You might want to look at my Cuda set up. We used a direct drive dragster can with a Lenco main drive so we could run a driveshaft instead of the torque tube. We also ran the exhaust in the tunnel with the driveshaft sitting over them. We have 5" of ground clearance on a car that sits lower than most guys with 2" or so. Since it's a transaxle you can get by with a 3" or smaller shaft. It's a little noiser than a torque tube but it saves a lot of space and makes maintenance a lot easier. BTW are you cutting up that cute little sunroof car?
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for pops cobra project, that uses viper suspension, i picked up a factory viper assembly manual, it contains all the measurements and angles for every part of the chassis.
i took those measurments and fed them into an analyzer program, then modified the track width(narrowed) and adjusted the mounting points for optimizing the RC and bump steer. now if i just had time to put it all together
Hay thanks for the props on the chassis. Have you seen the posts on the Zo6 nova we are building? It is the projects section (66 nova update). We started on the chassis last week. We will be mounting the transaxle next week. We already got the lowers mounted and need the torque tube and engine to keep going. This one is going to be a real bad boy.
I somehow missed the middle of that thread where you posted the chassis pics. I try to read all the posts each day - looking good as usual dude ! You guys make it look sooo easy. Now that I'm neck deep in it - it's certainly not that easy .... Have alot of appreciation for the metal shapers doing this work. Wish I has a plasma cause nibblers, saws-all, and wiz-wheels suck - but I'll get it done. Keep posting the z06 progress ! I'll be watching.
Installed some bracing to hold up the rear end while I cut away the frame structure - found it FULL of sand from sand blasting that had migrated in through the bolt holes and drains. Finished cutting out the trunk and rear seat floor.
It takes some time but they come around . I was the first guy to put flames on a Porsche.. it got some me some strange looks with up turned noses but all the people in that world who to me counted loved it.. and I dig what Jim is doing! My secretary has a 356 Conv D and I have two 935's and a 962 in the vintage stable.. so I am a guy who likes a littel power with my Porsche's . Keep us posted on your project I think it is cool as can be . Here's is my boat rocker
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It's for this reason that I keep all my old magazines. The Kit Car July '03 issue had some good info on just this sort of thing.
They were running a series on one guy that was building a Ferrari 250 GTO replica from the ground up using a tube frame and C5 running gear/driveline. I can scan the article if you need it, but the important thing is this:
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
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