"G" Body suspention tips ?

[CJohnson]

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

CJohnson, looking at picture of your car, you want the body to lift in rear away from the rear tire when you leave the starting line, no hop bars change the control arms angle to make rear lift and plant the tires, also no adjustable lower control arms in stock. Tom

Thanks Tom, do you know if you are allowed the adjustable mounts for the lower control arms in stock ?

I finally took a look at those no hop bars, and i understand how they work now.

[John Leichtamer Jr]

Look at the Morrison no hops three adj.position, nice piece

Hammer.

[CJohnson]

Well today i made my first purchase for my 12 bolt. i got the edelbrock adjustable upper arms, and tomorrow I will order a set of the lakewood no hop bars, and i think im going to use the cargo coils i have in there already and see how everything works out in a few weeks time. can anyone reccomend a good rear drag shock to use that wont break the bank ?




Thanks
Craig - C693

[CJohnson]

if everything works correctly should i expect a big improvment on my 60's over stock arms, with the 12 bolt and stock mounting location for the arms ? and stock shocks as well.

My 79 Malibu street car.

Rear: 9 inch ford 4:30 gears, detroit locker, stock malibu upper and lower arms, stock F41 srpings, stock sway bar, Monroe Gasmatic shocks, M/T 9x28 slicks.

Front: TRW replacement springs for V6 w No AC and 1 coil removed, Competition Eng Adj Shocks on 90/10, no sway bar, 215x75x15 tires

Mild 350, TH350, 4000 stahl - best ET 11.70@116 best 60ft. 1.75, runs on pump gas, drive it to the track

piece of cake...

Jackie McCracken

Ralph,

To my knowledge the best rear available from the factory for a G body car is the 8.5 10 bolt and were installed in T-Type Buicks and Cutlass 442's only in the mid 80's. They are good rearends and strong too. There was no 12 bolt for these cars except through the aftermarket. The Victor gasket catalog lists some Cutlass wagons having 8.5 10 bolts in them but I have never seen one and I look under every Cutlass wagon I come across.

FYI - All G body Monte Carlo's (that I have seen) have extra bars that go from the center of the front cross member to the front corner of the frame rails and add a significant amount of stiffness to the front of the frame. Get some, they will bolt onto any G body, the holes are already there drilled and tapped. Also all Cutlass' that I have seen have extra bars that go from the front fender just above the tires that connect to the radiator support and also add some stiffness, get you some if you don't already have them.

Jackie McCracken

Johnson,

I was looking at the pictures of your edelbrock bars and they do not correct the angle problem with the top ears. The government motors factory 12 bolt housing and the G body housing ears are a different angle as pointed out by others, you have to correct that. I do not know if the aftermartket housings correct this although i would think that they probably would. Moser (i think) and some others make top bars that "fix" the angle problem.

Jackie McCracken