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Rear springs question turned into fuel tank discussion
- Thread starter Justin V
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stock gm 52 is centered.
stock gm 56 is off set length plus 4" extra on the back side.
76zimmer did on his blazer I know .
I run a set backwards for different reason my self . super short k30 wheel base and wanted least amount of over hang behind truck .
stock gm 56 is off set length plus 4" extra on the back side.
76zimmer did on his blazer I know .
I run a set backwards for different reason my self . super short k30 wheel base and wanted least amount of over hang behind truck .
Almost all. I found the bastard set by accident.
67-72 c10 and c20 w/ 127" wheelbase were 24x28
@6872xtc these are what are in the back of the K5 you have
I was unaware that there was 56 inch chevy springs that didn't have an offset pin...
As for relocating things, not that big of a deal. I already need a new driveshaft, and I need to figure out 14 inch shocks anyway, my rear flexible brake line is extra long.
The main reason for wanting to do this is that I want to try and mount the suburban fuel tank forward of the rear axle above the driveshaft. I have no idea how I am going to deal with the crossmembers yet. I need to take some measurements before I get too involved. Might as well is whooping my ass.
What is the vehicle?
79 short box K10 with 1 inch body lift, 56 shackle flip /52 front
I need a welder
What do you have for power?
cutting the floor out for the tank? I've looked at putting the tank there and it didn't look like it was possible unless the floor was cut.
Have you looked on Craig's for a small mig?
I ran 208 into my garage and picked up a free arc welder
Yeah, I feel like the driveshaft will hit it...
Only way that I would do it is if I could leave the cab alone. Cutting up the bed doesn't really concern me. For a while I was thinking that I should just mount a big rig saddle tank in the bed but I am worried about COG and fuel slosh possibly causing a roll over.
I wonder that. Haven't tried this though
What drive train (trans/t-case) are you running? CV rear axle? I don't think you could put it anywhere near the cab, I was referring to the bed floor.
