LQ4 into a 3rd Gen/1972 Nova
09-25-2012, 12:50 PM
#1063
Yeaaa.. try as I might the rear end still ended up whining. I am positive mesh was good and backlash was within the 0.004"-0.007" sweetspot range. Think that'll be a winter project that I'll probably farm out, I don't have the patience in me to **** around with the shims and constantly pulling/re-installing the carrier...
09-27-2012, 12:42 PM
#1066
Hit 12psi of boost on the way to work today once the tires were warmed up.. this thing is a ******* monster.. it was almost undriveable at 7:30am pulling away from home when it's cool and dewy outside, even in the low boost setting, muhahaha.
10-11-2012, 12:43 AM
#1068
Speedtech is about a half hour drive. I do like the quality of their stuff, and very competitively priced, however I leaned towards the G-Link mainly due to the weight of the individual components, the freedom of movement the upper/lower links end joints have, and the price and adjustability, despite the fairly common ride-height complaints on the pro-touring websites.. but I figured a way around that 
Feel free to ask away any questions you have. The necessity of the mods I did is arguable, and they weren't terribly hard, but I felt it was the way to properly lower the ride height with minimal compromises elsewhere..
Feel free to ask away any questions you have. The necessity of the mods I did is arguable, and they weren't terribly hard, but I felt it was the way to properly lower the ride height with minimal compromises elsewhere..
11-01-2012, 10:40 AM
#1069
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Joe was getting a little out of hand here at SEMA, sooooo......
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11-06-2012, 11:51 PM
#1070
Ordered Ridetech coilvers front+rear. Also ordered some A-body steering arms and am going to fabricate new inner tie-rod mounting points for the drag link.. a poor man's TruTurn so to speak. Going to order DSE mini tubs real soon, need 305 in the rear, maybe 315. Am also currently calculating material sizing for fabricating a 3-piece front sway bar so that I can run 275's.. which at the same time I am also figuring out the template to use for notching my subframe for 9.5" rim. Also need to think about ordering some mandrel bends to do a legit over-axle tailpipe setup. And so it continues.....
11-07-2012, 06:38 AM
#1071
Not sure how he did it, but Mark Stielow had 335's on all four corners. Here is an article about the famous "Big Red".
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...o/viewall.html
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl...o/viewall.html
11-07-2012, 09:18 AM
#1072
Chassis
Frame: Bill Osborne's Inland Chassis Design built what is essentially a stock car chassis with 2x3 rectangular-tubing framerails. With the stock '69 Camaro body dropped over it, the stance is unlike that of any other Camaro you've ever seen.
Suspension: The front end is supported by coilovers with Grigg's Racing shocks and Vogtland springs. The steering is a Stiletto rack-and-pinion, and the tubular sway bar is from Speedway Engineering. In back, it's also Grigg's/Vogtland coilovers with a three-link and panhard bar.
Frame: Bill Osborne's Inland Chassis Design built what is essentially a stock car chassis with 2x3 rectangular-tubing framerails. With the stock '69 Camaro body dropped over it, the stance is unlike that of any other Camaro you've ever seen.
Suspension: The front end is supported by coilovers with Grigg's Racing shocks and Vogtland springs. The steering is a Stiletto rack-and-pinion, and the tubular sway bar is from Speedway Engineering. In back, it's also Grigg's/Vogtland coilovers with a three-link and panhard bar.
For a more home-built approach, Tom (DGGM WX3) notched his subframe to fit 275s all around. See this thread over at PT.
11-07-2012, 11:23 AM
#1073
Tony.. Are you mixing up Mark Stielow's "Red Devil" with the famous but much older "Big Red"?
Red Devil (built about 2 years ago)..
Big Red (built in the 90's)...
Both cars are wicked-awesome in their own right. Big Red for being the pioneering badass pro-touring car way back when, and beating up on all the exotics on the road courses. Red Devil essentially being the modern-day Big Red, with modern car creature comforts and driveability, with brute power and handling that probably nears that of Big Red. I'd happily own either
Red Devil (built about 2 years ago)..
Big Red (built in the 90's)...
Both cars are wicked-awesome in their own right. Big Red for being the pioneering badass pro-touring car way back when, and beating up on all the exotics on the road courses. Red Devil essentially being the modern-day Big Red, with modern car creature comforts and driveability, with brute power and handling that probably nears that of Big Red. I'd happily own either
11-07-2012, 11:30 AM
#1074
Sounds like you need to ante up and get yourself one of these....
http://www.speedtechperformance.com/...rod/prd157.htm
http://www.speedtechperformance.com/...rod/prd157.htm
11-07-2012, 08:57 PM
#1077
Brakes: Baer Racing is one of the car's primary sponsors, so it's no wonder Big Red wears the latest Baer 6S six-piston brakes clamping huge 14-inch rotors on each corner. The car will need those big brakes to come down from 200 mph.
Wheels: The wheels are "high-tech, old-school" 18-inch BBS three-piece units with magnesium centers.
Tires: Bet you've never seen an early Camaro with 335s on the front. Now you have. They're 335/30ZR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-Fioranos on all four corners.
Wheels: The wheels are "high-tech, old-school" 18-inch BBS three-piece units with magnesium centers.
Tires: Bet you've never seen an early Camaro with 335s on the front. Now you have. They're 335/30ZR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-Fioranos on all four corners.
11-16-2012, 05:36 PM
#1078
Goodies! Also got fronts but they got sent with the wrong springs, so can't mount them for good yet, which is ok because I need to cycle thru the front suspension to measure bumpsteer as well as establish the new droop travel at my desired rim height, since these have a shorter stroke than the QA1 coilovers I previously had. Also got some power steering A-body steering arms which are shorter and don't drop, so am going to cycle thru the suspension and measure bump, and relocate the inner tie rod mounting holes on the drag link to minimize bumpsteer. Will report back later.
11-17-2012, 02:54 AM
#1080
They jump from single adjust to triple adjust.. couldn't justify the cost for triple (more than double) so went with single. From what I've felt, the quality of the damping on the single will be more than enough. I justified it by telling myself I needed a stiffer spring rate in the front and looser spring in the rear, so that's several hundred $$ worth of spring changes right there, so just went with the coilovers I wanted in the first place.