I think I saw a couple of those failures.

Good to see you posting John!

Dennis,
We miss you out at Route 66!
Keith has his Challenger together and we both had a couple of good points meets at the end of last summer.
Hope you can join us in 2017!
MJ

Keith had a bunch of work done by my buddy Patrick.

I am putting the finishing touches on a '73 Duster 340 clone. I am hoping I can at least get out on a few Sunday meets.

So I have a front left brake hung up so I priced a rebuild of the front brakes and it was nearly $250 for the 9" drums she currently wears (I was young and dumb when I built it) so instead of rebuilding the stock stuff she is getting a set of the Wilwood conversion brakes. Hoping to knock a good chunk of weight off with the swap too.

It's always a great time to upgrade when your spending serious cash for repairs!
MJ

. Aerospace components is having a sale ck em out

I put Wilwood 10" drum spindle brakes on my Duster. Saved 8-10 lbs. over the SSBC/KH aluminum caliper set up I had that used stock 65-72 A body disc brake spindles.

See post #2098052.

Wonder how much more with the iron calipers,,,,,,and would the Wilwood be ok at 3900 lbs with plenty of street miles??

I sure hope they street, that's mostly what my car does

Do they have a kit that uses the stock a-body drum spindle like the Wilwood kit?

Disregard I found the answer.

Street savvy that is. LOL.

Merry LIGHTmas everyone and a Happy LIGHT year ahead.

Here in Detroit and having my rear bumper Black chrome epoxy powder coated. Should be adding a few ounces at the right end in the end. LOL.

New Years day bump. Wishing you all a light one in 2017

and most will have a Bud light toast to that.

I have a part that's got me stumped and I thought this place might be the best to go to?
Several years ago I bought some NOS parts out of Canada for a 1970 B Body. Included was an NOS center link. It just didn't look the same as my original? I have posted a couple of pictures. The ends on the NOS piece are smaller and are just the same size as the raised portion for the tie rod end? This NOS center link is also a good 1/2 pound lighter than my original?
Does anyone have an idea of what I have here?
Could it be a light weight part?
Could it be a Canadian part or something else?
Your comments are welcome!
Thanks! John

I've just sent this to a parts/numbers guru like no other; SPECIAL K is his name and he'll see into it.

In the meanwhile, that Canadian piece looks a little leaner in the center straight portion hence the lighter weight. The ends look to be beefy as the originals.
I had taken my stock center link like that long ago and jigged it onto a stand and then cut off the ends at the same points on both sides. I turned the end legs down on a lathe and then slipped a chrome-moly hollow tube of certain thickness and strength and plugged tig welded it together. I then ran a complete bead of weld on the surrounding seam to close it up.
Took off 2 pounds.
The stockers weigh 5 pounds.

I believe BondoBob on here also makes them the same way and his workmanship by far is better than mine.

In the meanwhile, I'll see if Special K jimmies in on here or at least gets back to me direct.

The only lightweight suspension parts that were Chrysler sponsored were the special parts that were created by Detroit's own "Trick Titanium" for the Missile cars.
I don't think that center link is Titanium, but who knows. Could also be beef material difference between manufacturers and or replacement companies.
I have a suspicion that there are long lost misplaced Trick Titanium parts lurking around in attics or old stock piles.
I went to their Troy, Michigan location back in the 90's and got to fetch quite a few fasteners from their stock pile for the missile cars and other who jumped on the band wagon.
Wish they had made some Titanium K-members. Much better than the magnesium k's that cracked in half on a wheel stand.

Time for a bath.

Never Ever, would I give my car a bath like that. Better ways to lose weight then a acid bath that helps to randomly destroy your cars body.

So the Mopar Missile started life as a Demon?