Frames under rear Axle......pics.....bags.....opinions?

taylor is keith wit the ranger, check out pma motorsports, i know they are working on one for a guy named andy it is a s-10 i know they are doign something similiar to what u want, pmamotorsports has
some pics

Hey ken is this your new frame for the Taco???

Looks Bad Ass, I haven't spoke to you Vc guys in ages... oh yeah it's Ty. SHORTY

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Originally posted by FULL COLLAPSE



Hey ken is this your new frame for the Taco???src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/customcutz/frame2.jpg">

Looks Bad Ass, I haven't spoke to you Vc guys in ages... oh yeah it's Ty. SHORTY

yulp call me some time or e-mail me

I remember that frame from the Twisted show.

Looks good.

Im 1LAYZMOFO but there was a durango with under the axle frame with pics on here and an 67-72 year c-10 with the same under the axle deal actually was thinking about where it went lately if anyone knows where the pics are my layzass commends you!

Go for it man... I had a different idea of putting the frame under the axle, started a post on here over a year ago about it. The key is big wheels... so your frame has some suspension travel before it hits the axle. If I were you I'd set up some sort of a chain/bumpstop system so the frame cannot hit the axle and make it hop. I was thinkin about using leaf springs with my idea essentially so the bags would be UNDER the axle and I'd drive on mono leafs with the bags deflated. Inflating the bags would actually bring up the axle and lay me out bringing the rear wheels off the ground when parked.

Originally posted by TomKat



Go for it man... I had a different idea of putting the frame under the axle, started a post on here over a year ago about it. The key is big wheels... so your frame has some suspension travel before it hits the axle. If I were you I'd set up some sort of a chain/bumpstop system so the frame cannot hit the axle and make it hop. I was thinkin about using leaf springs with my idea essentially so the bags would be UNDER the axle and I'd drive on mono leafs with the bags deflated. Inflating the bags would actually bring up the axle and lay me out bringing the rear wheels off the ground when parked.

i dont get what your saying man. the axle dosent move vertically, so how would inflating the bags "bring up the axle "

im confused, please elaborate, i woud like to see what your saying it sounds interesting.

those frames are cool, no doubt show winners, but on a street driven truck all that low length waaay out behind the axle is just begging to get caught on stuff.
Also, building the frame to be level all the way to the rear of the truck may be cool for dragging, but remember that almost every truck bed has a taper up behind the rear wheel arch, so all that frame and gas tank and whatever else will be visible under the rollpan, which would be kind of ghetto.

It works on LittleShopLackey's Blazer though because the rear overhang is so short...

Just my opinions. People probably think it looks bitchin till they put the bed back though.....

Edited: 1/8/2006 3:31:05 PM by TomKat

Ok Taylor, imagine this, the truck has leaf springs in, and bags under the axle, with the lower bag mount on the frame. When the bags are deflated it sits, say, 2 inches off the ground riding on the leaf springs. When the bag is inflated half way, it increases the gap between the axle and the frame. Something's gotta give here... the wheels hold the weight of the truck so the bag's inflation causes the frame to go down, against the tension of the leaf springs. Once the truck is laid out, inflate the bag the rest of the way and the weight is transferred to the frame, causing the axle and the rear wheels to lift off.