While I was mulling over the crossmember location, I decided go ahead and clean the area of the frame and assemble the front suspension to the crossmember prior to even tack welding it into place.
With the rear suspension at ride height, the frame leveled and the front frame at ride height it was evident that the crossmember needed to be notched deeper (1-7/8 additional) in order to get the front suspension at the proper position (height) relative to the frame. The instructions mentioned that the crossmember may need some trimming but this seemed more than a little...so I called Scott's tech to confirm. I really didn't get a warm fuzzy on their answers so I just went with my gut feel and located the crossmember up and down the additional 1-7/8” as my measurements indicated. Apparently their system is set-up to run with about a 6-1/2” ride height whereas I am shooting for a 4-1/2 to 5” ride height. I was hoping this wouldn't create too many downstream issues.
So I bit the bullet and went ahead tacked it in place than fully welded it. Time will tell if it is correct but I quadruple checked my numbers and feel pretty good about it.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
