First Gen Chevy II suspension
 

Well, I've been fighting and debating with front suspension on this old '62 clunker for a while. I've raced karts, and my DD is an '04 focus SVT, so I KNOW I need to build this car so it rails.....no straight lines for me. I've finally come to the decision that I want to go with C4 or C5 parts. A friend of mine owns a fab business, so he's onboard for building this thing with me.

Are there major differences between c4 and c5? I've found a c4 front end for pretty cheap and reasonably local, but theres always c5 stuff on ebay. Anything to look out for geometry-wise when fabbing the mounts for the a-arms? What kind of anti-dive angles are you guys running? I guess I could have a million questions, but we'll start with that....

I LOVE Novacanes car, that would be ideal, but my budget doesnt quite allow me to go to that extent.

Thanks

Rob

rob , go to www.martzchassis.net talk to gary he can help you.



rick kirkindall

Thanks Rick, but part of the reason I want to go with corvette stuff is the price, like I said in my post I can pick up the parts for a decent price. Most of the bolt on clips out there are pretty expensive for me. Being a business owner myself, its against my "religion" to waste their time getting info out of them if I know I'm not going to buy their product. :D

So that brings me to why i'm here....looking for info!

happy holidays

Rob

Poopy (love the name),

Send me a PM - I've got a 67 ChevyII with the WD Clip, I think you'd love that on your car. I can give you all the low-down on it, costs, etc....

Ryan

Ryan, have any pics of the WD clip?

Heres a couple I've come across:

Ryan, sent you a PM, I'd like to hear any cost info you could supply me! thanks

Rob


http://www3.telus.net/public/sugab/Nova/Photo0212.jpg

http://www3.telus.net/public/sugab/Nova/Photo0215.jpg

Yeah, well, I did.... before my laptop crashed a few weeks ago. I'll get some new ones tomorrow and post them.

Ryan

I've got some pics guys, but they were too large to upload. I'll try and figure out how to get them to where they will upload today.

Ryan

OK - here they are. Keep in mind I just threw everything together with the original ball joints etc and bolts I had layign around the garage.... I working on mocking up the C4 rear so I can get a better idea of the ride height. I'll post more pics when I have them.

Ryan

Pics will be in a couple different posts

Some more....

Looks good, Ryan!

Better 'n good!
 

Not just good. Damned good! I love it!

:yes:


jp

Wd
 

Looks good Ryan, I was wondering if you had mocked up a motor and headers into it yet? Like to see how much clearance that frame has. keep up the great work. vince

Hey Vince,

I honestly haven't gotten that far yet, but I'll certainly let you know when I get there. I've talked to others that have run Camaro headers on their LS1 powered Nova's, so I imagine that is the way I will go first. Thanks for the kind words guys.

Ryan

I don't like the way that rack is mounted in the first set of pics. I see bad bump steer problems and there is not even a motor in it yet. The WD frame looks very nice. I like his work.

Mike

Chevy II front suspension
 

now I find out years after selling my 66 nova SS becaise it rode like turd, they they make a good front suspension kit for the car :willy:

Nova front end
 

What type of front clip are you using?

ryan, looking good . keep up the good work . :thumbsup:




rick kirkindall

what the max tire/wheel combo you can fit on the (W-D) clip?

^^^^

Oldie, but goodie.... :willy: