So, I've seen quite a few builds where somebody has shortened a frame for their build. It's not too daunting of a task. I've been day-dreaming about building a lighter & more powerful truck, something along the lines of a RCSB 2 wheel drive, with a 370 & lots of boost. Then this thought crossed my mind.....

What about finding a RCSB, get a used 5.5(crew cab) super-short box, shorten the frame, and put it all together(making a new RCSSB).

The beds are composite(as far as I know), so the bed should be lighter. Also gonna lose a few pounds of frame. The cab will be closer to the rear axle, so weight distribution should also be better(maybe).

Good idea, or bad? Has this been done yet? And if so, got any pics?

 

i think it would look funny being that short, and i know my dads 5.5 isnt composite.

 

a guy photoshopped a pic of the ccsb bed on a rcsb and it was ugly! looked like a damn hot wheel! hahaha

 

I think you're on to something.... Except, why do 370 cubes when you can do waaaaay more lol. 440+ with about 3 kits on it

 

I think it might look cool..Kind of like the old 2wd K5 Blazers lowered....Do it and be the first to report back

 

beds are not composite, considering how thin 1500s frame material is(about 1/8 steel) steel weights .2835 lbs per cubic inch, so that frame section being about 6 inches long, flatten the piece of channel out its about 10 inches overall sooo, 6x10x.125=7.5 cubic inches x.2835 x2 your only saving about 4 pounds in the frame sections, and maybe 15 lbs for the bed if that, imo not worth the trouble

 

Yup, bed's are not composite. You could get the sport side beds (is that the one's that I'm thinking of?) that are made of fiberglass.

 

Okay, so the bed is steel. I think the wheelbase would end up about 12 inches shorter. How would that lend itself to the launch?

 

someone posted some good photoshop pics of one, and it looked goofy as hell.

 

Care to repost them? Thanks if you can.

So aside from looking funny, would it work well?