"G" Body suspention tips ?

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

[CJohnson]

Would no hop bars help the angle at all ?

No hop bars will not fix the angle problem unless they were designed for that and I don't know of any. The upper bars that have been modified that I have seen will have a shallow V shape to them to correct the difference between the old and new style angles. There is or used to to be a G body forum web site that somebody there could probably help you find the right bars that you need. There are a lot of guys running G body cars in Stock with 12 bolts so I am surprised that somebody hasn't piped up to offer help here as well. Dean Oliver runs a Malibu and does carburetors find his number and try calling him, see what he did to fix his, his car is a fast one too!

Jackie McCracken

[Todd Geisler]

Spherical housing bushings from either TRZ Motorsports or Wolfe Racecraft allow for the mis-alignment of the upper ear angles without binding suspension movement. That said, I've not looked at Stock rules to know if they are legal or not.

[Dave Jung]

Craig, you need a set of arms like these


http://www.maliburacing.com/iceman/G...%20uppers.html

[CJohnson]

Originally Posted by Dave Jung

Craig, you need a set of arms like these


http://www.maliburacing.com/iceman/G...%20uppers.html

Hey guys thanks for all your help, much appreciated

Dave, I will have to take back the edelbrock ones i bought from mopac, what is the difference between them, how long did it take to ship the iceman control arms to your door

Thanks