70 Chevelle - My First Car

[ScotI]

Looking good. I love the clean & compact footprint of the Holley Mid-Mount set-up.

As for the Air Ride vs. C/O suspension.... It comes down to what YOU ultimately want. I have had air set-ups (basic manual set-ups only) on multiple trucks over the rears. They're great for adjusting ride height when I'm pulling a trailer. But they can have issues & can be a source of aggravation @ times when supporting pieces fail (compressors, pressure switches, height sensors) while not @ home.

That being said, seeing as you are talking about a GM A-body, the chassis is basically like the C/O option w/o the adjustability. The good about the C/O's is the ability to easily tweak spring rate vs. an OE configuration replacement/aftermarket coil spring but I'd bet most replacements springs get the job done as-is. Next is the ability to tweak/adjust small ride height changes as well, So, C/O's get the nod for adjustability over traditional coils if you are the type that will want to 'adjust' things beyond the initial setting up.

Maybe the answer is in the realm of do you like to tweak things, or do you tend to leave things alone if you're good w/the initial set-up?

[HEEP]

So, after much measuring and fortuneatly another person working with Speedtech on an A-body with the Ridetech strong arms, we were able to get coil overs ordered. They arrived and so, the install was started.

Before this could happen, I finally finished all the welds and smooth down the welds of the quarter panel. Mark that off the list.

Rearend tried to kick my butt, however, got all the control arms lined up and the upper bushings installed in the rearend housing.

After this was completed, I moved to the front coil over bracket install.

[camcojb]

What error are you seeing?

[HEEP]

Originally Posted by camcojb

What error are you seeing?

It just seems to time out when I hit the upload button. The post with the shocks had 4 other pictures that were supposed to attach.

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by HEEP

It just seems to time out when I hit the upload button. The post with the shocks had 4 other pictures that were supposed to attach.

The pics were too large, 5-6mb each. I reduced the size.

[214Chevy]

Good progress Bill...

[HEEP]

Originally Posted by 214Chevy

Good progress Bill...

Thanks......

Seems to be one Saturday at a time. Need to get more completed in the middle of the week.

[HEEP]

So back at it today. Got the Speedtech front shock brackets installed along with the QA-1 shocks.









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[HEEP]

So ready to smooth the firewall. I have a piece of metal and my question is do I overlay or cut out the existing and weld it it?


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[HEEP]

So it has been a while since I have updated. There has been some work going on, but there were other projects that I was asked to do around the house.
But, I did get the firewall completed.





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