The best full chassis set up for a slammed G ride...your pick & why?

[AK47SS]

Ggggggggggg

[will69camaro]

I have no experience first hand but checked out a Roadster Shop and Streetrod Garage frame side by side by side and BOTH are very nice!

http://www.streetrodgarage.com/camaroandfirebird.aspx

Worth looking into.

[moparnut]

After spending $12k for a chassis (and getting ZERO customer support after the sale) from a well known company, I would try The Roadster Shop next time around.

[JeffPeoples]

I extensively researched chassis for a GM A-body summer of 2012. I talked with Alston Chassisworks, Art Morrison, Schwartz Performance, Roadster Shop, and Street Rod Garage (I think there are a few more shops now making chassis). Some were very responsive, others never sent promised emails or returned calls. I ended up making an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of features and differences. Prices ranged from $18,000 to $24,000, for a rolling chassis w/ brakes. The companies are listed above in price order. The low end of the price range were more street oriented, and the higher end were more performance oriented, just as you would expect.
I was interested in all out performance, and it was a close call between Roadster Shop and Street Rod Garage. I chose SRG because of their rear suspension, and as they were close enough for me to pick up in person, I could save the freight/crating costs.
A year after sending them my 50% deposit, I finally have my chassis, and have concluded I made a big mistake. I cannot recommend SRG to anyone, for any application, under any circumstances. Absolutely nothing but lies from the day they get your check, to the bitter end.
I am reworking almost the entire suspension (see the Ron Sutton front suspension thread).
I would suggest Roadster Shop, if performance is priority over cost.

[Simmo]

That's a tough call without further defining exactly what you want to use the car for. Being "slammed" and high performance handling rarely go together IMO.

I'd suggest reading over Ron's three main threads mentioned prior, they should give you the background knowledge to ask the right questions from the above vendors. For my purposes, I couldn't find a vendor that incorporated enough adjustability into their package for what I planned to do with my Ute (run a 315/335 front tire, cage, track days, drag days + some street). Not saying the aforementioned chassis couldn't do all that, just not with the amount of tunability I was looking for.

I'm in the process of having my chassis put together here in NZ from some local gear, some ex-USA stuff, and some one off stuff. I'll have more dollars in my chassis than any of the packages listed above, but it'll be exactly what I want, and designed and built exactly for how I plan to use the car.

Be cool to see your project out and about in the future!

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Simmo

That's a tough call without further defining exactly what you want to use the car for. Being "slammed" and high performance handling rarely go together IMO.

I'd suggest reading over Ron's three main threads mentioned prior, they should give you the background knowledge to ask the right questions from the above vendors.

That is some good advice.

If you aren't a professional driver you can get a balance handling car that is "slammed" and be pretty dam fast.

If you were a professional driver you'd know 20" wheels and scraping the ground won't win you a race.

If you are a just a guy who like to drive fast I'm pretty sure RS can get you where you need to be.

They will build you a chassis with the frame rails tucked up into the body making the pinch weld close to the lowest point. So you can get 4" of ground clearance but with the rocker panel 4" off the ground also. This makes the body slammed and still allows for a reasonable amount of suspension travel at least for what Ron describes as a "tweener".

RS took their slammed C10 out last year doing very well at some of the GG events and putting down a nice showing at the OUSCI in 2012. Unless you are a 10 10s racer I think they have what you are looking for.

They are also a great family company to deal with. No BS from RS. The build quality of their chassis is top of the heap.

I would, as Simmo said, read through the suspension threads and educate yourself and decide how much adjustability you need. The RS chassis is well designed but does not have a lot of adjustability. But with Phil, Jeremy and crew if you want adjustability just ask and I'm sure they'd deliver above your expectations.

[Simmo]

I think Rob pretty much summed it up above ^^^ (btw, I'm not a professional driver, just a wannabe that needs the tools to compensate )

One thing I forgot to mention is re-sale (if you're the type of guy that cares about that). I'd hazard a guess that if I ever sell my project, a one off chassis will detract to 95% of the audience.

Enough guy's here know of and lust over RS's stuff so you'd be ahead there for sure.