66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?

Good morning Anders,

Yes i saw your comment. Definitely easier to run em straight. You will notice most guys who do these run them straight, and put in transition plates, since the crossmember is only 1/16" thick, and the connectors are 1/8" thick, you have to transfer the load to the 1/8" transition plates, then out to the thinner crossmember, or over time you can have a stress crack form.

I had questions about the subframe connectors not lining up exactly. I have a local friend who is a mopar nut. Still builds ashphalt track and dirt track race cars out of them. He said what you got going on is plenty stout for a street car, and even a race car, as long as 1 side rail on the connector lines up with 1 side rail on the front frame, the reinforcements will do the rest. A lot of it is about load transitioning, and trying to see the push, pull, and twist forces that it will have.

I do these problems with my students. We talk about tension, shear, and torsional stresses in aircraft. Sometimes i use a bit of automobile stuff to keep em interested, and thinking.

Yes clecos. I have a huge box of em at the house. They come in handy for auto sheetmetal projects. I have a box of em at work as i am a sheetmetal structures instructor, and shop crewchief.

Did you notice the beefy 1/8" thick torque boxes i fabricated and installed as well?

Matt