American Motors Xperimental full frame

[jarhead]

WOW, that turned out real nice !

[zo6s10]

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

Just in case anybody wanted to know, a 19x12 ZO6 rear wheel will clear big brakes, even 15" big brakes. Probably won't clear the fenders, but brakes etc. OK.

Why do you keep making me want bigger front tires?

As always the AMX looks awesome.

[57hemicuda]

With all the changes in everything else, why should the torque arm be any different. With the X through the middle of the car, now there is no room for a shackle for the torque arm. My buddy Brian Schien machined me out these fancy sliders which will weld to middle of the X. Bought the little bearings from McMaster Car, should work pretty well.

[1coolC2]

Originally Posted by 57hemicuda

With all the changes in everything else, why should the torque arm be any different. With the X through the middle of the car, now there is no room for a shackle for the torque arm. My buddy Brian Schien machined me out these fancy sliders which will weld to middle of the X. Bought the little bearings from McMaster Car, should work pretty well.

You will need another couple of sticks of tubing to tie that in....get the bender back out!!

[57hemicuda]

Already bent, and fitted!

[Ppd1979]

Need some more pics.

[Beach Cruiser]

I hope you have big motor plans that thing is going to weigh 4000lbs! LOL, looks good, me likey! I need to find me a machinist buddy, right now if I can't make it with a 4" cutoff wheel It ain't getting made.

[57hemicuda]

Fenders pretty much kicked my a$$, the 19X12 wheels, and 27" 335's on the front are not conducive to attractive fenders. Ended up looking like a flared 66 Bronco. I ended up getting a set of 18x12 C14's on loan from John at CCW (thanks John). The 18" 335's are about an inch shorter in diameter then the 19's, which seem to have cured or at least helped the problem.

Nothing is going easy. Put my driveshaft in, and the 1350 yoke hit my torque arm slider box. Ended up making a driveshaft hoop out of some 5" pipe, which became a integral part of the slider box. With all the welding the bearings would no longer fit in the slots that Brian machined for me. So he surface ground the 4 sides, and remachined the slots. Smooth as butter now, but what a pain.

The driveshaft in this car is at kidney height so I always planned on running a driveshaft hoop, just not one this beefy. This car is starting to remind me a little of that Animal House line "Overweight and underpower is no way to go through life" Its close anyway.

[preston]

On the latest version of my mustang I had to give up on 335's in the front as well due to aesthetic considerations. It hurt a little, but looks a lot better when the street tires are on. I will just have to live with 12" rims and 315's up front for track days. I can kind of think of the AMX looking cool though with too wide a body and too short of a wheelbase.

[57hemicuda]

The brown truck brought some really pretty jewelry today. I totally blame this on Aaron, he now has me hooked on shiny billet parts. Actually the drop spindle will help with some bump, and camber gain issues. I'm hoping the camber gain will help a bit with the tire/fender clearances. This why I've been staying off the fenders for so long. Now I have no excuse, except my knees hurt, and I'm tired, and there is something good on television, etc., etc.