Vette suspension in nova

[deuce_454]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

I'll start crating her up! It even has the 3:42 gears...

I'm serious - I've been pushing it around here for 4 or more years now and I'm not going to use it. My new chassis for the 37 has a Ford 9".. and leaf springs... Low tech at it's finest.

sold! ill take it

[GregWeld]

PM me.... I'd be happy to get rid of it!

[Romulus]

Another love connection.

Wish I would have known you couple years ago when I bought my 44.

[mfain]

Deuce,

To address your concerns about picking up the spring load at the shock mount, there are and have been quite a few roadrace C-4 Corvettes running coilovers mounted that way for quite a while. With that said, I had the same concern about wide tires (lots of traction) and big springs, so I fabricated a backing support that picked up part of the strain, and in addition, it put the rear heims on the forward four-link in a double shear situation, vice the single shear configuration that Chevy used. I saw a similar solution recently in a thread on this site. I have included a couple of pictures.

Pappy

[deuce_454]

Originally Posted by mfain

Deuce,

To address your concerns about picking up the spring load at the shock mount, there are and have been quite a few roadrace C-4 Corvettes running coilovers mounted that way for quite a while. With that said, I had the same concern about wide tires (lots of traction) and big springs, so I fabricated a backing support that picked up part of the strain, and in addition, it put the rear heims on the forward four-link in a double shear situation, vice the single shear configuration that Chevy used. I saw a similar solution recently in a thread on this site. I have included a couple of pictures.

Pappy

Thats a nice solution! my concern was like you said the single sheer, and the fact thats in aluminum.. Aluminum has a finite fatugue life, meaning that it will break from metalfatigue eventually. when is only a function of load and number of cyles... (so while it might last long enough for 100 races.. it might not do 100.000 highway miles..) its also the reason that the spindles have a service life specified by GM, and why aluminum connection rods arent used in street engines..

The pic you enclosed shows nicely how the bending stress in the aluminum is eliminated by that bracket, AND that the load is distributed to 3 bolts instead of that one shock stuc

being a soon to be owner of a c4 rear end id love to hear where you got that bracket?

[GregWeld]

Deuce --

Here's the pics of the C4 Dana 44 with 3:45's ..... It's been outside the shed on a dolly -- so it's not "pretty" -- but it's all there.

[deuce_454]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Deuce --

Here's the pics of the C4 Dana 44 with 3:45's ..... It's been outside the shed on a dolly -- so it's not "pretty" -- but it's all there.

sweet.. ill take it..

the best thing is that now ill haev an excuse to buy that AC/DC TIG ive been looking for an excuse to buy

[GregWeld]

Deuce --

Just Email me... give me shipping etc.