Modern suspension - discussion

[parb]

Anyone built a 70-72 blazer with one of the aftermarket blazer chassis and suspension?
How was the result?

I'm thinking about a maybe building another truck. This time I'm thinking about changing the suspension to something modern with better handling for dynamic driving. Probably a modern engine and transmission.

Looking for inputs and thoughts on the topic, suspension is probably what I'm least skilled at.

I'm not really into off-roading, nor do I particularly care for lowering nor lifting the truck. I had a truck with air bags but I really didn't like it (I got a leak in a line after a few years and it was a pain in the neck to fix).

Thoughts anyone? Anything ready made out there? I saw Scott's hot rod shop offers chassis with suspension (but a bit expensive)....

[Blazerowner]

I’ve checked out the chassis below but the price is pretty high.

https://roadstershop.com/product/ful...s4-k5-chassis/

[parb]

It's a bit spendy at $36k.i have no clear idea on what the price points are for a modern rolling chassis. Is this the typical range or the upper end of it?

[mcmlxix]

Roadster Shop is super high quality and includes new Currie axles... Patriot Chassis is another option .... or No Limit Engineering for 2WD

[AJs72K5]

I think we need to be clear on 2wd vs 4wd.

There's not a lot of options (at the moment) for 4x4....but any of the shops will take on a build for $$. As mentioned, Roadster shop has a production 4x4 chassis, but it's super spendy and changes a few key things that necessitate some drivetrain changes... eg: the Currie front Dana 44 is driver side. I've had discussions with a number of chassis builders to explore options for my own 4x4 build.

All of the current chassis builders have a 2wd Blazer platform (Roadster shop, Acme, No Limit, GSI, Porterbuilt, Scott's, etc.)

[mcmlxix]

Here's the Patriot Chassis ... very adaptable... I posted about them a while ago ..

https://patriotchassis.com/pages/full-patriot-chassis

[AJs72K5]

Originally Posted by mcmlxix

Here's the Patriot Chassis ... very adaptable... I posted about them a while ago ..

https://patriotchassis.com/pages/full-patriot-chassis

I actually had them do a full quote for me. I know one of the founders. He left due to....issues. They're no longer on my list of chassis for my build.

[mcmlxix]

Originally Posted by AJs72K5

I actually had them do a full quote for me. I know one of the founders. He left due to....issues. They're no longer on my list of chassis for my build.

AJ, can you elaborate why you wouldn't consider them any more.... or PM me if it's not something you want to splash over the internet...

[72gmguy]

Aww, I want to know as well. At least what the quote was to compare to the price listed above.

[AJs72K5]

Originally Posted by mcmlxix

AJ, can you elaborate why you wouldn't consider them any more.... or PM me if it's not something you want to splash over the internet...

Will take it offline. I'd prefer to not air out their dirty laundry.

[Paul72]

My solution - shorten a '99 Tahoe frame and drop the tub on it.

[parb]

Super useful. If I go the 2wd route any vendor that is especially good?
Both in the absolute quality and in the $/quality aspects?

[Richard]

From what I have seen about 10-15k is normal for a full aftermarket chassis. The Currie axles explain the Roadster shop chassis price. They are real proud of their axles, cost on those would be at least 6-10k each direct. Currie would never get back to me for a right side drop front axle. Seems like mostly interested in selling jeep stuff. In the end Currie kind of turned me off as lack of interest and some of the wear item axle components are proprietary.

[Rickjz]

I used No Limit on my 71 2wd. I went with their Wide Ride coil over front and rear suspension kit. I finally got it running and am really happy with the results.