Keithmania
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Zanesville, OH USA
Was wondering if anyone had thought about building a full boxed frame and then making mounting points on the existing XJ unibody and mating the 2 together. Would you get any more torsional rigidity with the full frame? Would using the unibody frame rails as the mounting points work?
My sense of it is that it would add lots of rigidity to the existing platform and would allow some greater ability to customize what kind of suspension you want to put under it. Additionally, if the engine mounts were moved from the unibody to the new frame could you not put in an engine that had whatever combination of torque/hp specs you'd want? As long as the engine would fit within the confines of the XJ engine bay.
Just thinking out loud...
My sense of it is that it would add lots of rigidity to the existing platform and would allow some greater ability to customize what kind of suspension you want to put under it. Additionally, if the engine mounts were moved from the unibody to the new frame could you not put in an engine that had whatever combination of torque/hp specs you'd want? As long as the engine would fit within the confines of the XJ engine bay.
Just thinking out loud...