Hitman47 Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 i NOTICED MY FRAME ON MY 72 240 WAS RUSTING OUT I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR AND THIS MY FIRST Z IM A PRETTY DECENT WELDER SO I SAIOD SCREW IT. I CUT OUT ALL THE OLD FRAME FROM THE REAR ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT NEAR THE BEND. I TOOK 3/8`S SQUARE TUBE STEEL AND CUT THE TOPSIDE OFF SO IT LOOKED LIKE C CHANNEL, THEN I FIT IT OVER THE OLD PAPER THINE FRAME RAILS ANT WELDED IT TO THE BODY. THEN I CUT 3/16`S STRAPS AND WELDED THEM OVER THE TUBING, AND LASTLY WELDED 2 3/8`S SQUARE CROSSMEMBERS THAT CONNECT TO BOTHE FRAME RAILS. WAS THIS A GOOD IDEA, I KNOW ITS STRONG AS HELL BUT CAN ANYTHING BAD COME OF IT? I HAVENT DONE THE V8 SWAP BUT I HAVE A 377 READY TO DROP IN THE WAY THE FRAME WAS I WOULD HAVE TORN THE CRAP OUT OF IT. aNY SUGGESTIONS ON MORE MODS WOULD BE APPRECIATED cHAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob L Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 How about posting some pics of your handiwork? I am not sure I understood you correctly, but did you use 3/8" thick square tubing? If so, your frame must weigh a LOT, i.e., hundreds of pounds. Am I missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j260z Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 some pics would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 You would think that at some point in the last 3 years he would have found time to post some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanium Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 HAHAhahh Heres some pics of my new subframes if that makes you feel any better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nismofiend Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 hmm, I should've done that to my 1980 S130 perhaps then it would've handled the wreck a little bit better. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentallylost Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 nice job titanium. wanna come and do my 83 280zx now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silicone boy Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 What I see there looks solid, but did you just weld the beams over the existing sheet metal? I think it should be fairly strong if you adequately prepared the metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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