Guest Stert Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 do these cars even have a frame or are they uni-body? well, i know someone who did the 350 swap and broke his front window from the tourque. say i want to put an LT1 in it. i was to eventually run low 11's (maybe more as time goes on because the need to go faster will eventually hit) will be a street car. what would i have to do structuraly to the car to make it handle this? is any of this covered in the JTR manual? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 http://hybridz.org/phpbb2/search.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mtbrider586 Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 The z cars are a unibody car . The best way to make the car stronger is to add a roll cage and some braces. can get expensive unless you make your own. You will need a tube bender and welder to do this. And some roll bar tubing. or you can buy a prefab cage or roll bar. If you can weld . Harbor Freight sells tube benders. I am making my own and a freind of mine, made a beautiful full cage for a willys drag truck he is building. Just remeber to burn your welds all the way through. A weak cage can break and impale you instead of saving you. Also think about a fuel cell , battery box with a battery disconnect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNeedForZ Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 mtbrider586 What do the fuel cell and battery box/disconnect do? Are they part of the strengthening process or they simply help redistributing/reduce weight? I am quite interested in weight reduction as well, would like to hear more details. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKDGabe Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Just because you're putting a V8 in it doesn't mean it belongs in this forum. A quick search of the appropriate forum will answer your q's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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