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Originally Posted by Leadfoot1
And all that with a stock (production) sub frame!!!
That's blowing me away and proving that you can do some serious driving with what you get with the purchase of a typical project car!!! Some people don't even drive their car 25% of what you do with yours and Ohhhhh sooo ''NEED'' a DSE or other Big ticket Sub frame to go to the supermarket...lol!!! You sure show its definitively not needed and I love it!!
Love the new look too!! 
Lead. |
Thanks Lead but I have to respectfully disagree with you to a point. When I built the OLC sub options were limited and my ATS modified (now SpeedTech) sun frame was abut the best option available. It certainly gets the job done - to a point - and has served us well in a variety of different applications. But it's not ideal and if I were to build the car today, and if mu budget allowed it, I would probably go a different route.
In many ways what we have now is about the equivalent of RideTech's True Turn setup although using different bits and pieces - many of which were home made. It works but we are at, or near, it's limits. That said, one had to look no further than Carl Casanova to see that for the majority of people a stock subframe is more than up the the task.
Today there are a ton of great choices for subframes which are available at not much more cost than a fully built (i.e. functioning) stock sub. A couple may actually be cheaper. It gets difficult in so much as subframe choices/options may be dictated by you engine combination... My use of the an LS7 actually limits the number of subs I can use significantly as there are only so many oil pans available.
Aftermarket subs are (can be) slightly lighter and typically have greater torsional rigidity than the stock one and allow for larger tires, better clearance, and easier utilization than the stock ones - provided the budget allows it and the end use, to a certain point, justifies one. I would not hesitate to use a SpeedTech sub (and in fact I have one in the '69) or an AME piece. Likewise Scott Mock makes a great looking subframe and DSE's has obviously proven itself.
The '67 I am building for wife will certainly have a stock subframe in it - either a RideTech based piece or a SpeedTech based piece.