1970 Swinger Build Thread (PURISTS BEWARE)

Right, that's why I need to wait until I'm getting the K Frame built to know where I will put a shock mount. I've seen where some guys even have built a shock tower of sorts to help brace the factory shock hole, but I still don't like the idea of it.

I would love some more info on that limited slip, any information helps. I've been looking stuff up for months on this before posting the beginning of this build so I figured it's time to post what I'm doing to help contribute to this fantastic data base of information we call "For A Bodies Only".

As far as the track width thing, I have yo build a K frame to mount the C5 lower arms to so the track width can be whatever i want it to be. There's no reason I can't narrow things up over the Vette parts and actually have to anyways because the wheels are zero offset and I want to use a Mustang 2 steering rack which is much narrower and I would run into severe bumpsteer issues if I kept the Vette track width.

The C6 rear end idea keeps growing in me, but I'm not even sure howni would mount a rear subframe to bolt the center section and arms to. I guess I can look into the Heidts kits for Novas and Camaros to get a better idea how they do it. He did say he would cut me a deal and sell the C6 rear stuff for $300 if I took that too... Hmm.
300 is a steal for that stuff. As for narrowing it, I'm not sure how wide the LS is compared to my 440, but I know when i was thinking about it, in order for me to be able to fit rims and tires of that werent rubber ban widths, the control arms were going to mount in the way of the headers. I'm assuming the LS is narrower than the width of a 440 so you may be able to make it work. I'm for sure curious to see what you come up with. You're best best for the coil over mount would be to do what the RMS and the Gerst kits do, use a standalone mount. Then tie it into the K frame or the frame rails. I'm running the Gerst kit and while it is strong enough for road racing, I'm doing a triangulation, I'm going to tie the coil over mounts across the top of the engine, then to my roll cage and then to the cowl.