corvette chassis under a c10?
corvette chassis under a c10? has anyone retro fitted a corvette chassis under anything else? for about 10k for a rolling chassis, it sounds like itd be a good idea to do a conversion but I dont know how it could be done or if it ever has been done, a unibody drivetrain with a frame? . Any help would be great-Mike
Just an Idea, doesnt have to be a c10 or anything, something with a close wheel base would suffice aswell
Just an Idea, doesnt have to be a c10 or anything, something with a close wheel base would suffice aswell
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That would be a huge task plus if you could do it I don't know how "clean" it would look. Now taking the suspension and drivetrain off and using it in your truck is possible. I took a 2000 C5 Corvette and built a tube frame that utilized the suspension and drivetrain. I had the lengthen the torque tube which was a task, narrow the front and rear track width which changed abunch of other things, and so on. I had to put it that project on hold because i wanted to finish it right using top notch parts. After i finish my current build and sell it i will finish the c5 corvette truck build. Here is a pic of what i did.
c5 chassis I'm building something similar, C5 Chassis under a 41 Ford Coupe, had to lengthen torque tube 10" and build a frame. Still a work in progress.
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Who extends torque tubes? Was hoping to find out who extended this torque tube? The guys I found were in Alabama and wanted like$2500? Even with shipping, and your guys may have been in Austin, but that sounded a lot better. I'm just outside Nashville. Thanks for any advice, regmudd
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There's a thread on here somewhere where a guy hung a Volvo 740 wagon over a Corvette front susp/engine/torquetube/reartranny/rear susp. He had to lengthen the tube/shaft as well.
Someday.....he dreamed. C5 Corvette wheelbase - 104.5". Volvo 242 wheelbase - 104.3"
Someday.....he dreamed. C5 Corvette wheelbase - 104.5". Volvo 242 wheelbase - 104.3"
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Yep thatinsane person would be me! I did Lengthen that torque tube by 4.6''myself. I also narrowed both K-Members which was a much larger task. I'm actuallyin process of making another torque tube for the car. It's actually not thathard if you have the right equipment. You'll need to take it apart (dependingon year since the design changed a little) but for a 2004 you need to take thelarge snap ring off. Beat the other end (transmission side) through. Whichis pushing out a bearing which axially has a lot of play for stackup issues(thank you GM). Take apart the driveshaft and take the center aluminumto a driveshaft shop, have them lengthen it by the same amount as the housing.Make sure to have it balanced and wall thickness increased (if lengthening).Cut off the tube next to the welds. Mill off the welds using a Bridgeport. Oncethe weld material is gone you can pop out the little piece of tubing left inside. Buy apiece of 5in x .250 wall 6061. Measure to figure out how long the piece needsto be. Turn both ends square and to length. Weld into place (Orientationmatters), I went off the exhaust hangers as a flat plane, and the dowels on theengine housing side as flat. Reinstall driveshaft. Weld on new shifter mountpieces. Lengthen shifter shaft if needed.
It's a lot of work but I have a lathe and mill at work which can do the machining. I also have a tig welder that can do aluminum. Tubing cost me ~$120. If I did it for someone else I would charge $1500, it's alot of work.
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Awesome That would be a huge task plus if you could do it I don't know how "clean" it would look. Now taking the suspension and drivetrain off and using it in your truck is possible. I took a 2000 C5 Corvette and built a tube frame that utilized the suspension and drivetrain. I had the lengthen the torque tube which was a task, narrow the front and rear track width which changed abunch of other things, and so on. I had to put it that project on hold because i wanted to finish it right using top notch parts. After i finish my current build and sell it i will finish the c5 corvette truck build. Here is a pic of what i did.
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We're still not done but we moved the rear wheel wells forward about 4" so we wouldn't have to mess with cutting the frame or lengthening the tube (a lot of good engineering went into getting that right). We're going to have to add rocker panels to cover the frame but think we can do that and still have a pretty awesome vehicle. As you well know this is as much of an art as it is a science but we're pleased with where we are. Thanks for your thoughts and it looks like you have an awesome project underway too.
