Roadster Shop Projects

[Roadster Shop]

Originally Posted by ProTouring442

I have a question... and please excuse me if it sounds dumb. Would it make sense to make the frame run all the way out to the rocker panels, and then weld the assembly together instead of a more narrow frame like in this picture?

Thanks!
Bill

Bill, our 2nd Gen chassis is normally built that way. This customer wanted to try to retain as much of the original floor as possible and wasn't interested in a low stance. So we did a chassis for this car that basically ran back as an extension of the sub-frame. It will still be much stronger than a subframe and connectors, and more than enough for the intentions of this car.

Here is a pic of our standard 2nd gen chassis


And the standard stance