[FIA-ERA]

Hey Tim/ Jeff,
I will try and get some better pics tomorrow. Plus I have to get my wife to re size the photo's for me, I know I know! I've noticed from other FIA owners pics that the side supports for the chassis have a notch in them some what (on the newer chassis). Mine is an old chassis and they have made some good improvements. Basically what I did was positioned where I wanted my side pipes and used a 4" hole saw and cut through the support. Now just wait a minute Bob, I did box the support back together and welded it all tight. I used tight mandrel bent elbows and header clamps that are really pretty trick. They have two 90 degree bends and then a single clamp that tightens them up together. I used a rubber mounted support studs two per side (one for vertical and one for horizontal loads). They where actually used on Harley Davidson motor cycles to rubber mount the gas tanks! I of course used some over sized washers to help disperse and heat build up. They are at the back so they should be fine. The over all package is A LOT tighter to the floor and bottom of the body. When you look from the side they are pretty much did even with the frame rail so if I scrap I'm hitting other stuff too. I just didn't care for the look of a few others, too close to the ground. Now it does get really tight around the brake box area! I mean really tight but it's more than fixable. Again, pics are worth more than words so I will try and posts some. Thanks, Matt.


There are a few pics in my gallery but I really stink at this computer stuff!