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Old 02-18-2007, 02:40 AM
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id say that if you are any good at fabricating you can get prety far, gulstrand is free and reversible.. so do it! also if you have access to a lathe there is no reason not to do delrin or even better aluminum/teflon bushings... also solid frame mounts are a good and cheap upgrade if you can do it yourself.. id also minitub it just to fit some wider rears, i mean if you are buying new rims anyway, the difference isnt that much.. also boxing the stock controll arms are a cheap and very advisable modification. id buy some sway bars and a quicker steering box.. possibly on ebay


with regards to brakes my suggestion on a budget is to fit brakes from a 98 up f-body, can be had cheaply on ebay.. you need to do some brackets up front, and clock them in the rear.. but again not impossible by far
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Old 02-18-2007, 09:55 AM
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id say that if you are any good at fabricating you can get prety far, gulstrand is free and reversible.. so do it! also if you have access to a lathe there is no reason not to do delrin or even better aluminum/teflon bushings... also solid frame mounts are a good and cheap upgrade if you can do it yourself.. id also minitub it just to fit some wider rears, i mean if you are buying new rims anyway, the difference isnt that much.. also boxing the stock controll arms are a cheap and very advisable modification. id buy some sway bars and a quicker steering box.. possibly on ebay


with regards to brakes my suggestion on a budget is to fit brakes from a 98 up f-body, can be had cheaply on ebay.. you need to do some brackets up front, and clock them in the rear.. but again not impossible by far
thanks.. like i said i have an entire 4th gen brake setup in my shop.. so that will be the route i take.. and i do have access to a lathe and press.. im still gonna check out the afco line i might save me some time.. the brackets up front that you speak of: i printed off a template i found on i think it was pozziracing.com or something like that.. i had a 6" reference liine on it so you can print it out, make sure it measures 6" and cut it out.. i think its the right plate.. if not it wont be that hard to figure out what i need.. the main problem i face is that the car is my daily driver and id like any mods i do to be a weekend job..
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