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Old 10-29-2014, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Maertz
Yes i did its a damn tight fit but possible... Are you manual? Im auto with no problems yet, but i havent gone over 30 yet....
Eh, where you're going, 30 is too fast anyway.

Yeah, I have a manual. Not sure I can push it up.
Old 10-29-2014, 07:07 PM
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I did a partial tummy tuck with my 4 link. I build a new trans crossmember that raised it up almost 2". My 4 link crossmember hangs down 1" below frame rail in the middle to help give more link separation (had to cut into body for upper mounts). It's not a true flat belly, but is several inches higher than factory.

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I had to build a custom fuel cell for this setup, and remade almost every frame crossmember.
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Old 10-29-2014, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ringer
I did a partial tummy tuck with my 4 link. I build a new trans crossmember that raised it up almost 2". My 4 link crossmember hangs down 1" below frame rail in the middle to help give more link separation (had to cut into body for upper mounts). It's not a true flat belly, but is several inches higher than factory.

Old vs new crossmember.
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I had to build a custom fuel cell for this setup, and remade almost every frame crossmember.
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yup if i had felt like going thru the body hassle and trying to get my upper mounts at good separation i would have went flat belly but as im sure you saw its a big hassle i said screw it and chose not to, you meeting in the middle im sure was still a big pain. i debated it pretty hard but in the end said screw all that..



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