v2racing

I want to weld and gusset my frame as per the power book, but I have a few ideas of my own too. Show me what you'e done with your frame.

john bulba

http://www.flickr.com/photos/america...7605022088590/


Scroll down towards the bottom of the page. Seems like every Corvette I have had in here the diff mounts always have issues....John

redvetracr

have you repaired it yet?

v2racing

Wow, you really have done some nice work on that car. That's a little more serious than I'm planning. I'll bet that is a lot stiffer and helped the handling a bunch. I do plan to gusset up the area aroung the differentiall and remove the rubber mounts, raise the diff, and weld plates in the mount that will bolt solid to the frame.

chevymans 77

There is another thread going on this but I can not find it right now, RickeyBerg had pics of his frame also

these are just a few that I have pics of, I also did both sides of the motor mounts and on the frame extensions to the cross-member;





Welded the A-arm cross shaft towers solid

Neal

mac79vette

john bulba

No Howard, I have not gotten it back in the shop yet. Looks like it may be in towards the end of next month.


I just added some more pics of the chassis reinforcements and post-wreck pictures.....

v2racing

Thanks guys! Any shots of the rear section from the rear kick up back?

dmaxx3500

older ''chevy power'' books,had pics /diagrams how the factory road race cars did it,i think thats a tryed/proven way

garygnu

I too want to do this to my new project .please keep the pics coming .v2racing ,do you have a mig welder ?

v2racing

I don't, but I have friends with both mig and tig welders. One of them has a welding and fab shop.

Solid LT1

Just wondering you guys doing all the welding to your frames, are you tieing down the frame rails prior to doing some of the major welding or just welding them as they sit on 4 tires?

v2racing

I'dlike to do it on a frame table, but being I don't have one, I'll put it on stands and measure to a level floor. I'll take it to a frame shop afterwards if it seems off too much.

RickyBerg

There are som Pictures in my garage of my frame.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/memb...802/page2.html

RickyBerg

WOW!! thats one nice car you got there!

gkull

Ricky, I was surprized that you didn't have a 5 point and racing seat.

427Swede

Some photos from my frame build.

Frame sandblasted and welded to a Jig.


Welding begins. Short passes, 2-3 inches, changing from top side to bottom side to avoid stresses.

427Swede

Front gussets, soft transitions at the motor mounts, left side.
Only tack welded at this stage





Right side:

427Swede

Positioning radiator to be able to correctly gusset the front part of the frame.



Right side, the "complicated side"

427Swede

Preparing for an removable crossmember







Finished crossmember: