Gold'n Deuce Gets Attitude

[Steve H.]

I finally got the chassis buttoned up and set the stance like I wanted it. You can't get a deuce lower than this!

The wheelbase and track stayed where they should be, the tires are rubbing the tops of the fenders (if anybody ask, its airbags!) so I guess all my measurements worked out.

Heres a simple pic of the chassis. I just need to add some rear shocks/coilovers to complete it.

Gold'n Deuce also gets a little bit of claustrophobia! I had to narrow the belts to fit between the fenders and finesse the water pump so the fan belt/ pulleys could scoot back a hair. Believe it or not, the bottom pulley doesn't touch the crossmember. If I use a fan, I'll have to do some serious cutting on it to fit. I figure its mostly hidden and most wouldn't notice (which means everyone will ask me why the fan blades got cut off!)

Hope ya like... Comments always welcome!

[rollinoldskoo]

car lookin sweet man.....

[Paul Payne]

You can get a deuce lower but the sparks are annoying.......

[theflame]

The way I see it, you CAN have the wheels touching the wheel arches and be ok. Say a model's plastic is 1mm thick at the arches. That means the real car would have metal 1 INCH thick on the same component, if scale up. Now obviously, unless it's a tank, that means the model is pretty inaccurate in that respect, so while your wheels may be rubbing on the model they'd actually probably have a good 7/8th of an inch clearance if it was 1:1 and made of metal.

That's not much suspension travel, but like ya say, airbags are a get out of jail free card there

[walt francis]

that is lookin great ...HUMMMMMM where have I seen that rake before....LOL ...just busting

[Tom Kren]

lOOKS GREAT SO FAR!!!