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Old 12-25-2004, 11:53 AM
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Default First Gen Chevy II suspension

Well, I've been fighting and debating with front suspension on this old '62 clunker for a while. I've raced karts, and my DD is an '04 focus SVT, so I KNOW I need to build this car so it rails.....no straight lines for me. I've finally come to the decision that I want to go with C4 or C5 parts. A friend of mine owns a fab business, so he's onboard for building this thing with me.

Are there major differences between c4 and c5? I've found a c4 front end for pretty cheap and reasonably local, but theres always c5 stuff on ebay. Anything to look out for geometry-wise when fabbing the mounts for the a-arms? What kind of anti-dive angles are you guys running? I guess I could have a million questions, but we'll start with that....

I LOVE Novacanes car, that would be ideal, but my budget doesnt quite allow me to go to that extent.

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Old 12-25-2004, 08:27 PM
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rob , go to www.martzchassis.net talk to gary he can help you.



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Old 12-26-2004, 09:19 AM
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Thanks Rick, but part of the reason I want to go with corvette stuff is the price, like I said in my post I can pick up the parts for a decent price. Most of the bolt on clips out there are pretty expensive for me. Being a business owner myself, its against my "religion" to waste their time getting info out of them if I know I'm not going to buy their product.

So that brings me to why i'm here....looking for info!

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Old 12-30-2004, 07:38 AM
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Poopy (love the name),

Send me a PM - I've got a 67 ChevyII with the WD Clip, I think you'd love that on your car. I can give you all the low-down on it, costs, etc....

Ryan
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Ryan, have any pics of the WD clip?
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Old 12-31-2004, 09:01 PM
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Heres a couple I've come across:

Ryan, sent you a PM, I'd like to hear any cost info you could supply me! thanks

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Ryan, have any pics of the WD clip?

Yeah, well, I did.... before my laptop crashed a few weeks ago. I'll get some new ones tomorrow and post them.

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I've got some pics guys, but they were too large to upload. I'll try and figure out how to get them to where they will upload today.

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OK - here they are. Keep in mind I just threw everything together with the original ball joints etc and bolts I had layign around the garage.... I working on mocking up the C4 rear so I can get a better idea of the ride height. I'll post more pics when I have them.

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Old 01-06-2005, 08:52 AM
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