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GQ Shorty Chassis lengthening

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GQ Shorty Chassis lengthening

Post by smee2u »

Am lengthening my GQ Shorty chassis by approx 10-12". Am l better off splicing a long wheel base chassis onto the original shorty chassis or splicing two sections into the shorty chassis (one either side)?
I got my hands on a couple of 15' straight sections of chassis rail for nix and l will be engineering the mod.
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Post by Ossie »

For what purpose are you doing this? To get more wheel base? more overhang on the rear? Some more information can help.

Jason
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Post by smee2u »

Im attempting this mod to gain more wheelbase. This is with the hope that it will keep the front wheels on the ground more of the time !!!
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Post by Rhysta »

Im pretty sure u dont even need to touch the length of the chassis.

All that is done is relocating of shock mounts and other items...
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Post by ozy1 »

i would just weld in some new coil mounts, mod some shock mounts and lengthen your upper and lower arms, much better than splicing in a new chassis length, and easier to engineer, just my opinion anyway, and i did it this way as well,
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Post by smee2u »

Yeah, thats the way l was originally planning to lengthen my wheelbase (move coil mounts and lengthen control arms/drive shaft), but an engineer suggested that he would pass a spliced chassis provided its welded correctly.
It would also help to maintain stock control arms if l can so it this way, which could be a bonus when and if l ever bend them as l can order off the shelf !
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Post by bj on roids »

build ones that dont bend and make it whatever length you want :D
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Post by ozy1 »

smee2u wrote:Yeah, thats the way l was originally planning to lengthen my wheelbase (move coil mounts and lengthen control arms/drive shaft), but an engineer suggested that he would pass a spliced chassis provided its welded correctly.
It would also help to maintain stock control arms if l can so it this way, which could be a bonus when and if l ever bend them as l can order off the shelf !

stock arms are to short in my honest opinion if you build em strong enough they will be fine, mine measure in at about 1050mm, and i havnt bent them yet,
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