Which crossmember for tko600 and lowered body mounts?
 

Just bought a tko600 kit (69 Camaro) from a vendor and the crosmember that was included was 5/8" thick where it bolts on top of frame between the body. The problem is that the crossmember that I took out(PITA!) was only 1/4" thick I had to hammer it out. So theres no way i'll get the 5/8" one in. I knew the previous owner replaced the stock body bushings for the DSE body mounts which I think lowers the car 1/2". Im sure plenty of people have a simliar setup and would like to know what kind of crossmember you use for this application?

You can chop the ends of the x member so it fits between the frame rails then weld in 2 sections of 3/16" bent at 90 degrees with holes in it to mount the modified x member.
Just drop down to the appropriate amount to remove. If you have to you can shim the trans mount to get your angles dialed in.

would be a good idea but the crossmember I have is aluminum. thanks for the idea though...

It needs to be 2 or 3 piece. I went through this on mine. The body and frame are just to close together to slide a one piece in the slot.

can you point me in the right direction??

where is your location?

Being aluminum makes it an easy job.

Vince

Im in South East Florida..near West Palm Beach

There are several shops in you neck of the woods that can handle this.

Prodigy, Too much....

is this your cross member?
http://americanpowertrain.com/images/F47209217.jpg

Have you set up your exhaust yet?

Yeah that's my x member.. I'm about 2 hrs from Frank, but it seems like he has alot on his plate right now...
As far as exhaust, I have a magnaflow xpipe setup.

looks like the vendor stepped up and will be switching out the cross member for a 3 piece :thumbsup: