coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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Don't think you can do it with stock uppers.. done with stock lower. all the time.
Sure you can, plenty of room. My GTX had stock uppers.
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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To eliminate the torsion bar the stock lower control arm needs some form of support on both sides for strength. I pushed the stock stuff out and went to a steel on steel bushing for a GM roundy round suspension application and made a bracket that would support both front and back of the control arm.
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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What holds the back of the lower? where the torsion bar used to go into it? or does it matter?
mine has this simple support. the pin on my K is still used
one thing also done was a bushing was made for the inside lower arm with the bolt hole off center by rotating the bushing it moves the arm in and out . This helped make the camber setting stay constant thru any travel. Along with the mounting points on my upper arms having been relocated my front alignment is the same on the ground as it is in the air.It thinks it's a strut
Did you flip the spindles around for the rack and pinion?
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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Is supporting the rear of the LCA all that important? I have seen a few set-ups that didn't have a support other than just a bolt through to the LCA pin. Like this: http://hemiduster.com/coilover.htmThat's how I was planning to do mine. Maybe I ought to re-think that plan.
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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I see a bolt back there. Maybe it's fastened to the lower control arm shaft to keep the arm from pushing towards the rear of the car. There is no way the arm will fall off. The front strut will not allow that but it may pull back a bit without the tension of the torsion bar on the hex.
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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Is supporting the rear of the LCA all that important? I have seen a few set-ups that didn't have a support other than just a bolt through to the LCA pin. Like this:
http://hemiduster.com/coilover.htm
That's how I was planning to do mine. Maybe I ought to re-think that plan.
I own that car and it hasn't fallen off yet
What are the welds for???
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Re: coil over front end with stock upper and lower a arms??
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Youi would have to ask Dave since he did it IT'S pretty obvious it is needed for strength.Stops any flexing and keep it from spreading since there's no torsion bar pushing from behind
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Is supporting the rear of the LCA all that important? I have seen a few set-ups that didn't have a support other than just a bolt through to the LCA pin. Like this:
http://hemiduster.com/coilover.htm
That's how I was planning to do mine. Maybe I ought to re-think that plan.
I own that car and it hasn't fallen off yet
That's good to know.
So I guess supporting the back side other than a (retaining bolt to the pin) isn't necessary.
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