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Old 09-06-2009, 04:20 AM   #217 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
Will do. The engine will need to come out to mess with the rear cross member and the side mount.

Also, I've been thinking, rather than making that crazy mount like in the kit a pictured for the rear, it might be easier to just welder straight to the crossmember? I don't see it getting in the way.

Furthermore, insight owners: what is the stock angle on the cluster like? I need to figut out what I'm going to do to hack the display into my cluster hood.
You can weld one side of the mount straight in, but you could also just not worry about that rear mount. Or, you could use that one, and forgo the front rad support mount.

Also, if you're intersted in tunable suspension/handling, and once you've got a welder, you can look into making your own front crossmember from tube stock, which saves weight and provides some nice suspension adjustments to account for high-speed scrub, which could save you tires and fuel at highway speeds.

More tonight/tomorrow morning, friend. I tire easily in my age, and my Son must feed.
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