70 dart 470 ci drag car build.

I have some things on my Dart I wish I would have done differently, hindsight is 20/20! Lol

What I was thinking was that basically continuing the front subframe mount all the way back to the crossbar. Pretty much between the two bars you put in, colored it in red in the pic below. Essentially you would have one boxed piece of steel from the front to the rear crossbar. The way it is now you rely on the strength of the welds, in shear, to provide strength on acceleration. When looking at the picture you can see how the forward subframe end could slide back to the crossbar without the welds being there.

Does that help, remember I’m from PBR’s neck of the woods so written word is not our strong suit?

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Okay I get it, yeah so I didn't feel a seam weld would pass cert & I had the idea of spreading the load from the leaf springs. On the rear subframe I will also add 1 more bar on each side that ties into my main hoop, probably right around the red line you so kindly drew for me.
You explained it fine, I just wasn't understanding what you meant lol.
I do have some 6 by 6 plates .125 that I could totally box in those 2 bars.
The real reason it is that way is because I cut out the floor and the subframe connectors were left