If you look up how the Corvettes suspension works then you would under stand what i mean

its just idea I have to save bed space if i ever do the swap


ps to this very day the Corvette still runs leaf springs

 

Sort of. Yes the corvette still runs leaf suspension but it has been a single slab of fiberglass not an off the shelf leaf pack like most would think of when that is suggested.

 

Could be off the self just have to find one that will work

 

or, you make it easier and run coilovers

 

I have dirt bike i like to haul around so makes it tougher for me

 

Then it sounds like an IRS swap probably isnt the route to go.

 

I have thought about the C5 Corvette and my '77 Longbed...the suspension would allow lots of low, but with travel and bed retention! They have almost the same wheelbase, so I thought Corvette underneath and Lucy on top. But retain the complete Corvette underpinnings you WOULD have to cut up the body to get low...but the motor and suspension (minus the torque tube for moar low) under a ToyotaMini would be the tits! Check this truck out! Cool story! <--Just like that but Toyota bed floor retention (this is the biggest hurdle) and moar lowerer!

 

I think the leaf idea is rad! I think bed cutting is-what-it-is...but stock appearance is so cool when low! And a bed is why I bought a truck...I think with something like corvette rear suspension is just the right answer, and I think that with the right setup you could still haul...albeit not a ton, but maybe close to a 1/2 ton.

 

You drive one nasty truck my friend keep it up!!!

 

How's the truck coming along.

Ever think of swapping in the Supra IFS as well?

With the IRS. The track width is different front to rear and the wheels will. Look weird IMHO.

 

I'm running wheel spacers up front. The rear was only approx 1.5" wider.

 

Hey man that front setup is sick I like the brackets you made. You said that you re enforced it. Do you have pics of the front end finished with the bracing?

 

Any pics of the truck in action or better yet a vid? Hows it handling?

 

Before they were cleaned up and painted.

 

I'm still building the truck.

 

Just curious what tubular a-arms are you using?

 

Kbs fabrications...formally cando. Very nice arms.

 

Also when you ordered the qa1's, you ordered the bearing mount and not the poly mount correct?