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Originally Posted by impstocker
OK, this might be "blasphemy" even though the pics of the Wood's "Ton's O Fun" station wagon looks as cool as crap, I would say the suspension is not set up right and wasted motion produces wasted horsepower = lower ET's ? I liked the fact my Impala launched straight and level. Aren't we looking for that?
Will Lamprecht I/SA 65 Impala in progress
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Yeah, that's exactly what I thought when I first saw that pic. A couple of years back there was a Chevelle that ran at our local track that did the exact same thing.
Back when I ran my '69 bracket GTO, I moved the batt to the right rear of the trunk. But both tires came off the ground just quick enuff to cause a redlight, when leaving at the 1st hint of light from the bottom yellow.
So, I moved the batt as far as I could to the left front of the car, on the frame rail. This didn't keep the left front on the track, but it did keep the right front rolling on the track instead of in the air. And, since one tire is all it takes to block the beam of light, the redlight problem was fixed.
All I had was air bags and stiffened rubber bushings. And I put more air in the right side. That set up was all I needed for the racing I was doing. But exactly what is the procedure for setting up the suspension on an A-body, to prevent this body twist, or whatever it's called, and make it leave level and straight ?
I assume there are lots of sites that have this info online. I haven't done a search. But I'd like to hear from some of you guys about what you did to make your A-body suspension work. I've already read that some just used air shocks, or air bags and stiff bushings. Some used adjustable upper arms, or no-hop bars. So apparently there is more than one way to do it. So I'd like to hear more.
