A Z is going to be the way to achieve that kind of drop, probably front and rear. The problem is, the more you drop, the more room for stuff like fuel tanks and batteries you give up. The '27 turtle deck is already pretty tight, so you would have to do some real engineering to get things in there once you did that kind of lowerering.

I take it you haven't built your frame yet, so what I would do is build one out of 2 x 4 lumber, to actual scale, and bolt it all together, just as if it were a real frame. Fit the body to it and see what you have. I like working first with lumber because of the ease of making changes (lot's easier than cutting up steel )

The reason I mention a front and rear Z is that you won't want to channel the '27 more than frame thickness, if possible. Mine is only channelled 4 inches, and I still sit high in the saddle, so much so that I recut the seat trying to get it lower, but only got marginal improvement. I sat so high that people kept commenting I must be very tall.(I'm only 5' 9" ) So I must have looked like Herman Munster going down the road. That is one reason I am putting very low pads on the floor of the current T project, so I actually sit way down into the car.

What kind of rear suspension are you going to use? That will sort of dictate what kind of drop you can get too, as some suspensions take up more room than others.


Don