cool i love it. - early cars had stiffer springs than the later cars. - early cars with single piston brakes are actually extremely good, although if you just wanted to have the later j55 option front calipers, a simple adapter bracket is available to put later j55 calipers on early cars, this happens all the time. - using wheel adapters to put those beauty c6 rims on an early c4 is also done all the time. just a diffsize than the later cars. - i love the early parking brake setup because you can swap your rear calipers without affecting the parking brake 🤘
Great video. Wish you did a kit for the rear. I have a 65 C10 Stepside with plans to upgrade the rear with a C4 Corvette IRS. I don't want a complete chassis as the front end will have the QA1 coil over upgrade. Your work looks 1st class.
Thanks. An 88 is usually a totally custom application. Since it has already got independent front suspension most people will only adopt for a rear conversion. But a full blown setup would be trick.
Hello, that was some good work. I am considering buying a Volvo L-3314, it is an 4x4 army truck. Looking at the hardtop version and I am thinking if I buy it maybe I will try to get an approvement for modrnization. As far as I can see it should work well with a mod like yours here. The frame is not notched though, so either it would have to continue beeing a monster truck or it could be modified I guess. Imaging it would be a good mod both for steering, anti roll and of course also brake upgrade :) Do you know the track width of the c4 corvette wide parts? also what was the corvette c4 year one should look for? was it 2002 you said?
One of the cool ideas is taking the 4WD suspension out from under the vehicle and putting the body on a lowered suspension. The Corvette suspension is around 61" for the 84-87. 88-89 is only a 1 1/2" wider but it comes with twin piston front calipers. They are relatively cheap to buy especially when you ate getting 4 wheel disc brakes, rack and pinion steering and full independent suspension and all aluminum components
Sometimes things may look easy and more economical but in realism that doesn't really work. I personally have never done any type of frame swap. They end up costing more of a hassle than anything. The wheelbase of the Corvette is different than the truck which means you wood have to cut the chassis. Then you would have to make up all the correct body mounts. Working from the original Chassis works best and keeps the value also an equivalent aftermarket chassis.
My only question is, can it still be used like a truck, can I still carry like a quad or an engine for a project will I need stiffer shocks for that. Please let me know
It can be used as a working truck. If you want heavier loads you would have to use a airbag system to keep the ride height. Corvette suspension needs to stay at it designed ride height otherwise the geometry will go out of alignment .
The motor is close to the rack and pinion but fits in the perfect spot in relation to the firewall and radiator. The front section of the chassis is designed to fit the Corvette setup. Going back to a conventional steering box would defeat the purpose since you want the rack and pinion for the more direct steering.
They are suppose to run up and down at about 10 deg. If you run them level you run the risk of throwing the geometry out when they bounce past the level area.
@@croccustom So if you run an imaginary line from the differential out to the wheel that is parallel to the ground, the half shafts should be 10 degrees downhill from the differential to the wheel measured off of the imaginary line?
@@stevenpringle7813 Yes. Also make sure the half shafts are 90 deg. to the frame looking from the top. It helps to keep the geometry with its parameters.
