Street Rodder magazine, brings you one of the most complete books on designing a street rod chassis and suspension system. Building a car chassis is a complex endeavor, and an area where many do-it-yourselfers make mistakes. With the help of Street Rodder's Chassis and Suspension Handbook, you will learn the basics of chassis building and suspension systems. This information will help you tremendously to properly design and build a chassis for your street rod, and avoid costly errors. Sections covered include:
Subject: Automotive Chassis Design: Street Rodding: How to design and build a street rod chassis and suspension system. ISBN-10: 1557883467 | ISBN-13: 9781557883469 | HPBooks 1346
- 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!
Subject: Automotive Chassis Design: Street Rodding: How to design and build a street rod chassis and suspension system. ISBN-10: 1557883467 | ISBN-13: 9781557883469 | HPBooks 1346
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.
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.
