Penultimate Rear Crossmember

[freekwonder]

I can't find my instructions right now for how do it, but they are in the Volume 2 issue 3 of the Dime Quarterly. As for cost luckily my friend had all the steel sitting around his garage, so I just had to by the two drill bits and bolts/nuts/washers so it was around $50 to make it. Here are the pics of the process we went through. *the pictures are thumbs nails, click them for bigger versions.

 

 

[freekwonder]

[slodat]

Looks like you guys had a plasma cutter, was that essential?

 

How difficult was this? I'm thinking of making one..

[BEEBANI]

I could build that for ya Steve, no problem. I have a couple of plasma cutters.

[freekwonder]

Looks like you guys had a plasma cutter, was that essential?

 

How difficult was this? I'm thinking of making one..

 

plasma cutter wasn't essential, but it made it easier.

[Icehouse]

So toe adjustments are made by adding washers right?

 

 

Great fab work by the way :D

[freekwonder]

So toe adjustments are made by adding washers right?

 

 

Great fab work by the way :D

 

Yes, I wouldn't have been able to do it with out the DQ directions and my friends help. We are going to look into ways we can make it easier to adjust.

[Icehouse]

I used to have the DQ with that article, maybe if I dug hard enough I could find it. It looks great, I think I saw you post it on the real a while back.

[freekwonder]

I still can't find my copy. I may have left it at my friends house. Posted completed pics on the realm once.

[Green Bastard]

Very nice!

 

Can you let us know how it affects your track when you get it back on the car?

[freekwonder]

I'll try, but I can't remember what it's like to drive a stock 510. I havn't driven one in three years. lol

[Green Bastard]

Thanks, I am speaking of the distance between the rear wheels.

 

I have noticed that cars get wider in the back when they go to a pentultimate. Maybe its just from lack of negative camber.

 

I want as narrow as possible to fit lots of tire back there. Its easier to notch the control arm than to flare the rear fenders.

[Icehouse]

I know maybe we should start a different thread but..... Why do you want a narrower track width in the rear? Are you still running the RS's? So are you going to run a different offset in the rear?

[slodat]

Steve Epperly said you have some room to play with, you just move the mounting point inboard a little and then notch the control arms. I think a guy could shove a 245 back there, if it were fit perfectly. I am tired of playing wheel and offset games, so I'm going to find a set of wheels and stick with them!

[freekwonder]

Oh ok. the Track of the car. Sorry. I can get some comparisons. I have the p. cross member going on the 2 door tonight, and will be putting the stock on my 4 door soon. So I can put my 15's on both car and check out the difference. I don't see why it would widen the track that much if at all. I guess depends on where you put the mounting holes. well hopefully I can get it put together tonight.