"G" Body suspention tips ?

K Stubbs · 09-27-2009, 08:03 PM

Craig,

I had a 71 chevelle A/SA 454 LS6 that I raced about ten years ago. At first it had your typically right side airbag with full length nohop bars, I even spent money to have lower control arms made with heim joints to "free" everything up. That is a false misreprsentation of how this system works on these cars. I fabricated a 1/34 straight sway bar that mounted on each lower control arm at the back, then had two angle braces that went from the center of the bar to the front of the lower cotrol arms nounted with brackets. It was a totaly bolt on unit and I never used air bags so my car set low and the instant center was never dissrupted, sort of like a wishbone. I used hal 12 way shocks on the rear but also tried cheaper shocks and seen no difference. This kit can be constructed by me and it WILL work. I have some on other malibu stockers with great success, I also cut my no hop bars in half to shorten them for proper ride heighth. The car ran 1.35-1.38 sixty foot back then and never twisted. If you need any assistacne you can reach me at:

KSR Race Cars
501-240-9469

09-27-2009, 08:03 PM	#11
K Stubbs Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Benton, Arkansas Posts: 402 Likes: 0 Liked 20 Times in 3 Posts	Re: "G" Body suspention tips ? Craig, I had a 71 chevelle A/SA 454 LS6 that I raced about ten years ago. At first it had your typically right side airbag with full length nohop bars, I even spent money to have lower control arms made with heim joints to "free" everything up. That is a false misreprsentation of how this system works on these cars. I fabricated a 1/34 straight sway bar that mounted on each lower control arm at the back, then had two angle braces that went from the center of the bar to the front of the lower cotrol arms nounted with brackets. It was a totaly bolt on unit and I never used air bags so my car set low and the instant center was never dissrupted, sort of like a wishbone. I used hal 12 way shocks on the rear but also tried cheaper shocks and seen no difference. This kit can be constructed by me and it WILL work. I have some on other malibu stockers with great success, I also cut my no hop bars in half to shorten them for proper ride heighth. The car ran 1.35-1.38 sixty foot back then and never twisted. If you need any assistacne you can reach me at: KSR Race Cars 501-240-9469