smokehouse_83 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I am doing floor boards in my 280 and I had to cut up into the rail on the front. I was looking at building rails out of 2x4 tubing, but I noticed the Bad Dog rails and they look nice and will slide up around the stock rails in the front/make it easier. I see the 240 has a front and rear rail that attaches the front to the rear subframe and the 280 rails seem to not to do that atleast in the pics? Could I use the 240 rails in my 280? It is gonna have a SBF and a turbo so I would like to attach the subframes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 240 frame rails are a lot shorter so if you plugged them onto a 280 rail they wouldn't hit the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnosez Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) Besides being shorter than the 280s (unless you get the optional 240 rears), the 240 rails are flat (like the floor) while the 280 rails are cut to the contours of the floor. All this assumes the floors are original. Early 260s use the 240 style and later 260s use the 280 version of our rails. Edited June 4, 2016 by gnosez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnosez Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 As being shorter the 280 BDP rails are 4 inches longer and contour of the floors can be seen in the second picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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