Ground Clearance

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Hey All,

Yesterday I started working on the trunk of my Chevelle. I'm redoing the air tank/compressor for the bags. Pic's to come of this. However because I was removing the air tank, I went ahead and laid the car out. Before I did, I put some 4x6 blocks under the frame for it to rest on.






Then I thought, man, that's a sweet ride height....wonder why I couldn't drive this low? I looked under and the headers are about 1/2" from the ground. The other thing is the front cross member. Then I got to thinking....what if I cut out the front cross member and welded in a big thick steel plate to take its place? I could easily gain a few inches of clearance doing this. Different headers, raise the engine a bit, new front cross member, and bam....low low low.





Anybody ever thought anything crazy like that before? Or done something like that? I could be completely crazy, but the thought sounded good in my head. All of voices agreed.