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c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 2:54 am
by urquidezp
Been gone for awhile I'm back thank god. I've been looking everywhere for c10 subframes installed on a slick but can't find any. Can someone help.

Pancho

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 3:24 am
by 557f1

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 2:12 pm
by Brendan in NC
:cussing: Your out of your mind screwing a 65 like that! nothing can beat a Twin I beam! :bs: :nono:

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 5:52 pm
by urquidezp
Yeah I know I got mine with all the brackets off for the twins so I'm just seeing what the Chevy c10 cross member looks like. I'm not interested in a car suspension or a little truck. No offense

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 6:52 pm
by Anthony

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 8:25 pm
by urquidezp
Yes Anthony thanks but I would like to see if anybody has just installed the cross member on original frame.

Pancho

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 10:38 pm
by MadMaxetc
Could go Dakota.

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 20, 2013, 11:12 pm
by urquidezp
Na no offense but I want a full size truck suspension under my full size truck. C10 looks straight forward.

Pancho

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 21, 2013, 8:11 am
by fmartin_gila
Not to rain on anyone's parade but for general info. All the years I worked as a Fleet Mechanic for a Utility Company, the most frame & suspension work was done on Chrysler(Dodge) pickups, then GM(Chev&GMC), and lastly the Ford pickups. The Ford pickup frames very seldom needed repairs when it seemed we were constantly fixing Dodge and GM Frames and suspensions. Of course all these pickups were used in situations that normal vehicles are never subjected to as vehicles are just another tool to get the job done to those guys and while working on the vehicles, we all kept the thought that we had to protect the vehicles form the abuses they would receive from the users.

Fred

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 21, 2013, 3:20 pm
by luckystiff
why so adverse to car or other truck suspensions? I said on the hamb and i'll say it here the jag xj is of similar mount design as the c10 but easier to swap in this case. and the jag was a VERY similar weight class at around 4000lb. I know the c10 is easier to find. if you intend to go low the c10 is gonna require sectioning or z'ing the frame or doing it as a full front clip.

And Dakota is NOT a Small/Little truck. it's closer to the same class as the f100....ken....

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 21, 2013, 3:54 pm
by theastronaut
Porterbuilt posted on FB that they'll have an IFS front suspension ready in a couple months. If the budget allows it, it would definitely be worth the wait. Will be 100% bolt in.

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Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 22, 2013, 9:59 pm
by thenephilm
This is supremely irritating lol. Making my c30 front clip work on the front of my ford had been a lot of work lol. And now that that part is done, they come out with this clip ugh lol.

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 22, 2013, 11:31 pm
by frank66
I bought a custom C10 drop member from Porterbuilt for my '66. Top notch quality stuff. Wish I would have waited for the ford version, but I will be building the rest of the frame for mine.

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 23, 2013, 6:02 pm
by urquidezp
I'll check them out

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 24, 2013, 9:18 am
by cooter
i looked at installing a c10 crossmember in my unibody but the frame is wider on the c10 which makes it difficult to make the swap.

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 24, 2013, 12:00 pm
by thenephilm
The frame width wasn't the issue for me but the track width is kinda wide.

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 25, 2013, 1:13 am
by urquidezp
Is it wider than the crown Vic....

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 25, 2013, 8:27 am
by ToughOldFord
Why deliberately downgrade your suspension??? :?:

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 26, 2013, 8:00 am
by thenephilm
On my build, I had to get the crossmember with the narrowed track width, narrowed the control arms, and had the wheels rehooped and the offset changed. It works great now but it was a lot of work. But I wanted the 1 ton 8 lug stuff on mine which gave me little option.

Re: c10 subframe??

Posted: October 30, 2013, 9:07 pm
by ToughOldFord
What's up with the missing posts???