Anyone Swapping C4 Suspension Under Anything Else?

Finally saw one in a U-Pull-It with the front fiberglass removed. Never realized how compact and self contained the front suspension is. 

Now I want to swap it under something, but what?

There’s a guy here who gets clean 40’s-60’s trucks from the desert, puts front and rear c4 suspensions under them with cheap but nice looking 17” wheels and sells them as rollers for 7-9k

Wasn’t that a common thing in the street rodding  world back in the 90’s- early 2000’s?

I wonder about ride height. 

I originally was going to toss Crown Vic fronts under my '78 Ramcharger and my Travelette, but the C4 has me intrigued.  

eastsideTim said:

Wasn’t that a common thing in the street rodding  world back in the 90’s- early 2000’s?

Yes.

A good friend of my dads put c4 suspension and drivetrain under a 57 vette. 

https://www.google.com/amp/www.hotrod.com/articles/70278-1957-chevrolet-corvette/amp/

C4, the new Mustang II!

57 Chevy 4 door hardtop, c4 front and rear, ls3 6l90, rear doors suicide. 

Newman's Car Creations used to make bolt-on C4 Corvette kits for a number of cars, and was even making new C4 Corvette rearend assemblies. Last I checked though, they had gotten away from the chassis business

 just happen to have an extra C4 for a parts car for a future Project, But with all the work to Up grade the front Brakes and all in the Fiero( only the 88's had a really good front Geometry) A cut and Splice could be in for the Challenge Fiero front  suspension .the plan Includes a Later Complete sub frame from a More Powerful  Wider later model FWD( to the Rear )  and will Complement the wider front end, and only three inches Shorter, C4's are 2 inches wider than the Fiero,  This is after this years Challenge.

I've built a number of cars using C4 suspension.   I've never transplanted it to an existing frame though.  I've always built my own frames.

I have 3 sets of suspension and a running C4  Vette in storage.  I'm not done with projects yet :) 

Man, how did I miss this in my searches?  I'm currently putting front and rear suspension from a 1988 Vette on my Ram 50 minitruck.

My buddy said he'd give me his c4 front and rear stuff leftover from a parts car he bought for the engine and trans.  Tree branch destroyed the "greenhouse". Could this be used on my 92 Caprice Challenge wagon?  I dont think I have the skills or time this year, but if I can trade him for them maybe next year....   

MGB?

In reply to NOHOME :

I wonder how hard it would be to graft C4 bits under an 1800?  Hmm... 

I saw a Bugeye in San Francisco that had corvette suspension on both ends with a newish Hemi.

This is still on the back burner.  Thought about using the C4 under one of my Jeep projects, but hate to lose the 4wd capability.  

In reply to Cooter :

Race Jeep though... like those pro-touring Blazer and Scout builds.

My brother and I were walking into the "Goodguys" hotrod show in Del Mar back in April, passing by their "autocross" course, in quotes because of how small it was. Still, it did require handling, so it was pretty entertaining watching these guys with big chrome V8s trying to get their machines to turn. Anyhow, this thing comes out of the gate and it approached the first turn, both of us said out loud, "He'll never make it." Not only did he, but he crushed nearly everything else, including the Cobra next to it. This was because the entire running gear and suspension was late-model Corvette. We were very impressed, but we very much appreciate understated "Q ships" (Google that for what they were).

In reply to kb58 :

Pretty much all of the high end pro touring suspension kits sold by well known shops (Detroit Speed, Art Morrison, The Roadster Shop, etc) are now based on C5/6 spindles and geometry (they're nearly identical between C5 and C6).

There was a guy in college who did front and rear C4 into a box-body S10.  He mid-mounted an LT1 (front 4 cylinders were in the ext-cab part under a fabbed cover and the back 4 were in the bed.  He mated it to a 4L60E.  A short drive shaft took it to the rear which he said "fit in like it was designed for the S10."  He basically had to weld on tabs for the ears of the center section to bolt to the frame.

I didn't pay too much attention to the front and its geometry.

In reply to kb58 :

I doubt there are many true GRM fans who need to Google what a "Q Ship" is. I've been into sleepers my whole life. 

In reply to Ram50Ron :

The weight of it is really the huge draw for me.  Well, and the fact that it is totally unexpected.