AME GMax Chassis on '69 Camaro?

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Mike69Cam

I am building a '69 Camaro PT car. My builder is recommending an Art Morrison Gmax chassis for the ultimate ride, handling and rigidity. Alot of fabrication to the floor on a unibody car and more time to build...I read a lot on this forum about subframe connectors, front clips, rear quadralink.

I have driven a '56 Chevy that he built and it was like driving a new car! Very smooth and tight.

I'd like to hear opinions from you builders on the benefits of building a full "chassis car" vs. quadralink/subframe connectors.

I'm doing the AME/SubFR Connectors/DSE Quad on my 69. All the parts are well engineered and really make me excited to see the finished product. Not cheap, but less expensive than fabbing in a full frame car as mentioned above.

Three other things to consider that I never thought of when jumping in: Headers - so far only AME's are guaranteed to fit and I was planning on SWorks, and Motor mounts - AME has the solution, Inner fender clearance - I believe I'll need to trim just a bit to make sure the 275's don't rub under load. I'm sure I'll run into other considerations, but so far I'm pretty happy with everything.

P.S. Use full height solid body bushings!

[Silver69Camaro]

Originally Posted by flash911

I believe I'll need to trim just a bit to make sure the 275's don't rub under load. I'm sure I'll run into other considerations, but so far I'm pretty happy with everything.

P.S. Use full height solid body bushings!

Hi Flash - just saw your post. You shouldn't have a problem with 275's with either short or tall body bushings; personally I'm running short bushings and a 5" ride height and 275/35R18 on 10" rims.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Silver69Camaro

Hi Flash - just saw your post. You shouldn't have a problem with 275's with either short or tall body bushings; personally I'm running short bushings and a 5" ride height and 275/35R18 on 10" rims.

Hey Matt -- thanks for the post. I'm definately learning as I go here. Two experts spoke to me about body bushings - Frank and Tyler. I also read about Todd's (Vegas69) tranny support issues when he used 1/2 height on the DSE front clip. Granted his clip is not made by AME, but I wanted to avoid any potential issues - and I would've loved to have run 1/2 height nushings. I'm running a TKO600, btw so I don't have T56 trans tunnel issues. My other advisor, Dick @ BOS, spoke to me about inner wheelhouse issues at load which I plan on clearancing before I go to engine bay paint. Any other advise you have, lay it on me! Thanks again Matt...

[67ragtp]

Im sure you would be happy with one of these, and headers(DSE) guaranteed to fit. Another possible option to look at:
Rich

[BBC69Camaro]

When I built another car it would be with an AME full chassis for certain.

Look through there catalog sometime, or any number of built threads featuring their chassis on this site.