NEW Roadster Shop "Fast Track" Chassis

[Musclerodz]

What is ground clearance to your chassis at ride height? IE how much below the rockers are they?

[GoolsbyCustoms]

Originally Posted by flash911

Huh??

sorry that was a little inside joke to pick at Phil

[Roadster Shop]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

What is ground clearance to your chassis at ride height? IE how much below the rockers are they?

The ride height depends on the chassis. The lowest point on all chassis is the front crossmember. With a 26" tall front tire, the bottom of the front crossmember is 4-7/8" off the ground.

Ride Heights at rocker panels:

• Based off a 26" front and 28" rear tire.
• There is variance in these numbers due to adjustability of the coilovers and the differences from front to rear. Tire size will also play a role in this.
• Chassis that will require fabricating a new main floor section (Nova and 2nd Gen) can really be moved up or down on the frame to the desired ride height

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• 1st Gen Camaro: 6" - 7"
• 2nd Gen Camaro: 4.5" - 6" (2nd gen in earlier pictures is set at 4.5" at front of rocker and 5.5" at rear)
• Nova: 4" - 6" (Red patina'd nova in previous pics is at 4.5" front and 5" rear. Bare steel nova on the table is at 4" front and 5")
• 55-57 Chevy: 6", can be made lower if desired
• 67-72 C10 Pick Up: 5" front, 7" rear (with a 27" tall front and 30.5" tall rear tire)
• Mustang: 5" - 6" (could be lower, but had to be raised for 5.0L and 5.4L height clearance)

[Roadster Shop]

We have been receiving a lot of calls and great questions. We have not been able to update our web site yet (hopefully next week) so I will answer a few of the questions that I have been getting here.

Due to clearance issues, 2nd Gen Camaro's and Nova's require fabricating a new main floor section and channeling the body over the chassis. The 2nd Gen Camaro can retain the stock trunk floor.

Rear suspension will be a parallel 4-link as a standard set up. We are offering a triangulated 4-link and a 3 link with Watt's Link. (I will try to post pics shortly). Both will require floor modifications.

Mustang chassis eliminates the complete front inner structure. a 2" channel needs to be cut on each side of the floor along the rocker and the body then slides onto the chassis retaining the rest of the stock floor.

Chassis are available with a narrowed rear housing and axles to run a 12" wide wheel or a wider housing to run a 9" or 10" wide wheel and retain the stock wheel houses. This is a no charge option.

Base price for the chassis is $15,495 as shown in all of the pictures. From a pricing stand point, this is very close to many of the higher end front/rear sub-frame packages and requires less fab work on cars that retain the stock floor. Pricing is on our web site for all the options, but pictures and information is not up to date. Please feel free to call or email with specific questions.

We are professional car builders as well as chassis builders. There has been a great amount of thought that has gone into each of these chassis to think about all of those things later on down the line that we have all run into in the past. Each chassis is specifically tailored to each model of car. Because each car is different, a 1-size fits all approach was never an option. Small things like locating stock body mounts, bumper mounts, and core support mounts for each car play a huge role in the build process. Also maximizing the use of the original floors in the unibody cars was a major goal to again ease the installation process.

[carbuff]

Originally Posted by RS-Perf

We are professional car builders as well as chassis builders. There has been a great amount of thought that has gone into each of these chassis to think about all of those things later on down the line that we have all run into in the past. Each chassis is specifically tailored to each model of car. Because each car is different, a 1-size fits all approach was never an option. Small things like locating stock body mounts, bumper mounts, and core support mounts for each car play a huge role in the build process. Also maximizing the use of the original floors in the unibody cars was a major goal to again ease the installation process.

This product looks great, and I look forward to continued new information and pictures. I do have one question though, hopefully you can summarize for me...

Why is it that a full-frame can be developed for the 1st gen unibody but not the 2nd gen? To be fair, I haven't been under a 1st gen for a long time, so I don't really remember what the floor looks like. I am curious where the problem spots are on a 2nd gen.

Thanx!

[coolwelder62]

wow!! really nice product's.

[strtcar]

any pics of mustang chassis?

[66LS7]

Awesome looking chassis's Phil & Jeremy!

[Roadster Shop]

Here are a few pics of the 55-57 Chevy chassis





At ride height.

[Roadster Shop]

Here are a few shots of the 69 Mustang at ride height. I did not get any good pictures of the first few chassis built, but we have another going together now that should be completed shortly. I'll get pictures up as soon as it is completed.







This is the modification to the floor that is required. A 2" strip cut out where the floor meets the rocker. (Picture was taken of the driver side. Door open, shooting towards the front of the car.