Speedtech sub frame... installation was easy!!

[Rybar]

Looks good

[phillym5]

Originally Posted by monza

You proved me wrong on the time frame for the install!
Nice one, now stop rolling on those skinny pro-street front tires it's like roller blade style..

I had it... 3 days it would have been done. Ran into a couple things i couldn't do much about. The radiator is lower on my car so the intake tube can fit neatly under the hood. Because of that.. and the position of the sway bar (its up front just above the front crossmember)... my fan hits it.Also the lower rads inlet/outlet needed to be cut off and a 90 put in its place. So i am on a mission to find a new fan... I also needed to notch out the frame a bit for an intercooler pipe. No big deal.. i hole sawed it.. then welded a brace on the back side to compensate for "weakening" the structure. It came out looking like Speedtech sent it that way. I also did a few other things while i had it apart. Exhaust wrapped the down pipes.. change a dump tube...

Couple pics of my frame notching... nothing to exciting.. this was before paint of course....

[phillym5]

Well I've put on about 500 miles since my subframe swap. I have no idea why i didn't do this in the first place.

This 69 handles just about as good as my 911 now. I have no rubbing issues... overheating issues... nada.

I did just order the ATS oil pan from Speedtech though. The oil pan i have now is just too low. Its the LH8 pan... it hangs too far under the cross member. I have not hit it... yet. This weekend i was blasting around with friends.. and some dips in the freeway got me thinkin. The ATS pan looks perfect. So we are going to swap that out next week.

I'll post some pics of the difference of the two pans once the ATS pan is installed.

Here's a couple pics of the car with the Speedtech frame at ride height with no rubbing... and a pic of the new pan.

[GregWeld]

Josh -- is the FAN too thick?

If so. SPAL makes each size in different thicknesses. The thinner they are the less air they move - but if your system is working well... and you only need to go from say a fan that moves 2700CFM down to a size that will fit - and it moves 2250CFM... that might still cool fine. I have STAGGERED fans on the Mad -- because of clearance -- so just the one fan is a bit thinner and I have the SPAL PWM use the bigger fan as fan #1 and the fan that moves slightly less air as fan #2.

That pan hanging down like that --- nasty accident waiting to happen! Ask me how I know. LOL Had a 66 Vette that I did that too.. on the WAY to get a skid plate made - I scooped up part of the street. It won't buff out.

[phillym5]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Josh -- is the FAN too thick?

If so. SPAL makes each size in different thicknesses. The thinner they are the less air they move - but if your system is working well... and you only need to go from say a fan that moves 2700CFM down to a size that will fit - and it moves 2250CFM... that might still cool fine. I have STAGGERED fans on the Mad -- because of clearance -- so just the one fan is a bit thinner and I have the SPAL PWM use the bigger fan as fan #1 and the fan that moves slightly less air as fan #2.

That pan hanging down like that --- nasty accident waiting to happen! Ask me how I know. LOL Had a 66 Vette that I did that too.. on the WAY to get a skid plate made - I scooped up part of the street. It won't buff out.

I took care of the fan.. the fan i was running was too low because i have my radiator lower than normal (clearance for the upper intercooler pipes)... so it was just tapping the sway bar. That fan was flowing 3200 CFM... my new fan is twin 12 inch "ultra thin" and flows 2900 CFM i believe. So far so good... 500 miles and she's been stayin nice and cool. Outside temps have been in the 70's....

I am installing the new ATS pan next week. The LH8 pan is WAY to low. I haven't hit anything yet..... but i feel like its only a matter of time... so yeah.. im getting rid of that thing.

[tones2SS]

Looks awesome Josh!! Good deal.
I bet it handles 100% better. ENJOY!