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12-22-2006, 03:09 PM | #1 |
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TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
From good ole Jalopy Journal, may do this yet if no one buys my 56.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=148978
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12-22-2006, 06:52 PM | #2 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
That was a great thread link. I'm sure it will be helpful for everyone who attemps to install a Camaro subframe.
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12-22-2006, 10:50 PM | #3 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
This is a realy nice install. can you do a Howto with more pictures. I'm not a comaro clip fan but your install is very clean like Cal 58's.
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01-09-2007, 02:51 PM | #4 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
Not my post, just a Tech article by Lux Blue I ran across on one of my fav forums, the HAMB, Hokey A$$ Message Board.
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01-09-2007, 08:42 PM | #5 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
cool
just how i did my front clip, without cutting the camaro clip short...lets you use the stock camaro/nova tranny crossmember a difference with mine though is that where the truck frame rails were cut, they were radiused to match the slope/curve of the camaro frame
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01-10-2007, 01:55 PM | #6 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
So how do you think the way yours has been installed will compare to mine? Do you think there will be any differences in stance, handling, braking or steering?
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01-10-2007, 02:09 PM | #7 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
Ross, mine is done just like yours which is the way I prefer, not to say the others are done wrong it's just that I thank its a much cleaner job and look as if it came that way. I do know a guy who lives near me that welded the Camaro sub-frame were it turns down on to the top of the truck's frame rails. It dumped the stance but he had problem with his transmission crossmember and had to shim it up. Just my five cents worth. I like the way yours has turned out!
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01-10-2007, 02:23 PM | #8 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
Hi Cal 58 GMC...how much clearance will your crossmember have at rideheight? If my calculations are correct, I will have about 2.5-3" of clearance at ride height.
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01-10-2007, 02:36 PM | #9 |
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Re: TECH Camaro clip install on a 55-59 frame
I just replyed to you thread about this. Sorry I did'nt get back with you sooner.
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