Posted by Keith on Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 11:28AM :
In Reply to: WC 1/2 ton V-8 Conversion? posted by Steve in PA on Monday, January 09, 2006 at 11:46PM :
I'll weigh in with Tom and others here. Your WC body is cool, and you have some good components, axles, etc. The problem with this plan is the same problem with the Sarge project on SpikeTV which is the 1/2 ton frame. The frame is the foundation for all of the other modifications, and adding strong, powerful, heavy components on a light weight frame makes an unbalanced machine. The frame will not handle the extra stress. Stacy talks about boxing in his frame, but he is still working with relatively small dimension steel. You are better off to take a 3/4 or 1 ton frame and adapt the carryall body to it.