I got out today and did some work on the car. Another frustrating day:rolleyes:

I was wondering if anyone has had the problem of sliding a new yoke onto a new pinion. I can barely get my Moser yoke to slide onto my Motive pinion. Any tips to get this to slide on more so I can install the washer and nut to pull it on further? Trying to set the pinion preload and get the rearend setup.

What's wrong with this picture? Look at the lower attachment of the coil-over. These are the 3.6" stroke coil-overs from Ridetech with 8" springs. I believe I'm going to have to go with longer coil-overs with 10" springs. Any ill-effects having the 4.1" stroke coil-over on the front? Also, is there any problem with shimming out the steering arm around 1/4"? I'm having interference with the Truturn at the wheel.

Are you using Ride Tech lower control arms also? I would think that if you bought all the components from them or a vender then you should have the correct shocks? I would call them and see what they say, but yes you seem to have an issues with the shock being to short.

No, I'm not running Ridetech's control arms. Ridetech didn't seem to be hugely familiar with the ATS/Chicane brackets, which allows for a coil-over with more stroke. I'll have to call Speedtech tomorrow, I suppose, to hopefully get an answer. When I spoke with them in the past, they didn't seem hugely familiar with this particular setup either. They didn't design my front setup and I don't know how much experience they have with it.

Why not just build a higher lower mounting point on the control arm? I'd do a temporary one and make sure you have the desired travel. Is 3.6" enough stroke?

I have thought of that, but the amount of fabrication to execute that is more than I am willing to do at this point. I did speak with Speedtech today and was able to get more info than I did before. They spec'd the same size coilover that I have on the rear with the AirBar, which is 5.2 stroke, but with 10" springs. That would be the easier solution to this small hiccup, it seems

I have emailed James of the OLC Camaro and Tyler, the originator of the ATS/Chicane bracket setup and both have confirmed to me the 5.2" stroke coil-over with 10" springs is what the system was designed to run. I got a rough measurement of front suspension travel in the neighborhood of 7", so the 5.2" stroke shock will definitely work. Now I just gotta convince Ridetech that is what I need and the system was designed to run.

I had some problems in setting up my rearend and finally realized why I was having so much problems. The Moser yoke I am trying to run is out of spec. I spoke to Moser and was told that the yokes are put through a heat treating process after they are machined and sometimes get out of spec from the heat treat. I sent it back to Moser to get them to broach it for me. Hopefully, I will get it back and all will be good to go. I am so ready to finish up this suspension so I can get the body ready for paint.

I'm doing my best to hang on to this car. I really don't want to let it go after working on it for so long and have so much time into it. I really want to see the fruits of my labor. Time is not on my side, but I'm trying to tough this out.

Hang in there. You aren't the only one struggling and you are farther along than most.
I have more parts than time right now, and no money for remaining items at this time.

Lately I have considered changing the name of my project from "Someday" to "Setback"!

I moved just 9 months ago and just last weekend moved back... Once listed my house "sold" in 8 days but then the appraisal killed the deal coming in way under sale price due to all the foreclosure/short sell stuff on the market.

I will say organizing the garage is pretty easy since I have a fresh memory of how it was.:thumbsup:

You'll get there.:cheers:

Fortunately I can say that I have nearly all the parts I need. One area I haven't given much focus on and will have to be a work in progress is the interior. I did change directions on my gauge setup and ordered and received the new Dakota Digital VHX gauges the other day. I can't wait to see those in action. I love all the options these gauges have. New Vintage has a better looking version of this style setup, but they lack all the options the VHX gauge set has, so I went with those. I just wish they were a little more retro looking.

I'm on the downhill slide and in the coming weeks I should be able to show major progress on my build. It's been stalled lately with all the changes I have made and all the snags I have kept hitting. I definitely have lived, first hand, the 'nothing fits' experience.

I got to see those gauges in person at CARCRAFT St Paul last Saturday. I was really drooling, lemmee tell ya.

Can you highlight some things they offer NV USA does not with their 3 in 1 sets? Without getting too muddy? I am curious what pushed you to the decision. When I talked to NV it sounded like the sky was the limit... if you pay enough.