Great advice Jeff, I would consure with most of what you mention. I have the Art Morrison rear clip in my 69 Chevelle. The frame rails are too narrow. With my Ford 9", the driver's side ladder bar mount had to be welded to the flat surface of the center section!! Jeez, now I have to remove the ladder bar mount bolt in order to pull out the 3rd member. I also had to make extensions for my wheel tubs to get them to reach the quarter, and I don't have room to run exhaust to the rear of the car. There's nothing but a 3rd member, panhard bar, rails and wheel tubs, all very close together, right where the exhaust would need to run thru. Fortunately, the fuel cell just barely fit between the frame rails.
If AM would simply widen the frame rails 6"-12" (yes, up to 12" wider), I wouldn't have any of the above mentioned problems, and I'd still have plenty of room for the 21" wide tires. I spoke to AM about my setup, and asked if I had the correct frame, answer was 'yes'. Then I mentioned these problems, and they insisted their product was perfect. Real cocky, and a real jerk (at Super Chevy no less). I also emailed them with a bunch of details and questions, no response. So, I was pretty happy with the quality of their products, with the one exception. However, ever since talking to the guy at Super Chevy, I'd never buy from them again. Just my $.02 worth..... Jeff Hanson wrote: > Kyle, > I ran a 12 bolt in my car for about 3 years. The problem I had was keeping > the rr housing from bending. Lots of torque heavy car and transbrake. I > installed a F*** 9" w/ backbrace & bulkheads/stiffners inside and so far so > good. The problem in my case with the 9" is it's about 50-75 lbs. heavier > than the 12 bolt and it uses more HP to turn it. > On the street I would use the 12 bolt(Keep it all GM) I would center any > RR in a backhalf job. I would use the biggest tubs I could get away with. > Art Morrison has a 38" X 22" and 40" X 23" in both steel & aluminum and > street tubs that are 32" X 22" in steel & aluminum. > I think I would use the Morrison stuff and buy a welded rear clip set-up > from them. I have used a lot of AM stuff and been really happy with it. S&W > does build some very nice products as well. I know that they advertise a > weld/bolt-in kit for back halving 68/72 Chevelle's. > I would probally use the 31 X 18.5 X 15 Pro sreet tire or a set of 14 X 32 > X 15 Drag slicks. > > Jeff Hanson > The Racing Place 541-926-1253 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Check out my webpage at http://www.ProStreetCar.com and my For Sale page at http://www.ProStreetCar.com/classifieds.html Tremec Distributor at http://www.5speedTransmissions.com Team Chevelle membership #178 (Gold) ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
