stock rear suspension mod

[gmonde]

the plan is to use the stock lowers (boxed.solid bushings)and fabricate upper arms w/heims,if iam reading this right ,it should be ok

[Tom Goldman]

The boxed and solid bushed or urethane bushed stock lower arms should be more than adaquate for the Rebel. ......Consider that your rear suspension is remarkably similar to a Chevelle, many of them are out there running sucessfully for years with reinforced stock lower arms. ...... The upper arms are another story, and I would definitly replace them with tubular units with adjustable heims. .....Also relocate the axle end of the upper bar higher than the origional mount point. .....The old GM relocator kits have been used on the model 20 axle with some modifications, altho considering the weight of your car, I'd put a Dana 60 in it. ..... I've twisted a pair of Moser axles in my 70 AMX model 20 in less than 200 runs, and thats at 3200# !! Look at some of the sucessful Chevelle Stockers out there, you will be suprised how basic the rear suspension is in some of the best working cars. .....Good luck with your project, It took me a good 2 years ,and a lot of learning what dosnt work, but I finally ran more than 1 sec under with my AMX in D/Automatic. .....Tom

[Mark Yacavone]

"I think the deal is that it all has to "bolt on", no welding, and must attach at the same points as stock. I think you can reinforce the mounting holes, which is a good idea."

Dave, that is correct, unless you happen to have the Alf Weibe set-up, Then that rule is out the window.

[gmonde]

well heres the deal the model 20 was swaped out two years ago with a ford nine inch,now a 8 3/4 rear is going in due to the steel housing,all of the location points are stock and noted in the rule book i can raise the upper control arm mounting points witch are built in to my jig for the amc coil spring car,i had the model 20 with a doug nash 5 speed and the moser axles didnt last a new york minute,put the nine inch in and got 50 passes before the teeth on the ring and pinion went south,went to an automatic and of coarse the car was happy,and already learned alot thanks for your feed back gmonde