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Post by bigdawg07jr on Mar 12, 2012 13:37:14 GMT -5
What would you take in this situation and WHY  - Any power train you want - Full body welding inside and outside seams - no leaf conversions or hump plates - any bumpers can be hard nosed - tucking and wedges allowed - no DP's allowed - full cage, no kickers - body mounts can be pulled replaced and upgraded - tie rods and ball joints can be reinforced - custom spring packs allowed for leafed cars - trailing arms can be modified and strengthened Any help and ideas is very appreciated. Just make sure you please state WHY Thanks in advance.... |
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Post by rayray on Mar 12, 2012 17:01:34 GMT -5
Town car unless u can weld k frame in!
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Post by bigdawg07jr on Mar 12, 2012 17:59:36 GMT -5
No frame welding body welding only  |
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Post by carson29 on Mar 12, 2012 18:30:48 GMT -5
With no frame welding town car
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Post by Johnny L on Mar 13, 2012 7:17:57 GMT -5
With full body seam welding and allowed to build a good set of leafs I'd take the R-Body all day long. Flip that thing over and weld every seem you see, then do the same on the inside of the car. The Chrysler will be crazy hard if you do that. Technically the front "frame" rails on an R-Body are part of the body and the "frame" would be the k-frame. Weld from the firewall forward, pull the pucks inbetween the kframe and "body rails" and run new bolts all the way thru the k frame and rail, add a "body mount" thru the front a arm bolt, drill down thru crossmember and run a long piece of allthread thru the whole thing nutted top and bottom. It will be just as hard as a welded k member and legal pretty much everywhere. You'll drive right thru any 80's ford out there if you spend the stupid amount of time it would take to weld every seem on the car lol, but hey you'd probably get more than one run out of it  |
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Post by mkvien on Mar 14, 2012 10:53:13 GMT -5
With full body seam welding and allowed to build a good set of leafs I'd take the R-Body all day long. Flip that thing over and weld every seem you see, then do the same on the inside of the car. The Chrysler will be crazy hard if you do that. Technically the front "frame" rails on an R-Body are part of the body and the "frame" would be the k-frame. Weld from the firewall forward, pull the pucks inbetween the kframe and "body rails" and run new bolts all the way thru the k frame and rail, add a "body mount" thru the front a arm bolt, drill down thru crossmember and run a long piece of allthread thru the whole thing nutted top and bottom. It will be just as hard as a welded k member and legal pretty much everywhere. You'll drive right thru any 80's ford out there if you spend the stupid amount of time it would take to weld every seem on the car lol, but hey you'd probably get more than one run out of it If you can pull the pucks and weld a good bumper on, even without any other welding the R-bodies are tough. The problem is that no amount of welding will really fix where they normally bend (under the firewall). |
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Post by Johnny L on Mar 14, 2012 17:10:47 GMT -5
With full body seam welding and allowed to build a good set of leafs I'd take the R-Body all day long. Flip that thing over and weld every seem you see, then do the same on the inside of the car. The Chrysler will be crazy hard if you do that. Technically the front "frame" rails on an R-Body are part of the body and the "frame" would be the k-frame. Weld from the firewall forward, pull the pucks inbetween the kframe and "body rails" and run new bolts all the way thru the k frame and rail, add a "body mount" thru the front a arm bolt, drill down thru crossmember and run a long piece of allthread thru the whole thing nutted top and bottom. It will be just as hard as a welded k member and legal pretty much everywhere. You'll drive right thru any 80's ford out there if you spend the stupid amount of time it would take to weld every seem on the car lol, but hey you'd probably get more than one run out of it If you can pull the pucks and weld a good bumper on, even without any other welding the R-bodies are tough. The problem is that no amount of welding will really fix where they normally bend (under the firewall). agreed, but with all that seam welding and a fat stack of leafs you can use that butt-end all day long... |
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