Recent content by Mikk

Thanks for the tips, I had just had the front suspension apart, replaced all the ball joints and upper control arm bushings. The lower arm swung all the way down to the shock's full extension at the time. I reassembled it but didn't tighten the upper a-arm bolts until the car was back on wheels.

No, I didn't loosen that. I figured it pivots, but to be honest I didn't look into the assembly diagram beforehand. It's not close to hitting the bump stops, a good three fingers fir between. From the responses I now know that it can't have been clocked incorrectly. Thanks!

Thanks, that was the info I was looking for! I guess some investigation is in order. I wonder whether the pivot at A-Arm might be patially siezed? I guess time will tell.

I've had it on four stands, no issues with gaps to the stands being uneven. She lowered on all four stands nicely.

It does seem to move, no sway bar (6 cyl car). I am wondering how many ponts are in the torsion bar socket at the control arm? If it's twelve points, not six, it may be possible it needs to be removed and rotated one notch. I'm thinking it may have been installed off by one notch.

Thanks for your concern, but I have been working on cars for 47 years, done many, many brake jobs, changed ball joints, etc, pressed in new control arm bushings, changed axles, rebilit engines, done bodywork, welding and paintwork. So I am quite familiar with auto work. Just this is something...

She sits pretty much level at the rear.

Hi, I noticed my '66 is sitting higher on the left than the right side. I backed off the adjusting screw on the lower control arm to the point where it and the little crossbar it screws into are actually loose in the arm, meaning the adjusting screw is no longer contacting the torsion bar arm...

Dang, that cam sounds really interesting; I'm almost ready to order one just like it! Your story is familiar, though: I have an Erson RV10 camshaft I bought back in 2008. I'm finally getting the the project now (1966 Barracuda), but another car recently came my way: a 1960 Valiant. So now I'm...

Halfafish, i'm very interested about that camshaft you ordered from OCG. I'm building a mild 225, 198 rods, 2.2 turbo pistons, Offy intake, Holley 390, mild porting of the head, compression in the 9's. In other words very similar to what you built. Like you, I'm building a driver but I want a...