Kelly Skarra
New Member
Hello everyone,
I am new to this site and have very much enjoyed reading numerous conversations and detailed information from many threads and forums. I am going to be ordering a '27 T-bucket kit from Spirit Industries soon and am looking for ideas and feedback, do's and don't, and maybe some direction and information in order to procure the kit I am looking for. I want to have a Ford 9" installed with a 4-link set up and this will be behind a Chevy TH-400 and supercharged BBC engine. I am planning on adding some frame strengthening to the kit, and have seen many great ideas on this site...so far I have understood that there is no such thing as "too much" in this area. Some basic information I am trying to wrap my head around is rear axle width relative to wheel backspacing...does a person order the kit with the axle complete, then order the wheels with the appropriate backspacing, or vis-versa, and get the wheels and tires first to dictate what axle width I need? What about a roll bar set up...is this something necessary with a high horsepower application and how is something like this grafted into the body and frame?
I have many more ideas and inevitably more questions to follow as I get going, and welcome any and all feedback given. I have already been briefly in touch with Josh at Spirit Industries and he has been a wonderful help so far. Now I just have to nail down what I am going to order.
Thanks in advance.
I am new to this site and have very much enjoyed reading numerous conversations and detailed information from many threads and forums. I am going to be ordering a '27 T-bucket kit from Spirit Industries soon and am looking for ideas and feedback, do's and don't, and maybe some direction and information in order to procure the kit I am looking for. I want to have a Ford 9" installed with a 4-link set up and this will be behind a Chevy TH-400 and supercharged BBC engine. I am planning on adding some frame strengthening to the kit, and have seen many great ideas on this site...so far I have understood that there is no such thing as "too much" in this area. Some basic information I am trying to wrap my head around is rear axle width relative to wheel backspacing...does a person order the kit with the axle complete, then order the wheels with the appropriate backspacing, or vis-versa, and get the wheels and tires first to dictate what axle width I need? What about a roll bar set up...is this something necessary with a high horsepower application and how is something like this grafted into the body and frame?
I have many more ideas and inevitably more questions to follow as I get going, and welcome any and all feedback given. I have already been briefly in touch with Josh at Spirit Industries and he has been a wonderful help so far. Now I just have to nail down what I am going to order.
Thanks in advance.