Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
[Re: viperblue72]
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bigdad
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I put a Alterkation under my 65 Valiant wagon , its nice fits nice .. Nothing wrong that I can see , except, I don't like the fact that the main square tube in it is not bent on a mandrel bender.. and, its just a bit wider then others out there For my 67 B-Body , I bought one from Carl Gerst , if I bought another I would buy it from him . very helpful, very knowledgeable . calls you back, and his costs less and I THINK it nicer looking http://gerstsuspensions.com/products/
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
[Re: viperblue72]
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Have you figured the cost of a strut front end? Since your shock towers are gone, i assume you have a cage of some sort, and adapting either a strut or Mustang II would be on my list, and i have built two successful coil over/ rack and pinion front ends on 65 Darts. A long travel setup for anything slower than nines i think would be needed. Double ad justable struts are needed above a certain power level
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Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
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If this car is truly just a drag car my vote is a strut front end.Bite the bullet now, as I regret not going that route with my tube-chassis Lancer. It has a fabbed a-arm coil-over set-up.With a Megablock, dana rear wheelie bars,and additonal safety equipment for performance expectations,things get heavier really fast. I am constantly working at weight reduction. Just look at how fast some of the lighter small-block cars are running,ie:pittsburgracers Duster and numerous others. High horsepower, heavy cars BREAK PARTS! This area is,regretfully, the place I should have used better judgement.
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Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
[Re: bigdad]
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viperblue72
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I put a Alterkation under my 65 Valiant wagon , its nice fits nice .. Nothing wrong that I can see , except, I don't like the fact that the main square tube in it is not bent on a mandrel bender.. and, its just a bit wider then others out there For my 67 B-Body , I bought one from Carl Gerst , if I bought another I would buy it from him . very helpful, very knowledgeable . calls you back, and his costs less and I THINK it nicer looking http://gerstsuspensions.com/products/ Do you know the weight difference between the factory stuff and alternation?
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Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
[Re: viperblue72]
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bigdad
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I think it would be somewhere around 50 lbs , most of it would be the drums to disc brakes
My Belvedere drives like a go cart now, its great
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.Proverbs 18:6
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Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
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I have one from HemiDenny as well. Car is straight as an arrow and super stable at speed. Google HDK K members
72 Dart 500" low deck Indy SR heads. 10.40 @129 best so far
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Re: Early A-body alterkation or Other?
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Nothin wrong with the RMS AlterKation. Bill is an excellent guy, he answers his phone too. I usually PM him on facebook and he replies almost instantly. I've talked to him @ 10:00 at night. That's damn good service.
408 Stroker 533 HP 520 FT LBS...........................1970 Dart RMS AlterKation
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