Street Rodder's Chassis & Suspension Handbook

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Street Rodder magazine has been the leading resource for street rod enthusiasts for decades. The experts at Street Rodder have now compiled a comprehensive handbook on one of the most critical areas of street rodding — the chassis.

Proper chassis building is complex — an area where many enthusiasts make mistakes. By learning the fundamentals of chassis building and suspension design, you may avoid costly errors. The information in this book will give you some of the knowledge to help you properly design and build your chassis and hang your suspension. Sections covered include:

• Frame design and building
• Hanging suspensions
• Independent front ends vs. solid
• Independent rear ends vs. solid
• All about steering systems
• All about driveshafts
• Brakes, shocks & springs... and much more!

Table of Contents:

FRAME
Frame fundamentals | Poli-form & Weedetr tubsters | Project Lakes modified frame-up | The theory and application of antiroll bars | Hoses & fittings.

STEERING
Flaming River's quicker steering box | Better steering for cross-steer Fords | Combining Vega cross-steering with Ford column steering.

FRONT SUSPENSION
Front-end basics | Chassis Engineering's bolt-on IFS | TCI's IFS air spring retrofit | Mustang IFS for 1937-1939 Chevys | Building a budget front-end | Heidt's Mustang II IFS | Mopar drop and stop | Kingpin setup for 1937-1948 Ford spindles | Easy Street air suspension | Fat sedan suspenders.

REAR SUSPENSION
Rearend basics | Chassis Engineering's bolt-on rear suspension | Heidt's IRS | The Zipper IRS | Project Lakes modified gets a Zipper IRS.

ENGINE and TRANSMISSION
Engine swap basics | Tranny selection | Fat fendered's 700-R4 crossmember.

SHOCKS and SPRINGS
Brake system basics | New "old" disc brakes | Plumbing basics | Air springs for Ts | Getting your rod road-ready.

DRIVESHAFTS
Setting up your driveshaft | Troubleshooting driveshaft vibrations.