73 Ford Courier sfbd on 20's

bout time you posted that on here!

SO SIK!! I HOPE TO SEE THIS ONE IN PERSON SOMEDAY!

sick project, nice work

Edited: 1/20/2010 9:21:41 AM by Maztang

insane boss! my dad built a 302 stroked to a 331 for a buddy of ours i could only imagine a 347 out of a 302. lots of hp! very, very nice ride you got goin.

Its definitely got a cool look to it. I like how you did the lower arms. One thing I see that could be a concern down the road is the front upper bag mounts. It tough to tell for sure from the pics  but it looks like your only 'gusset' is that piece of angle iron across the top of the rail to the bag cup.  Your gusset or stiffener should reach the center point of the load at a minimum. In this case that would mean the center of your upper bag cup. Having it go to the edge is just going to cause it to fail at the end of the stiffener or gusset since all the force from the bag is now acting at that point. Just a heads up, its easier to fix now then when the trucks painted and done. If there's something else bracing it that cant be seen in the pics then perhaps its all good. It just caught my eye. Any lifted shots of the rear set up?  

Your truck is rad!    i'd be interested to see the rear lifted as well is your front bags completely collapsed when laid?  almost looks like they arent- with your large rollers, you probably don't wanna lose any lift 

Are those Bilstein shocks on the back? They look like their aluminum body shocks. Anyways, I would like to point out that the way you have them installed is basically the only thing they tell you not to do with their shocks. Their shocks are awesome, you can mount them upside down, sideways, horizontal, whatever and they will work as they are intended. But they tell you not to swap the rebound of the shock for it's compression. Meaning when your suspension compresses, the shock will be extending, and vice verse. They aren't intended to work that way, so if I where you I would try to find a different method of mounting them. You can run the same type of mount with a bell crank that will reverse their direction again to make it work right.

Edited: 1/20/2010 10:53:59 PM by DragginHT

yeah those are bilstiens and guess the easy way to fix the problem is to flip them right side up they mount the same on both ends, I'm sure Mr. Bilstien would be impressed with your knowledge about his product.... good job buddy.    To answer a few questions that some of you guys had earlier..... I orginally built the chassis while working for former muscle car t.v. host Lou Santiago I built the chassis in our shop and we planned on takin ti to a car show that we were guest hosting, well the deadline roelled up on me way to soon and I had to cut a few corners to make it on time and one of those was comin up with a bag bracket asap so yeah the upper bag brackets in the front will be replaced also the bag is not collapsed all the way. The slam bags are so stiff that when I callapsed them all the way the chassis wasn't heavy enough lay out LoL and I had to make sure the chassis laid completely at the show but all that will get changed this time around. Thanx for all your compliments it means alot to get props from people that know what they're looking at!    This was the only pic I could find with the rear lifted, its a old one notice the missing front susp. The rear gets roughly 8'" now and should get around 11" after I collapse the bag completely.  and these are just some more pics ill try to get some updated pics of all the changes asap!     

Those are sick tires.

SAW THE FRAME AT SICNIK. NICE WORK