New Member 83 Ctulass

[andrewmp6]

Welcome to the site nice to see more g bodies on here.You might want to tighten up those traction bars they hang too low to do any good.A good site to look at is gbodyparts.com .

[deuce_454]

traction bars have NO effect on a k-link suspension... they work on a leaf spring to limit spring wrap... if you want to increase weight transfer or traction on a g-body you have to move the IC rearwards, either by installing brackets to raise the mounting point of the rear upper controll arm, which is great for drag racing.. but the rear roll center height will also increase, making for worse cornering and increased bodyroll.... or you can weld in some SPC lower mount relocators on the rear.. lowering the rear lower controllarm mount, accomplishing the same, without moving the RRCH

stiffer bushings or even better jonny-joints really help both ride, handling and launch (just keep the rubber ones in the rearend, polyurethane increase binding and squeak...)

boxing the controll arms, or replacing with aftermarket is a good move... but boxing them and replacing bushings with either high durometer rubber or johnnyjoints is a good move...

the front end can be upgraded cheaply too.... but i wont tuen this into a novel...

so wellcome, great to see a g-body here.. and for gods sake, loose the slapper bars before some one sees them... they serve NO purpose, and anyone who knows their suspension stuff will just giggle and point

cool car though, post more pics

[Cutlass2181]

the car came with the traction bars on it from the previous owner. it does seem like they have no effect in regards to handling, but it feels like they pull the rear of the car down and let it grab when it shifts, chirping the tires. is this true? it looks like i have to take them off anyway to get to the rear shocks, so they might be removed completely.

i tried to post more pictures, but 5 is the limit, but i will update the photobucket album when i keep moving along.

[deuce_454]

it is trur that they limit upwards travel... the rear end moves up and "pivoting" arount the IC.. so the tractionbar will hit when the rear of the is depressed... thate is propably why you have so much distance from the snubber to the car at rideheight... they are effectively only serving as bumpstops....

get rid of them asap

and the 5 pic limit is per post (smilies counts as pics btw) so just do multible posts... thats is totally ok....

The GTA wheels will look right at home on that thing btw... cool car

[G-Body]

Sweet Car I love the G-Bodys always have!
Heres a pic of one of my 84 i sold awhile back Any future plans for your Hot Rod?

[Cutlass2181]

Wow, nice cutty. very very clean. thats exactly where i am mounting my tach too, good spot, i hate when their on the dash.

[Cutlass2181]

So last week, we started on the floors. there were 3 main rust spots that needed to be patched up. i round a near perfect 87 cutlass in a junkyard, and payed $300 for front back right and left floorboards in good condition.



so far we have 2 of the 3 replaced, and still need to do all of the seam sealing. hoping to have this little portion done with by the end of the week.

[olds]

Originally Posted by Cutlass2181

the car came with the traction bars on it from the previous owner. it does seem like they have no effect in regards to handling, but it feels like they pull the rear of the car down and let it grab when it shifts, chirping the tires. is this true? it looks like i have to take them off anyway to get to the rear shocks, so they might be removed completely.

Nice cutlass!

Try these - they're the best you can buy for your car:
http://www.scandc.com/currectrac.htm

Not sure if you posted it somewhere, but what size are your front tires? &backspacing on wheels. I like those

[ElkyZO6]

Nice g-body. Keep the pic's and updates coming.