A good day in the garage, it was in the 50's and I had to get something done on the Camaro .... so I finished removal of the spring perches, mocked up the RT weld-on lower brackets, fabbed some 3/16 strap to simulate the shock height at 14.5", and fitted Scott's fix to my tranny mount issue.
Need to recheck the angle of the lower brackets and the side2side center and tack the brackets and tack the tranny adapter in place ... then take it to work and use the BIG welder again.
Got the perch off and ..... YES that is BONDO! WTF? Mock straps and set width. Ride Tech setup is sweet! Clamped on Scott's adapter to the crossbrace. View from bottom ... Scott's welds are beautiful! That's why I went w weld on brackets .... an extra inch per side!
Was gonna get the subframe connectors in, but a slight engineering fault (my bad) ... the side plates I welded on are too long and I can't get the connector up in the car and slide past the cross member brace. So I have to pull the front end out and then put the connectors in and then slide the subframe back and line it up w the connectors .....
When I'm doing this kind of stuff -- I make "lists".... and then I just cross 'em off as I get 'er done... It's less daunting when you see the list of stuff being crossed off.
That's why I went w weld on brackets .... an extra inch per side!
the bolt on axle bracket has also been moved over that extra inch also...I was just mentioning it so if someone wants the bolt on kit they wont think there sacrificing any clearance...sorry for the thread jack
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When I'm doing this kind of stuff -- I make "lists".... and then I just cross 'em off as I get 'er done... It's less daunting when you see the list of stuff being crossed off.
Thanks Greg ... if I started a list the light at the end of the tunnel would extinguish!!!
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Originally Posted by Rod P
the bolt on axle bracket has also been moved over that extra inch also...I was just mentioning it so if someone wants the bolt on kit they wont think there sacrificing any clearance...sorry for the thread jack
Rod, no jack at all, I encourage comments! If you look at post #761 with the bolt on brackets, there is no other way the lower bars can get mounted, they have to be inline w the perches, yes? Unless I'm really messed up how can you gain extra clearance when the perches are 42" c2c?
The bolt-on perches are offset to the center on each side...that is where you get the 1" extra clearance on each side. They are offset to the center just like both ends of the bar are offset to the center. I have the bolt-on bar mounts on my 69 firebird. I also spent a lot of time squaring up the front and rear wheel mounting surfaces, adjusting the front sub frame, moving the rear side-to-side, etc prior to welding on my upper perches....probably too much time!
Rod, no jack at all, I encourage comments! If you look at post #761 with the bolt on brackets, there is no other way the lower bars can get mounted, they have to be inline w the perches, yes? Unless I'm really messed up how can you gain extra clearance when the perches are 42" c2c?
Anyway, thanks for looking .....
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Originally Posted by jlwdvm
The bolt-on perches are offset to the center on each side...that is where you get the 1" extra clearance on each side. They are offset to the center just like both ends of the bar are offset to the center. I have the bolt-on bar mounts on my 69 firebird. I also spent a lot of time squaring up the front and rear wheel mounting surfaces, adjusting the front sub frame, moving the rear side-to-side, etc prior to welding on my upper perches....probably too much time!
All the measuring fun started at #75
Yes like jlwdvm said, we offset the mounting bracket bosses towards the center of the car on the mounting plate......I guess I should stop saying we I leave RideTech in January
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The bolt-on perches are offset to the center on each side...that is where you get the 1" extra clearance on each side. They are offset to the center just like both ends of the bar are offset to the center. I have the bolt-on bar mounts on my 69 firebird. I also spent a lot of time squaring up the front and rear wheel mounting surfaces, adjusting the front sub frame, moving the rear side-to-side, etc prior to welding on my upper perches....probably too much time!
Joe .... that's a nice Firebird, I had to go back and look at some of the pixs I took of the 4 bar and see the offset of the lower brackets ... duhhhh! I had them on the wrong sides (my bad!), oh well, I think the weld on brackets look cleaner! Hey, its only metal!
I will take your Firebird posts for reference to getting all things square Front2Back, wish I had a lift thou!!!!
Rod ... thanks for the clarification, don't want to be doing this twice
duhhhh! I had them on the wrong sides (my bad!), oh well, I think the weld on brackets look cleaner! Hey, its only metal!
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