Quote Originally Posted by toofast_28 View Post
Are you going to put gussets in the corners of the frame where you stepped it up for the rear end? Having built street rod frames (and other vehicle frames) before thats your weak link, if no room for gussets i highly recommend cutting a 3/16 or 1/4 inch "z" plate to cover those joints. if you want to keep it clean on the outside just do a 1/4" plate on the inside of each side of the frame. Go back about 3-4 inches (at least the height of the frame rails (2x3 tube i believe?) on the lower and upper portion of the frame on the "z" for max strength. Nice build, i just don't wanna see problems for ya. Always best to make it a little stronger in the beginning than have it all done and cracking and have to go back and fix it later!
yep. It'll have gussets.. they have always been in the plan and I ran out of 2x3 and kinda got side tracked .. actully I'm thinking more along the lines of cutting 2x3 peices to triangulate that part.. I got to take it all back apart to clean the welds up also.. but I want to get the body built first, and figure out rear suspension so I can mock up ride height and figure out a safe amount to channel it