Leons Thunderbird Site

The Chassis

For the chassis I will be strengthening it so it can handle the power of the V8. I am not going to be doing anything irrisponsible untill I atleast get some subframe connectors on. I also want a roll cage for a few reasons. One, I want my frame solid. I want to have exelent excelerating, braking, and cornering. Two, I want it for safty. If I flip doing a buck thirty than I can put my head between my legs and kiss my ass good bye. With a roll cage I can wait till I stop flipping and hop out unharmed.
Once It is secured structurally, I am going to convert to a 5 lug bolt pattern and install a Bremo Gran Turismo disk brake kit. this should help me stop on a dime (or an unlucky squirl). I am going to paint the underside of the car with rust resistor. it will give the underside of the car looks and help it resist rust. (the enemy of all cars!!!)

I just hope that I�ll never need to use my roll cage for anything other than to hang ugly pine scented air fresheners from.

I also want a air bag suspension from Air Ride Technologys. It will give me a smooth ride when im on some wide 18's(and it will give me a cool stance). I want 18" GTX rims on the front and 20" rims in the back.