Hydro King's suspension upgrades

by JB2wheeler Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:35 am

Great pics, Hydro King! I do not like the way my frame twists in the middle, what I would like to have is some kind of an X brace welded into my frame with a way to have a driveshaft loop fastened to it to take out that twist. Twisting can NOT be good for the frame or the body. JB

by Hydro King Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:28 pm

by JiMi_DRiX Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:48 am

WOW!!

That looks amazing!! Sweet Job!!!!!

by yogreasygramma Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:59 am

That is a serious work of art!!

by Hydro King Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:33 am

Thank you, you guys rock.

by yogreasygramma Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:53 am

Can you give us a list of the mods, the parts and suppliers, etc? Thanks.

by ' HARRY ' Mon May 04, 2009 9:10 pm

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Wow!!! Truly impressive, Hydro King! Very well thought out and impeccably executed. I'd like to do something similar only retaining OEM type coil springing rather than coil-over shocks though. Can you give us a rundown of parts and mods you've made to your chassis? Including welding and any beefing up or relocating of suspension mounting points? Also, any recommendations regarding handling and stopping upgrades?

As JB mentioned, I would like to stiffen my chassis against twisting and flexing as well. Any thoughts on how best to do that without making it hard to drop the tranny or install a 3" dual exhaust system? I like the beefy trans crossmember and driveshaft loop. Did that stiffen things up a bit?......

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Are you building your own headers, or have you found some that are a good fit for this chassis? My stroker small block will need 1-7/8" primaries and 3" collectors.

Many thanks,

Harry

by Cdub74 Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:03 pm

DRRRROOOOLLLL.... Smile

NICE WORK MAN! I cant wait to do that with mine!

by 1973montec Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:19 pm

Does anyone know if Hydros car is getting finished? its ashame what happened. RIP Hydro

by JB2wheeler Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:14 pm

Last I heard was a relative got it and was going to finish it, but I don't know how true that is. It probably went to the crusher or worse yet made into one of those cars that like to jump rope like I did when I was a kid. JB

by badbiscayne66 Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:52 pm

live forever on the net Sad

by Limey SE Fri Dec 31, 2010 6:57 pm

From the last time I had talked to Salura the body shop guy was gonna finish it and / or give it to Hydro's Son

by JB2wheeler Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:46 pm

badbiscayne66 wrote:live forever on the net

Thats what one of my neighbors told his daughter when she put nude photos on Facepage or whatever its called. JB

by 2fat2fly Sat Oct 01, 2011 2:16 am

Wow------- That just amazing, hope it gets done, sounds like he was well liked and yes it would be awesome to get finished and his son be able to share something that his dad worked so hard on--RIP

by 77mali Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:41 pm

What happened to him?

by JB2wheeler Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:00 pm

He was murdered. Its a long long story, I'll let Limey tell it. JB

by 77mali Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:04 pm

JB2wheeler wrote:He was murdered. Its a long long story, I'll let Limey tell it. JB

That's terrible. Sorry for his loss. No need to elaborate.

by Limey SE Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:21 pm

Wow theres a Blast from the past .......MISS YA BRO

by BlackChevelleSS Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:01 am

Happy Birthday chris wish you could all celebrate it with us and your car

by Limey SE Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:57 am

BlackChevelleSS wrote:Happy Birthday chris wish you could all celebrate it with us and your car

yea took me a little bit to even post in this subject hard to believe he well yea

by orange Juiced Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:57 am

He was the one that invited me to this website through CarDomain, he was a cool cat. . . Wow I forgot how much work he put in the engine and frame.

by 77mali Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:18 am

Maybe do a "Hydro" sticky on the site as tribute w/ his posts. I know he had his car in Hot Rod and from just what is in this post the guy certainly new what he wanted and how to get it done.

by Limey SE Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:10 am

There is A Hydro sticky with him and his wife Salura in a Pic together

http://www.g3gm.com/t902-rip-chris-hydro-king

by Jedediah Sun Oct 02, 2011 5:04 pm

Wow thats what happened to him. I always heard mention and not sure if he was with us when I joined. Boy so many good people go before their time and the bad ones just keep on tickn.

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