Hello guys,
I am building my first stude. I bought a pretty decent 53 champion hard top. I am building the car as a resto-rod, and it will see a significant amount of power from a twin turbocharged 4.6L sohc ford motor (600 rwhp)
In my conversations w/ some others, I've learned that the chassis was/is way too flexible before [u]any</u> power gets put to the road (i.e. just jacking one corner to change a tire/put it on jackstands) Much less the power I anticipate I'll have. I plan to "x" the chassis w/ double 1.125 round tube, the question is this....
In addition to significantly stiffining the frame, will I need to add additional stiffining structure to the body as well, and if so,....where? This isn't a race car, although the theme isn't far off from that. There will be a complete 4 bucket seat interior, A/C, 4 power windows,....all the usual street rod stuff...
Well,....This is ANOTHER fine mess I've gotten myself into.
I am building my first stude. I bought a pretty decent 53 champion hard top. I am building the car as a resto-rod, and it will see a significant amount of power from a twin turbocharged 4.6L sohc ford motor (600 rwhp)
In my conversations w/ some others, I've learned that the chassis was/is way too flexible before [u]any</u> power gets put to the road (i.e. just jacking one corner to change a tire/put it on jackstands) Much less the power I anticipate I'll have. I plan to "x" the chassis w/ double 1.125 round tube, the question is this....
In addition to significantly stiffining the frame, will I need to add additional stiffining structure to the body as well, and if so,....where? This isn't a race car, although the theme isn't far off from that. There will be a complete 4 bucket seat interior, A/C, 4 power windows,....all the usual street rod stuff...
Well,....This is ANOTHER fine mess I've gotten myself into.
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