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<blockquote data-quote="mark" data-source="post: 1078788" data-attributes="member: 16354"><p>I can totally agree with this. This as been more of a quest to get a general idea of what "belly" clearance folks are running and how its working out for them. My plan is to keep a nice, high but flat belly, yet still keep the overall COG low while retaining the looks of the original vehicle. Probably won't be buggy low, I still want to retain a mostly up-right seating position, but not full height. This may involve a little bit of sectioning or channeling the body to get what I'm after <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />. But first I need to lay the ground work.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I can buy that. Isn't that what water in the tires is for <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> :redneck: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's what I've got so far, I don't know how long this is going to take me, but its farther than I've gotten over the past 4-5 years of 'talking' about it and parts whoring. I'm probably going to call this the "stop talking about it and just build something already" Build :flipoff: </p><p></p><p>Frame set at 20" +/-</p><p><img src="http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2875.sized.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Slide in an axle at "ride height":</p><p><img src="http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2876.sized.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2877.sized.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Little more dinking around to see how things fit. Front axle is 5" forward of "stock" and pretty close to right under the highest kick-up of the frame. Engine will be going back both for weight distribution and to clearance the axle. I might even pull what will be left of the body forward to get the proportions right. We'll see when I get to that stage.</p><p><img src="http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2880.sized.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Right now I'm waiting for some brackets and start laying out links and drive train.</p><p>________</p><p><a href="http://headshop.net/" target="_blank">HEADSHOPS</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mark, post: 1078788, member: 16354"] I can totally agree with this. This as been more of a quest to get a general idea of what "belly" clearance folks are running and how its working out for them. My plan is to keep a nice, high but flat belly, yet still keep the overall COG low while retaining the looks of the original vehicle. Probably won't be buggy low, I still want to retain a mostly up-right seating position, but not full height. This may involve a little bit of sectioning or channeling the body to get what I'm after :D. But first I need to lay the ground work. I can buy that. Isn't that what water in the tires is for :D :D :redneck: Here's what I've got so far, I don't know how long this is going to take me, but its farther than I've gotten over the past 4-5 years of 'talking' about it and parts whoring. I'm probably going to call this the "stop talking about it and just build something already" Build :flipoff: Frame set at 20" +/- [IMG]http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2875.sized.jpg[/IMG] Slide in an axle at "ride height": [IMG]http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2876.sized.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2877.sized.jpg[/IMG] Little more dinking around to see how things fit. Front axle is 5" forward of "stock" and pretty close to right under the highest kick-up of the frame. Engine will be going back both for weight distribution and to clearance the axle. I might even pull what will be left of the body forward to get the proportions right. We'll see when I get to that stage. [IMG]http://tigger.tmcom.com/~marka/PhotoAlbums/Newchassis/DSCN2880.sized.jpg[/IMG] Right now I'm waiting for some brackets and start laying out links and drive train. ________ [URL="http://headshop.net/"]HEADSHOPS[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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