Projects Speedway cross member

With no engine in the 41 right now, and the rear being lowered from the parallel leaf kit, I'm seriously considering speedways front cross member for 41-48 Ford's. It's supposed to drop the front 3" with no other mods. I have spoke to one member on here who used one, just looking for insight from others as well.
Is it as easy as knocking out the rivets, removing the stock one and bolting in the new one? Any other headaches ***ociated with this swap?
Just making sure I know what I'm getting into, thanks.

 

I was going to do it but with a low posies front spring in the car I would need to move the wishbone ends out to the frame rails or they’d damn near sit on the frame at rest.

 

I tried it with my 351w but I had to raise the engine to get it to clear the cross member
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Oofff.....I was wondering about that myself.

 

there's another build on here, but he used an SBC I don't believe that he had any issues.

 

You might be thinking of @EV34

every person I’ve talked to that’s got a dropped axle, a very “low” spring set up and the dropped cross member eventually takes them to the frame rails or swaps to a 4 bar

I have ch***is engineering inc mounts holding up my chevy and I believe it would clear the dropped cross member as is.

 

Yes that is him. I also have the CE mounts and a sbc so I should be OK. I'm going to go ahead and order the cross member and just go for it.

 

I have the flattened crossmember that was originally sold by Vintage Ch***is Works. I believe that Speedway's is a direct copy of that piece. I also have a reversed eye front spring and dropped tube axle. The radius rods are split on a ch***is engineering unit and are split about the same amount as a CE unit for a 40 ford, definitely not out to the side rails. I'm running a SBC so I have no experience with fitting a front sump oil pan engine but there are rear sump ford oil pans available.
The woodie certainly sits down in front and I have damaged a couple of the chin pieces that mount below the grill but I like the look. It's been on the road since the early 90s and driven from Oklahoma to Wavecrest (Encinitas), Minnesota (twice), Louisville, Wisconsin without drama

 

Well this definitely sounds like a good way to get the nose down. I'm going to get a better air hammer for knocking the rivet heads off with to make the job go better, and who doesn't like new tools anyway? My transmission is due to be built in a couple weeks so I have a bit of time. Sure hope to have this thing on the road next summer!

 

its close that’s for sure! I need to finish taking the the original front axle. Bumpers out to gain a little more clearance but drive down the road just fine.