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Originally Posted by SickSpeedMonte
The rear springs are 2" A-body drop springs from here:
http://www.classicperform.com/chevelle.htm
PN: RCS60342
They dropped the rear of my car 3", so I guess a stock A body spring will drop a G body by 1" or so. I dont have the spring isolators in there either.
You will absolutely need adjustable upper control arms to get the pinion angle right. Otherwise, expect alot of vibration on the highway.
Inner fenders: I cut where the bolt to the outter fender and made new tabs to secure the inners. You can't re-use all of the bolts, as the holes dont line up, but they are very secure and I havent had a problem in 2 years worth of street driving and autocrossing. When you cut the portion out of the outter fender (on the engine bay side) it will weaken the structure, so you should take a piece of angle aluminum and brace the outter fender. Bolt it to what is left of the arch going over the inner fender, and bolt it ahead of and behind with at least 2 bolts each, fore and aft, as well.
The outter fender lips are rolled in the rear for the fat tires, but the front is stock. The 235's do not rub with 4.5" backspacing. We'll see if that changes when I put the big brake kit on and move them out 1/4" on each side. |
That's good info, and thanks for the A body spring tip, you just saved me 100$ on drop springs
