1969 Camaro tru-turn

[BigBronco]

Hate to bump this thing but what a roller coaster of a thread.

I have ATX Billet spindles, Speedtech Control arms and in the box is a set of C6 z06 brakes with Kore 3 brackets.

I ordered a Tru-Turn so when that arrives on Monday, I hope to install and start taking some measurements to get some wheels sized up. LS fest is only a few months away now.

Hopefully this works out

[glr0212]

Good luck bronco. Be prepared to massage fenders or rehoop your wheels

[BigBronco]

Originally Posted by glr0212

Good luck bronco. Be prepared to massage fenders or rehoop your wheels

Thanks man. Have not ordered wheels yet and had been putting it off till the parts came in.

Now to get my Wife's firebird off the lift so I can get my car up and get it all measured.

[cwylie]

Originally Posted by BigBronco

Thanks man. Have not ordered wheels yet and had been putting it off till the parts came in.

Now to get my Wife's firebird off the lift so I can get my car up and get it all measured.

BigBronco - You went to UT and had a 4th gen F-body right? I think you and I went to the track once like 15 years ago and used to play Halo on Xbox if I remember correctly.

[69Toronto]

Hoping someone can chime in on TruTurn in 2020
I have a stock subframe, global west upper and lowers
stock spindle, AGR ps box, QA1 coilovers, 18x8.5 rushforths and 245 40 18s on it

i bought the car with all adjustments maxed out to make the car as low as possible....it rides like crap, rubs when i crank the wheel in both directions.
control arms basically on the bump stops

switching things around now...my goal is to just get the car as low as possible where everything is performing correctly and be able to make a proper 3 point turn or a U turn like a normal person lol


i like to lowered stance but realize the car will have to go up

Im hoping to add some global west shorter subframe bushings
replace the 350lbs springs with something stiffer

I am thinking of adding drop spindles, but then read about the TRUTURN

Im not looking to run a 275 tire...I just want to get the lowered stance and be able to turn on a 245 tire


is truturn what i need here or can I just but some drop spindles and call it a day?

thank you...Bob

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by 69Toronto

Hoping someone can chime in on TruTurn in 2020
I have a stock subframe, global west upper and lowers
stock spindle, AGR ps box, QA1 coilovers, 18x8.5 rushforths and 245 40 18s on it

i bought the car with all adjustments maxed out to make the car as low as possible....it rides like crap, rubs when i crank the wheel in both directions.
control arms basically on the bump stops

switching things around now...my goal is to just get the car as low as possible where everything is performing correctly and be able to make a proper 3 point turn or a U turn like a normal person lol


i like to lowered stance but realize the car will have to go up

Im hoping to add some global west shorter subframe bushings
replace the 350lbs springs with something stiffer

I am thinking of adding drop spindles, but then read about the TRUTURN

Im not looking to run a 275 tire...I just want to get the lowered stance and be able to turn on a 245 tire


is truturn what i need here or can I just but some drop spindles and call it a day?

thank you...Bob

My buddy just put one on his 69 Nova, which is the same kit as the 67-69 Camaro. It's a big block car which can have fitment issues on it's own if the frame stands and mounts aren't correct. But in his case he could not get it to clear the headers (tried Hooker and custom Lemons headers). The shop called Ridetech and they told them headers wouldn't work with that system.

I know the install pics show headers but I believe it's an LS swap car. I would call and verify from Ridetech first if that will be an issue with what you're doing. Other than that the shop doing the work had installed these before on other cars (not first gens) and liked the system and had no fit issues.

[69Toronto]

Originally Posted by camcojb

My buddy just put one on his 69 Nova, which is the same kit as the 67-69 Camaro. It's a big block car which can have fitment issues on it's own if the frame stands and mounts aren't correct. But in his case he could not get it to clear the headers (tried Hooker and custom Lemons headers). The shop called Ridetech and they told them headers wouldn't work with that system.

I know the install pics show headers but I believe it's an LS swap car. I would call and verify from Ridetech first if that will be an issue with what you're doing. Other than that the shop doing the work had installed these before on other cars (not first gens) and liked the system and had no fit issues.

i should have mentioned I have a set of Doug's headers on a sbc they are not traditional long tubes more like 4 to 2 to collector type of thing...would almost call them midlength?

[Matt@BOS]

Originally Posted by 69Toronto

Hoping someone can chime in on TruTurn in 2020
I have a stock subframe, global west upper and lowers
stock spindle, AGR ps box, QA1 coilovers, 18x8.5 rushforths and 245 40 18s on it

i bought the car with all adjustments maxed out to make the car as low as possible....it rides like crap, rubs when i crank the wheel in both directions.
control arms basically on the bump stops

switching things around now...my goal is to just get the car as low as possible where everything is performing correctly and be able to make a proper 3 point turn or a U turn like a normal person lol


i like to lowered stance but realize the car will have to go up

Im hoping to add some global west shorter subframe bushings
replace the 350lbs springs with something stiffer

I am thinking of adding drop spindles, but then read about the TRUTURN

Im not looking to run a 275 tire...I just want to get the lowered stance and be able to turn on a 245 tire


is truturn what i need here or can I just but some drop spindles and call it a day?

thank you...Bob

The Tru Turn was designed to be able to get the steering arm higher on the spindle so that you can run more backspace as the wheel will fit over the steering arm instead of hitting it. That does no sound like something you need.

The two main obstacles you encounter when lowering a car are suspension travel and steering angle/wheel size before something hits. The suspension travel can be fixed with a drop spindle. The steering angle and wheel size both come down to how much physical space you have before the wheel hits the fender or inner fender, and the only way to fix that is to get smaller wheels, or clearance the sheetmetal to allow for more room!

Hope that's at least a little bit helpful!

[69Toronto]

decided to try cutting the top hats off and make the car a true coil over car while at the same time extending shock travel
also going to add lower subframe bushings

also need to rebuild a QA1 already....1800 miles...hopefully that tucks the top of the tire and allows my to make a 3 point instead of a 76 point turn

[BigBronco]

Originally Posted by cwylie

BigBronco - You went to UT and had a 4th gen F-body right? I think you and I went to the track once like 15 years ago and used to play Halo on Xbox if I remember correctly.

A blast from the past but yep. Use to be on TRS and what not. Did not have a 4th gen though but was with all of the 4th gen crowd/ls1tech, etc.

Long time man!