Ok, Ive done my searching on here, And havent found too much yet, Looking for people that have made their own tranny x member. I just finished my suicides and my all out bed project, Now its time to get this thing laid all the way out, I have all the tools to make a nice setup, Just looking for pics of aftermarket ones (Twisted, Illusive, Cando etc) installed or what you did to get yours flat. Any advice or links to posts I missed would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!

 

Also what sizes and thickness of metal you used if you made your own...

 

i made this x-member for an old member on here. unfortunately life got in the way and he didn't buy it, so it's now a garage ornament... lol





it is made of 2x1x.062 tube, with 4" od tube for the exhaust. i made it so the exhaust and trans could be removed separate of each other.

 

very nice, I got some 2x1 left from my bed framing and some 4 inch pipe from making my taillight buckets, that 4 inch is a little thinner then that though, How does the exhaust hole seperate? And is there any kinda of bushing or does the rubber mount set on that?

 

Ended up cutting down my stock crossmember down and plating the bottom up with 3/8 steel plate, cut down the stock mount piece and gussested it all up and bolted it to the x member with grade 8 1/2 bolts

 

Burnzya I might steal your design if that's cool? I got a question though. Is there bushings on the ends or is it just the bolt goin through it?

 

hey burnz whats that x-member for? i need a better shaped one for my 73 that has a 22r and 5speed in it, my x-member now i had to shim it down and move the center section of it back, looks ghetto as hell and is not as safe as i would like

 

go for it!! i hate seeing the exhaust ran through a solid x-member. it's faster to make, but a real pain the first time it needs to be removed.. lol

sorry for the late reply, the exhaust hole tube is 2 pieces, so the bottom unbolts from the top, allowing the exhaust to drop out.

go for it!! the bolts go thru the tube, for piece of mind i'd recommend installing a crush tube into the x-member for each hole.

it was made for a 84-95 toy. i actually used your measurements when i modded a x-member for joe (toy boy) lol

 

did ya drop the center section down like i told him? mine sux cause i though of that later and had to shim mine.

 

yeah i dropped it. i can't remember how much, but it was the amount that he said it needed. i seem to recall 4.25" back, and 3/4" down or something like that.

 

Ya that sounds about right. Cool just making sure.

 

Hey Bernie what are is the length of the one you made and the overall height?

 

it was 4" tall, and 32.75" long, with the frame mounts being staggered to account for the angled frame section.