have sent templates to the vendor, had the glass made, and installed it ourselves. I'll put up some pictures when we get there, but it'll be a while. ;)

Mark - Our metal shaper is a stud! :cool:


bowtieracing - Wow I need to bring you in the car next time I drive through central oregon, that's some car spotting skill! The 63 splitwindow is a ground up custom. It's got a c4 chassis with an LT5 motor and 6-Speed.

Chad - I was trying not to start an argument regarding the AME chassis as well, because IMO they are two different means to the same end. The Torque chassis is built strictly for using all of the C5/C6 components (torque tube, IRS, etc...), whereas the AME chassis can use some or all of them, but is not purpose built to use the ENTIRE C5/C6 setup. In any event my comment was primarily concerning the 4-bar setup in the MaxG chassis. Even though it is clearly very potent, I personally would call it dated (at least vs GM's "latest and greatest").

Nate , based on this truck , you have to let us see more of the vette :thumbsup:

I'm curious about weight, what does something like this or your impala weigh?
If you have tubing inside the frame it must be a pretty heavy frame. How come you did not just narrow the track width instead of shortening the a arms.

Nice work, your sheet metal guy is kick ass.

Rodger

Thanks Nate, that's good information. Hey this hobby wouldn't be what it is without different products and yours looks pretty nice. This will be one that I watch seeing that I am partial to trucks!:thumbsup:

Wow, fantastic! This thread is Hall of Fame material. :bow:

Very cool.

Rodger -

For the truck we are shooting for a 3200-3500 weight. This puts it in the range of a stock Corvette. We are setting up a custom coil-over suspension, which I will hopefully have pics of soon.

The Corpala hasn't been weighed or had the suspension tuned yet, but it's a friggin' boat. Well north of 4,000 for sure. We used really beefy aftermarket monoleafs.

As far as the track width, we can't narrow it much and retain OEM setup. We want to use the original cradles, motor mounts, steering, etc. You can see in the pictures that the rear cradle has been narrowed a couple inches, but there's not much we can do to the front.

Sounds good, I'm hoping to weigh mine really soon

What are you thinking for weight?