68 GT convertible project
Since the K-member assembly is in, I'll be mocking up the brakes and measuring for wheels before the car is painted. The front stance has had me worried for along time. Hopefully I can get it as low as I want. I won't be cutting up the inner fenders for tire clearance. Here are the adjustable upper control arms I bought.
I grabbed an old 18" tire out of the junk pile to test. I believe this was a 225-50-18. It ended up being too tall. With the tire in this location, I had less than 2" of clearance to the top of the inner fender. I also measured the distance my headers would be off the ground with the suspension this low. The full length TTI's are going to hang too low. I'm going to have to sell these and buy the shorty version. The trans cooler lines don't clear the headers anyway. The shorties will allow me to use the reproduction hard lines I already have.
As for the rear suspension goes, a couple years ago I gave my 8 3/4 housing to a guy to have shortened. I never got it back. He stopped answering phone calls and texts. It was a freebie when I bought the car so I wasn't out any money but it still sucks. I talked to the guy I bought the car from and since scrap prices are still so low, he still had a small pile of 8 3/4s he hadn't gotten rid of yet. He let me come over and pick out another one. That housing is at another shop getting shortened as we speak. Hopefully the second time is the charm and I get this one back.
I just bought a pair of 0 arch MP oval track leaf springs. A good friend of mine works as a service manager at a Dodge dealer. He was able to sell them to me for $87 each. They were $110 each through Summit Racing. Once the rear end housing gets done, I can verify the length and order axles and hangers from Dr Diff. I originally wanted to run Wilwood brakes but they are ridiculously expensive. Not to mention the fact that Dr Diff said none of the rear Wilwood brakes fit a Mopar correctly. I'm just planning on going with Dr Diff's kits instead.
Since the K-member assembly is in, I'll be mocking up the brakes and measuring for wheels before the car is painted. The front stance has had me worried for along time. Hopefully I can get it as low as I want. I won't be cutting up the inner fenders for tire clearance. Here are the adjustable upper control arms I bought.
I grabbed an old 18" tire out of the junk pile to test. I believe this was a 225-50-18. It ended up being too tall. With the tire in this location, I had less than 2" of clearance to the top of the inner fender. I also measured the distance my headers would be off the ground with the suspension this low. The full length TTI's are going to hang too low. I'm going to have to sell these and buy the shorty version. The trans cooler lines don't clear the headers anyway. The shorties will allow me to use the reproduction hard lines I already have.
As for the rear suspension goes, a couple years ago I gave my 8 3/4 housing to a guy to have shortened. I never got it back. He stopped answering phone calls and texts. It was a freebie when I bought the car so I wasn't out any money but it still sucks. I talked to the guy I bought the car from and since scrap prices are still so low, he still had a small pile of 8 3/4s he hadn't gotten rid of yet. He let me come over and pick out another one. That housing is at another shop getting shortened as we speak. Hopefully the second time is the charm and I get this one back.
I just bought a pair of 0 arch MP oval track leaf springs. A good friend of mine works as a service manager at a Dodge dealer. He was able to sell them to me for $87 each. They were $110 each through Summit Racing. Once the rear end housing gets done, I can verify the length and order axles and hangers from Dr Diff. I originally wanted to run Wilwood brakes but they are ridiculously expensive. Not to mention the fact that Dr Diff said none of the rear Wilwood brakes fit a Mopar correctly. I'm just planning on going with Dr Diff's kits instead.
