can i use 77 grand marquie frame?

brod · Post by **brod** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:42 pm

ohh never mind just looked at your profile looks like you built a whole frame. Awesome work dude.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:36 pm

lightning_msd wrote:hey marz, what kind of inches lower we talking about here? just wondering...

also marz, will the stock crossmember not hit far before the stock frame? I guess it's not a big deal if you just want a decent (read:5/7) drop. Integrating bags may lead to an un-level position when layed out. Regardless, I can't wait to see what you come up with!

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:18 am

Thanks BROD for checking out my truck

With the measurements i've done it looks like the crossmember will
lay flat or close to laying on the ground. It seems like on these truck the lowest part on it is the section of frame that sit's under the cab section.

EppersonRacin · Post by **EppersonRacin** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:01 pm

im wondering if i should use a straight axle or find an irs. whats some pros and cons of each?

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:31 pm

EppersonRacin wrote:im wondering if i should use a straight axle or find an irs. whats some pros and cons of each?

Bad thing about IRS is you will be limited to how much lift you get.
Good thing about IRS is that it's bad a$$.

Bad thing about solid axle is that it's not idependent

Good thing is that you can get more lift than the IRS will allow and that you already have one under your truck.

EppersonRacin · Post by **EppersonRacin** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:30 am

on the IRS will the axles bind when they are set into the axles the furthest?

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:16 pm

The axles will bind on the irs if you go past the limit.
You can set your IRS on your frame to get maximum lift without the axles binding but it all depends what you plan on doing, for example if you plan to lay doors on 22's what I would do is set the frame flat on the ground assuming that it's already body dropped then put the IRS in position with the wheels/tire size you plan on using and make sure the suspension travel is aired down to were the axles wont bind, after you have it positioned and centered you can start building all the brackets and gussets that you will need for this bad a$$ setup. Make sure the floor is level first

. The only bad thing I can think of with this setup is that if you run a tall tire you might have a hard time changing a flat tire unless you jack up the truck high enough to pull the tire out and how do I know

EppersonRacin · Post by **EppersonRacin** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:02 pm

sure is alot of stuff id have to do and i dont know anything about doing any of it :/

half tempted to use this LTD frame i have. the IRS seems way to hard for me at this point. but im sure i will regret it later :/

tybob81 · Post by **tybob81** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:33 am

I cant wait to see how Marz68 crossmember creation turns out. I was doing some measuring on my '68 and making a set up like a torsion bar mini would have when you bag one but it would take a wild upper control arm on the drivers side to clear the P.S box.

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:38 pm

tybob81 wrote:I cant wait to see how Marz68 crossmember creation turns out. I was doing some measuring on my '68 and making a set up like a torsion bar mini would have when you bag one but it would take a wild upper control arm on the drivers side to clear the P.S box.

I was also looking at the steering box but I got it figured out

tybob81 · Post by **tybob81** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:28 pm

Sweet!

Vinniesempire · Post by **Vinniesempire** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:37 pm

Update?

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:51 am

well I just borrowed my friends welder again so this weekend I will start tacking everything together
but first I need to make templates of all the pieces so that I can duplicate them later. I was going to use a stock upper control arm from a truck but the steering box gets in the way so i'll have to build custom upper and lower arms. I've been going back and forth trying to finish my trucks bed floor and the custom suspension but there isn't enough time in the day or two of me to get it done faster. I'm just trying to find the easiest way possible to make it a bolt on suspension so that it can get done in a weekend, well mabe longer just cause you will need to take it to the alignment shop after it's all put together.

tybob81 · Post by **tybob81** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:09 am

I can't wait to see the finished work. Judging from the caliber of work you have done with your own truck it will be great.

layedout72 · Post by **layedout72** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:34 am

you think his work is nice, you should check out the shop he works out of sometimes

talk about quality. They (Marz included) do some of the nicest work on mini/full size truck.s

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