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The wheels are turning, hehe. ;)

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I'll bet they are! I don't know how much lighter a '67 is than a '69, but I always liked the 396 '67 Camaros. Good idea finding all your weak links now,,, good luck the rest of the way.
Danny Durham

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Just got confirmation this morning that the 200 case was cracked as well. Even with all the components being replaced on this car I want to get as many eyes on it as I can before it goes back out. The builder of the new drive shaft reports that the old shaft was just slightly out of balance...I'm thinking it had little to do with our problems.

The following parts have been checked and/or will be replaced -

New drive shaft w/1350 yokes

New tubular transmission crossmember (will stick with the poly mount)

New solid motor mounts (both being equal height)

Sub-frame bushings checked for tightness

My best guess is the mis-matched motor mounts were the primary cause of most of the woes we have experienced...have yet to come up with a logical reason for someone doing that. I believe the original slapper bar traction device masked/cushioned the problem. With the introduction of the Caltrac's and the subsequent higher shock loads things began to fail. With everything in it's proper place and working together I predict some low 1.40's in 60' times. Btw, the torque convertor appears to be unscathed.

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do u have the side stiffening bars on your trans case??? FED 387

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Rich, where did you get the tubular trans cross member from? Is it lighter? Or easier to install? Thanks

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Yes FED, but there is only so much they can do with my abuse lol! :o

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps595a31ea.jpg

New crossmember from http://srdparts.com/index.php?page=s...emart&Itemid=1
Appears to be a quality piece and it will help with the shift cable routing.

http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/q...ps012c2a08.jpg

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When you get all of these parts in place with the proper mounts and such ,spend some time measuring up your driveline angles. I suspect you may find that they may not be at ideal angles.
I say this only because of the violence you described with the diff situation, it reminds me of the troubles I had with my car. The root cause of my issues were the engine/trans and diff were doing this ( \-/ ) as an over simplified example. I kept knocking out driveline parts until we corrected that issue.

Nothing more frustrating than chasing a problem that hides in the shadows. good luck with the car

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The angles were perfect until the perch's collapsed...:p

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Thomas Arnett comes thru once again. Drove to KY this morning with a buddy who is building a '68 Camaro E/SA and we picked up two identical fresh metric 200 transmissions. Everything is bolted back in the car with the exception of the drive shaft which should be in hand Monday. See you guys in Bowling Green May 18th. :)

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Anyone here running a similar car to ours? I'm thinking about ordering Landrum mono's and the spring rate I need I'm unsure of. The car only has 1330 pounds on the rear...think the 150 pound springs would be too light?

Update: Took the split-mono's off today and put the original stock mono leaf springs back on the car. It feels much better now...will have to test it to find out if I went the right direction.