Noob Question (65 Chevelle/66Nova)

[BLWN1]

any updates, Im curious about the nova setups..

[Marcus SC&C]

Chevy IIs are neat cars. We`ve had and done a bunch of them over the years. The whole front end needs to go away. There are some pretty good aftermarket alternatives though. We did a `66 with a mild small block,Heidts front clip with tubular arms (they use taller Chrysler upper ball joints which improve the geometry on the MII front end). With the firmer of Heidt`s springs (forget the rate),the optional front swaybar and 225/50/16 245/50/16 rubber the car actually drove and handled quite well. It was a lot of fun to drive. A quantum leap from stock to be sure! Here on Lateral-G we tend to be 1% of 1% kind of car guys (the lunatic fringe,and I mean that in a good way!) and want everything as good as it can possibly be (even if that`s way WAY beyond the point of diminishing returns at times). 99% of hot rodders would be absolutely thrilled with how that car works though. If you want to go a step further Alston makes a front subframe also that although it looks MII based at first glance it is NOT. The geometry is somewhat better and it`s designed to use their adj. Varishock coilovers. A very clean setup with made to fit headers,big brakes and everything available. Neat thing about front ends like this is you can literally unbolt the old front clip,roll it away and install one of these in a weekend (if you thrash) and be back on the road. Mark SC&C

[Mean 69]

OH! Please post that link as soon as your website is up and running!

This is a good thread from the past, I remember this one clearly. As requested, our site can be found at www.lateral-dynamics.com. As an update to this specific thread, we are not any closer with the specifics of the Chev II suspension, meaning we don't have anything to sell/show at this point, but we ARE a lot closer to finalizing the design on a few of the key attributes that will be applied to all of our subsequent front setups. We will have some relevent updates to the site explaining/showing our approach on a couple of the details here soon.

Funny/strange, looks like we will be solving the issues with the rear suspension on the A body cars here very soon (few weeks?), so that one will be done before the deuce setup. My comments still stand though, lioghter is better. I have been watching the prices on the deuce cars out here in So Cal, and man, they are not softening at all, they are still very expensive. Far fewer of them listed typically than the opther models.

Mark