1970 caddy sedan deville(sinister) lq4 s475 turbo cam=)
#381
Feel like most these pics look the same, but still a lot happening.
So, I had to put air shocks on the rear because when loaded down the drive shaft would come in contact with one of the floor pan crossmembers. Also, another thing I was never really happy about was I couldn't get the tailshaft angle on the trans any less than 5/6 degrees, preferred seems to be around 3/4.
Now that the air bags are going in this is being addressed. Like I just cut the entire trans/driveshaft tunnel out
Plotting everthing out....
Also, the reason for the horizontal laser line is because I'm flattening the rear floor to put in bucket seats. So, one more crossmember to rebuild.....
So, I had to put air shocks on the rear because when loaded down the drive shaft would come in contact with one of the floor pan crossmembers. Also, another thing I was never really happy about was I couldn't get the tailshaft angle on the trans any less than 5/6 degrees, preferred seems to be around 3/4.
Now that the air bags are going in this is being addressed. Like I just cut the entire trans/driveshaft tunnel out
Plotting everthing out....
Also, the reason for the horizontal laser line is because I'm flattening the rear floor to put in bucket seats. So, one more crossmember to rebuild.....
Last edited by slocaddy; 07-17-2017 at 09:59 AM.
#384
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From: The City of Fountains
#386
#387
Yes....and no.....
The pic is basicly dropped all the way down to the ground, looks cool , however one little issue.... can't get the wheels off, not enough drop in the bags, they only extend about 11 inches, and when you try to get the wheel off it touched the brake and can't get it out.
Also, once the 14" rotors are on Gonna be that much harder.
So for the axle to be able to drop far enough to get the tire past the Fender skirt Opening, I'll need a triple bellows air Bag, they have 14 Inch extension
So for now the upper bag
mount will Stay mounted in a position that lets It drop all the way down-and still be drivable. This was the whole reason that I bolted them in.If the fenders didn't already cover so much of the wheel this never would have been an issue
The pic is basicly dropped all the way down to the ground, looks cool , however one little issue.... can't get the wheels off, not enough drop in the bags, they only extend about 11 inches, and when you try to get the wheel off it touched the brake and can't get it out.
Also, once the 14" rotors are on Gonna be that much harder.
So for the axle to be able to drop far enough to get the tire past the Fender skirt Opening, I'll need a triple bellows air Bag, they have 14 Inch extension
So for now the upper bag
mount will Stay mounted in a position that lets It drop all the way down-and still be drivable. This was the whole reason that I bolted them in.If the fenders didn't already cover so much of the wheel this never would have been an issue
#389
Haha, as soon as I saw it was you , I was like "he knows"....lol
I guess I could just take one bolt out of the bottom of the bag and it wouldn't be a problem.......
#392
When I first started what has become this back half project , I was all gung Ho, once I cut the frame out and it hit the ground I was like s***! Whatever got myself into. Now that I have an axle connected back in the car , very happy again.
When I finally had all the brackets tacked in and moved the axle up and down with no binding , I was like , "this calls for a beer!"(or 4).......
#394
Thanks very much.
When I first started what has become this back half project , I was all gung Ho, once I cut the frame out and it hit the ground I was like s***! Whatever got myself into. Now that I have an axle connected back in the car , very happy again.
When I finally had all the brackets tacked in and moved the axle up and down with no binding , I was like , "this calls for a beer!"(or 4).......
When I first started what has become this back half project , I was all gung Ho, once I cut the frame out and it hit the ground I was like s***! Whatever got myself into. Now that I have an axle connected back in the car , very happy again.
When I finally had all the brackets tacked in and moved the axle up and down with no binding , I was like , "this calls for a beer!"(or 4).......
#395
The problem with overcoming challenges like these, is once you figure them out, you go on to something else and get yourself in deeper lol!
#396
So, made some simple adapters to mount the shocks to the lower control arms brackets, and useing some leftover tabs I will mount to inside frame rail.
The lower pic is with the car all the way lowered down/aired out.
I need to find a shock that Is 11/12" compressed and 22/23" exteneded, these double convoluted bags don't actually need that much drop(tripples would wink,wink) but the drop would make get to the wheel off a lot easier lol
The lower pic is with the car all the way lowered down/aired out.
I need to find a shock that Is 11/12" compressed and 22/23" exteneded, these double convoluted bags don't actually need that much drop(tripples would wink,wink) but the drop would make get to the wheel off a lot easier lol
#397
Well ordered rear shocks that are 12" closed, 16.5 open, might have to unbolt to change a tire, we'll see..... I did also order the tripple co convoluted airbags, gonna play with their mounting height and see what works best, this is all new to me, just want to build as smart as possible, sucks to but stuff twice, but this is my education =)
#398
Well, all the link brackets are welded in the car, so pulled the axle out of the car to start giving it some lovin' there Is literally nothing I'm gonna reuse on this thing, heres the rundown im planning:
9" ends with 05-10 mustang brake mounting bolt pattern, that should make my brakes bolt on. Moser is the only company I know of that makes real ends, not just c-clip eleminators.
35 spline street/strip axles,
Strange s-trac diff,
Billet main caps,
Diff cover with main cap support,
Brace axle tubes from bottom and front.
Think I'll do 3.73 gears
9" ends with 05-10 mustang brake mounting bolt pattern, that should make my brakes bolt on. Moser is the only company I know of that makes real ends, not just c-clip eleminators.
35 spline street/strip axles,
Strange s-trac diff,
Billet main caps,
Diff cover with main cap support,
Brace axle tubes from bottom and front.
Think I'll do 3.73 gears
Last edited by slocaddy; 07-28-2017 at 09:46 AM.
#400
I hate to spend so much on the rear end, but I have so many "old timers " that don't believe in anything besides big blocks and carburetors who are betting on it to fail Lol! That would be a lot of crow for me to eat.
Basicly because it's not a nine inch there's no possible way for it to work.............
And no matter what I had chosen, it would have gotten all these same parts, no 9" or most any axle for that matter, that has a lot of power and weight in front of it, is whatever it started life out as anyways, but I digress.
I did forget to add that it will have a thick aluminum cover with supports for the main caps, and the tubes will be braced from the front and bottom. I'll update my list.