My Cuda Project Part II...now at Bruning Auto Design

[Flash68]

that thing looks sick! I agree the stance can come down a tad.

[DRJDVM's '69]

I agree the ride height looks "okay".....but it can be better....the stance is so important, I dont want to settle for "okay". It has to look bad ass at ride height and then absolutely sick when I drop it.

As for the front bumper....not sure. I wish I could have Tim do that one too, but its just not in the budget, The front bumper has a decent look to it already but I hate the end shape. I may try my hand at some mods and see how it goes. Nothing fancy...just re-shape the ends some...we'll see.... I may even get bold and try the Camaro bumper design like Sick Fish. Worst case is a destroy 2 camaro bumpers

[syborg tt]

So what is the actual ride height right now.

Just an FYI during the build of my truck. I bought another Sonoma GT and set the ride height at 5". Man it looked good - but boy did driving it suck. In my short 8 mile drive to work i would bottom the truck out at least a half dozen times. and let me tell you after a month the frame had so much road rash it was almost funny.

We moved the truck up to 6" and it made a huge difference. Scarry what and inch can do. ( please no comments here )

Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

Tim also mocked up the stance again.... I'm running the RMS front and Air Ride all around (just solid bars in place right now to make it a roller)...19's front 20's rear....... the stance is "so-so" at the Air Ride ride height.....but its not good enough....IT SITS TOO HIGH....so once some other stuff is done. Tim is going to mess with the mounts etc and get the car to sit lower and still have decent ground clearence....





Hopefuly we can get it to drop at least another inch at ride height and still have at least 4 inches ground clearence.... then when I drop the bags it will look awesome......

[tjbruning]

Originally Posted by syborg tt

So what is the actual ride height right now.

Just an FYI during the build of my truck. I bought another Sonoma GT and set the ride height at 5". Man it looked good - but boy did driving it suck. In my short 8 mile drive to work i would bottom the truck out at least a half dozen times. and let me tell you after a month the frame had so much road rash it was almost funny.

We moved the truck up to 6" and it made a huge difference. Scarry what and inch can do. ( please no comments here )

Marty - for clarification, where are you measuring ride height? The changes we're talking about making will not change the ground clearance under the engine/front cross members. An inch will do wonders...

[syborg tt]

The odd thing about the s10 is the engine crossmember & tranny crossmember are the two lowest points on a s10. But that is only by a 1/2".

So my measurements were:

crossmembers: 5"
Frame at front of cab: 5 1/2"
Frame at back of cab: 5 7/8"

Oddly enough many times i would actually hit the frame under the cab and not the engine crossmember.

The Syborg project is set at 5 3/4 front of cab & 6" back of cab ride height and will air down to just shy of 3" when parked.

Don't forget i'm tucking a 31" tall tire in the rear.

Originally Posted by Bruning Auto Design

Marty - for clarification, where are you measuring ride height? The changes we're talking about making will not change the ground clearance under the engine/front cross members. An inch will do wonders...

[Payton King]

and now you are talking about "tucking" Does it never end with you. LOL

Car looks great and yes an inch can turn a perfect driver into a rubbing, scraping PITA to drive. Lowered my Camaro an inch in the rear...suspension bottomed on the frame rails, tires rubbed, etc. Put it back and all is well with the world. Sure did look cool that low though.

Lowest point on my car is 5.5 at the header flange, any lower and I could not get it on a trailer. You have air ride so you can jack it up to get over stuff and into driveways. Got to love air.

If you have the room another inch all the way around would be perfect. The rear spoiler and bumper are worth every penny spent.

[doitbby]

great looking project. so nice to see mopars on this forum. you are so fortunate to have bruning auto work on your car. their work is art. i live in ripon which is next to manteca, and havent found anyone near by to work on my challenger.

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by doitbby

great looking project. so nice to see mopars on this forum. you are so fortunate to have bruning auto work on your car. their work is art. i live in ripon which is next to manteca, and havent found anyone near by to work on my challenger.

Send it up to Bruning they love mopars. They take pills to stomach working on my camaro.

[96z28ss]

Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

I agree the ride height looks "okay".....but it can be better....the stance is so important, I dont want to settle for "okay". It has to look bad ass at ride height and then absolutely sick when I drop it.

As for the front bumper....not sure. I wish I could have Tim do that one too, but its just not in the budget, The front bumper has a decent look to it already but I hate the end shape. I may try my hand at some mods and see how it goes. Nothing fancy...just re-shape the ends some...we'll see.... I may even get bold and try the Camaro bumper design like Sick Fish. Worst case is a destroy 2 camaro bumpers

I would keep it the way it is for ride height. Your on air so your going to drop it when its parked anyways. The money spent on lowering it could be spent else where like front bumper, roll cage, etc

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by 96z28ss

I would keep it the way it is for ride height. Your on air so your going to drop it when its parked anyways. The money spent on lowering it could be spent else where like front bumper, roll cage, etc

Very well said.