1963 - 1979 Vette four link install.

[Woodfin]

Racers, I am looking for feedback and photos of a Vette four link and solid axle changeover.

[Billy Nees]

YYYYYeeeeaaaahhh, that one is a real touchy subject with me. You'd better start kissing arss right now. A bit of a hint, I was told by an NHRA official, "We want you to beg for forgiveness not ask for permission".

[Woodfin]

Billy, it will not be an NHRA class car. It is for a local nostalgia series. Have you done one?

[Tom Goldman]

4 link in a Gen 2 or 3 is like 10 pounds of you know what in a 5 pound bag . not a lot of working room. you will end up with an unequal length bar setup due to the wheel house /seat location. .Since its not a Stocker or Super Stocker I would go with a kit that eliminates the rear floor . Retaining the stock fiberglass floor and having to maintain glass wheel tubs is the big issue with a S/SS build
there used to be a lot of them available but last i looked Art Morrison is the only supplier making a drop in kit anymore,

[Woodfin]

Tom, may not be a good idea to build such a package. I have plenty of options and was just thinking about the Vette. Removing the floor would be OK. Would doing so give room for an equal length four link? I do not want an unequal length bar setup.

[Tom Goldman]

Originally Posted by Woodfin

Tom, may not be a good idea to build such a package. I have plenty of options and was just thinking about the Vette. Removing the floor would be OK. Would doing so give room for an equal length four link? I do not want an unequal length bar setup.

If you remove the rear floor, particularly the storage and stepup area behind the seats you will be able to do an equal length bar ,but, they will be short. About 15-17" depending on the brackets . A lot of Vettes were built with the axle brackets locating the holes behind the axle centerline or at least on center to get a longer bar.
Old builds from the 70's and 80's were hard to adjust because almost everything was built with spacing for 3/4" bolts . going with modern spacing for 1/2" bolts will make the shorter bars easier to find a point that works.

[Woodfin]

Tom, given your feedback I think it is too much trouble. There are plenty of other options. Thanks for the info.

[chopperloco]

...as in a stock rear frame and width? I think L79racer on here has the short 4-link from Autofab.

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I have an old stocker by Billy Nees if that helps...

[Adger Smith]

Larry.
remember the '66 vette I had...Built in winter of '73/'74
I did it when I was 24 years old.
There are tricks. I used the stock frame rails, cut them loose and just reversed them side to side and inward.
That gives 7" per side the way that factory frame is angled then reversed. The glass floor is just sectioned and laid back in place...no tin work, all glass.
Not an equal lengths 4 link, but worked quite well.
The rear cross member was another trick to get the drive shaft through and cut back for the tire height clearance. I think I still have pictures of the build in an old scrap book. It was legal. At first in M/P with the transverse spring. There are a couple benefits to using a Dana. Figured that out when building it. Esp. if you keep the engine in the stock location, like the rules back then.
Then NHRA made it a gasser and I converted to coil overs.
What I built was very similar to what Kenneth Counts and Tom Weakley were building. Funny thing is I never met them till at the track and after the build. Kevin Hall is supposed to have my car. Not sure how much of what I did is still there. I will be glad to help if you decide to go that way.

Larry, Buy one of my Gen 3's. they are going to be legal. Finish the Quay car you already looked at. It is farther along and has a 7.50 cage, now. I have Lewis Mosley's SS/G BB Gen 3 too. It came to me with a G-Force in it.

[Woodfin]

Adger, Thank you. I have decided to use a move conventional package.