Thanks Guys
Well The 57 truck was a tech article that i did with classic trucks mag. I had the suspension on hand and my buddy Rick Amado asked if I wanted to do an article but did not have anything in mind. I said I had the corvette suspension and Putting it in my 57 that i drove to collage would be interesting. Plus I had the suspension.
Well after we got the front in and got it as low as we could without jackin stuff up I worked to get the rear in and then layed it out and it had the stink bug look cuz the rear does not allow it to goes as low. So I stepped the rear of the frame 2 5/8" to get it to sit level. At that same time I was tryin to figure out how to air rid ethe rear with the Chris Alston Varishock airbag setups cuz he was givin them up for the deal. (Which by the way are great, I buy them now when i don't get them for free.)
So after the rear was done I had an LS1 under my bench that I wanted to use. Well I can't just build normal motor mounts in my stuff so I water jet cut 3/4" motor mounting plates out of aluminum and used 1" for the mount. We then threaded the curve piece and and drilled holes through motor plate and they bolt togther because you could never weld that stuff without a million amp tig. We also water jet cut the trans crossmember.
Then one day I was surfin the net lookin for cool parts and I found that Kinsler made the stack injection for an LS1 and that thing was bitchin.
Well about 5 weeks later I had it sittin on the engine. My plans for the engine include AFR heads and a matched camshft which should get me to 500 hp pretty easy (so I have been told).
The trans cooler crossmember was just an Idea that started on a 53 caddy we are building for a guy in arizona. It gives the frame stucture and protects to cooler and looks pretty good.
Now the fuel tank was a late night idea. The cross tubes you see are threaded on both ends and they get welded to the tank. The frame has slider bungs that the bolt would slide through the frame and hold the threaded ends, which hold up the tank. It works really slick and you have no tabs and stuff holding the tank. You only see bolt heads on the outside of the frame.
If you have more questions, let me know.
J-ROD, I think I saw your dad at the march meets and I wouldn't hold Becky against you.
Rodger
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