How high does the body need to go?

[italian job]

Will be doing a body off on my Chimaera this winter,just at the planning stage at the moment,working out exactly how i will be lifting the body from the chassis and if i can do it in my garage or will need to do it on the drive.The problem that i have in the garage is that the door opens into the garage and reduces the available height considerably.So can anyone tell me how high the body needs to be lifted to clear the chassis/engine please?
Cheers Paul.

[Steve_D]

If you are going to do it with the engine in then the underside of the front valance will need to lift higher than the top of the engine. Add a bit for the fact the chassis + engine will lift a little when the body weight comes off. If you are restricted on height then remove the engine first then you will only need to lift the distance from floor to tunnel top.

Steve

[TJC46]

Dont know the exact height, but heres a pic if it helps.

[italian job]

Thanks very much Steve and TJC that helps enormously.

Paul.

[AREA]

From memory, the plenum chamber is the highest point that the body has to clear.
You could always let the air out of the tyres to get some extra overall headroom!

Re your planning: here's a guide I prepared earlier (actually a few years ago now) http://autogasp.com/TVR.php that'll take you through what you need to do.

[roseytvr]

AREA said:

From memory, the plenum chamber is the highest point that the body has to clear.
You could always let the air out of the tyres to get some extra overall headroom!

Re your planning: here's a guide I prepared earlier (actually a few years ago now) http://autogasp.com/TVR.php that'll take you through what you need to do.

Area - I've just read that and bookmarked it. That is fantastic and should be wiki'd up mate, a truly great guide

[Chuffmeister]

How heavy is the body by itself? Possible to lift with a few people?

[italian job]

AREA said:

From memory, the plenum chamber is the highest point that the body has to clear.
You could always let the air out of the tyres to get some extra overall headroom!

Re your planning: here's a guide I prepared earlier (actually a few years ago now) http://autogasp.com/TVR.php that'll take you through what you need to do.

Mate,you are a star,cheers

[RichB]

If it's just to attend to the outriggers I've heard of people doing this with just 6" of lift on the body. What do you intend to do?

[Chuffmeister]

Chuffmeister said:

How heavy is the body by itself? Possible to lift with a few people?

Bump?

[carsy]

Chuffmeister said:

How heavy is the body by itself? Possible to lift with a few people?

It may be fibreglass but believe me its heavy. I jacked mine up front and back and then rolled the chassis out from underneath. If you are going to lift using manpower you are going to need a fair few hands. I think a minimum of 6 to lift and someone looking for clearance issues underneath. I`d jack it and then roll the chassis.

[Chuffmeister]

carsy said:

It may be fibreglass but believe me its heavy. I jacked mine up front and back and then rolled the chassis out from underneath. If you are going to lift using manpower you are going to need a fair few hands. I think a minimum of 6 to lift and someone looking for clearance issues underneath. I`d jack it and then roll the chassis.

Thanks for that. I appreciate that these things can be deceiving. However, for a partial lift, I hare you can do about 3" with the radiator in. Would removing the radiator allow you to raise slightly higher? What if you removed the engine?

[AREA]

Chuffmeister said:

carsy said:

It may be fibreglass but believe me its heavy. I jacked mine up front and back and then rolled the chassis out from underneath. If you are going to lift using manpower you are going to need a fair few hands. I think a minimum of 6 to lift and someone looking for clearance issues underneath. I`d jack it and then roll the chassis.

Thanks for that. I appreciate that these things can be deceiving. However, for a partial lift, I hare you can do about 3" with the radiator in. Would removing the radiator allow you to raise slightly higher? What if you removed the engine?

Assuming that you take all the body to chassis bolts off (otherwise the body ain't going to move at all) your main issue is pipes and wiring. If you were going for 3" lift then I guess you'd need to sort: bolts, earths, steering column, exhaust and manifolds, coolant hoses to the rad, brake and clutch lines, possibly the fuel line from the tank. Engine in or out won't make any difference not (from memory) would the rad.

[db484bhpv8]

I used a pair of chainblocks so it was easy to raise and lower as i liked. These pics are at the max height i could gain. There were many hours enjoyed crouching, leaning, crawling and sitting whilst the big strip down and rebuild took place.

[Colin RedGriff]

If you only want to get to the outriggers then just few inches is all you need. I did mine in my single garage I would suggest you do it in your garage if you can unless you plan to be working on it in the rain and snow!


DSCN0679 by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


I put the car up on axle stands using the backbone rails; then used a trolley jack to lift it an inch or so at each corner and then held it with some wood packing while i moved round each corner of the car.


DSCN0693 by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


DSCN0640 by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr


DSCN0750 by Colin RedGriff, on Flickr

This is the thread I started when I did mine

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[WinstonWolf]

If you just want to do the 2" lift I did a write up for the Griff, it's also in an old copy of Sprint magazine.

http://www.brookbanks.net/

[italian job]

Some great info,thanks very much

[Chuffmeister]

italian job said:

Some great info,thanks very much

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