What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[Fatherof3]

Cut it in half, just need to melt it back together now

[adricar1]

got the new engine fired up today, and transmission filled up. I do need to get the exhausts made from the manifold though, pretty load.

[88fordf150]

Made a custom SPI tag on the computer.

[KyleSeal]

Originally Posted by 88fordf150

Made a custom SPI tag on the computer.

That's sweet. What software did you use?

[chevjayfsd]

Originally Posted by Fatherof3

Cut it in half, just need to melt it back together now

I've never seen a cut like that before or in this location. What are your plans?

[Fatherof3]

Originally Posted by chevjayfsd

I've never seen a cut like that before or in this location. What are your plans?

I have a LWB that I'm converting to a SWB. The inside of my box is rusted around the bottom so I'm going to raise the floor "3 to have good metal to attach the floor to. It wont be a true Z'd frame but will get the similar result by overlapping the frame splice by the 3". Another benefit will be all my mounting points for the springs, shocks, & panhard get moved up 3".

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by chevjayfsd

I've never seen a cut like that before or in this location. What are your plans?

Sure looks like a weird way to drop a truck down... Good luck... can't wait to see how you do the mounting points on this... Dan

[Fatherof3]

Originally Posted by Elliot949

Sure looks like a weird way to drop a truck down... Good luck... can't wait to see how you do the mounting points on this... Dan

It only makes sense to do it this way if are doing a LWB to SWB conversion and want to go lower than mild notch allows. I have a bolt in notch that is designed to fit under the floor that is probably 3.5" deep. This way that 3.5" of extra clearance just became 6.5" of extra clearance over the axle with out cutting the frame into three pieces the way I would need to if I was shorting the frame and doing a notch all the way through the frame. And now all my rear suspension mounting points are moved up 3". Effectively I'm just Z'ing a short bed frame but the frame over laps because I started with a long bed and will be a stronger splice this way too.
Having the lower 2" of inner bed sides rusted through and wanting to go lower that the stock floor would allow is what's behind doing it this way.

[Fatherof3]

[QUOTE=Fatherof3;6483858]It only makes sense to do it this way if are doing a LWB to SWB conversion and want to go lower than mild notch allows. I have a bolt in notch that is designed to fit under the floor that is probably 3.5" deep. This way that 3.5" of extra clearance just became 6.5" of extra clearance over the axle with out cutting the frame into three pieces the way I would need to if I was shorting the frame and doing a notch all the way through the frame. And now all my rear suspension mounting points are moved up 3". Effectively I'm just Z'ing a short bed frame but the frame over laps because I started with a long bed and will be a stronger splice this way too.
Having the lower 2" of inner bed sides rusted through and wanting to go lower that the stock floor would allow is what's behind doing it this way.[/QUOTE
It's not to lower it just 3", it is to have 3" head start to going much lower while shorting it.

[Mike_The_Grad]

Have taken it from this to this. Hopefully this weekend I can pick up some hi-temp paint and pull engine and trans. Just picked up a power washer. I have to replace driver side fender,figured since I'm gonna have half of front end off, just go the distance and take everything off. I have a friend who will let me borrow his cherry picker. Gonna pull radiator since it needs a flush. That should make the pulling the 350 straight forward. Also gonna jack up cab and straighten it out a bit.(had wrecked the front passenger side almost ten years ago.) Then putting everything back together should go easier. I think this will make it the 5 or 6 time I've put the front end on. And it won't be the last...Lol.

[texjake]

I started dismantling the dash today to install the new dash pad, new dash speaker, new AM/FM radio & rebulb the gauge cluster. Also while I am at it I'm going to install all new AC vent/defroster duct hoses & replace the heater core. There is enough W. Texas dirt in that dash & the duct hoses to plant rows of cotton!