On Wayne's frames (and mine) he mounts the upper control arms on the inside of the pickup points, the stock vette mounts to the outside. Using the stock k member is going to cause 2 problems when you move the engine back to the normal spot, 1st it's going to narrow an already tight spot between the first two cylinders (headers) and the adjustment shims and cross shaft. 2nd, You don't have anywhere to mount your upper coilover bracket because the cross shaft is in the way, and you can't use the stock style spring buckets in the frame for stock spring/shock combo because there is no pocket in the lower a-arm. (also, I doubt it would line up and you will probally have to cut the frame pocket out to get the k member in place.) If you are only concerned about not fabricating a new frame, then make a fixture off of the vette k member to locate everything and cut to fit where it hits on the stock frame. (note: I don't recomend that you do that). You will find that the stock frame rails will limit that fat front wheel/tire combo that we are all after. For the steering, I'm going to use an adjustable bump steer mount on the stock spindle to try and lower the rack some, if I can't get enough out of that, then I may resort to relocating the arms as Wayne did. I think I saw a picture from SEMA of a rack with adjustable inner mounting points, anybody got any info on that?
If there are any of you guys out there are running C4 WD frames, please feel free to jump in and help us out here. I feel like I'm swimming in muddy water, upstream.
Regards,
Mills
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