Using C-Body spindles on an E-Body ( and A-Body LCA's & Viper calipers)

[Brads70]

Brad,
Thanks for reposting this build/set-up!  I am on my way to replicating it on my next project!

Glad to help. Hardest part is finding the 73 C-body spindles. The C-Body crowd prize them also for disc conversions on early drum brake C-body's.

[EB3-GranCoupe]

I am going to modify the stock upper control arms to accept the Howe ball joints to work with the 74-78 spindles. I will post photos if I am successful!

[Brads70]

I am going to modify the stock upper control arms to accept the Howe ball joints to work with the 74-78 spindles. I will post photos if I am successful!

That will work , these are commonly available to do just that.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Steel-Upper-Ball-Joint-Sleeve-K772-Style,2126.html
http://www.qa1.net/suspension/ball-joints/ball-joint-sleeves
http://www.ubmachine.com/balljointsleeves.html

[cataclysm80]

When it was all stock I had to brake for every normal corner with street driving. Now I purposely accelerate through corners that I always had to brake for. I don't use the brakes at all making a turn if I don't want to. My kids automatically grab for something to brace themselves when ever a corner comes up. LOL  I took my poor old Dad out for a ride and he almost crapped his shorts. He started cussing said I though for sure you were going to roll this thing.      I get a kick out of people in new regular cars trying to keep up and almost spinning out. On ramps are much more fun now! 

That sounds Great!

What size were your stock torsion bars?

Now that it handles better, have you done anything with your seats to keep yourself from sliding out of them while taking corners?

[Brads70]

When it was all stock I had to brake for every normal corner with street driving. Now I purposely accelerate through corners that I always had to brake for. I don't use the brakes at all making a turn if I don't want to. My kids automatically grab for something to brace themselves when ever a corner comes up. LOL  I took my poor old Dad out for a ride and he almost crapped his shorts. He started cussing said I though for sure you were going to roll this thing.      I get a kick out of people in new regular cars trying to keep up and almost spinning out. On ramps are much more fun now! 

That sounds Great!

What size were your stock torsion bars?

Now that it handles better, have you done anything with your seats to keep yourself from sliding out of them while taking corners?

I've never driven my car with stock diameter torsion bars. I started out with 1.030" then quickly replaced them with 1.120"  I have 1.180" here ready to go in for the last couple of years but haven't got around to changing them yet.
Yes the seats were the first issue that appeared once handling improved. I went to the local wrecking yard armed with a tape measure to see what fit. I liked the look of a lot of BMW and Mercedes seats but they were all too tall. I ended up with seats out of a 2002-2006 Hyundai Tiberon. Black leather and only $30 each! So I bought 4 with the intent of recovering them at some point. ( haven't done that yet either)   

[Brads70]

Post updated , Photobucket links given the boot! 

[cataclysm80]

Post updated , Photobucket links given the boot! 

Thanks!  That Photobucket issue really wreaked havoc on the internet.

[Dakota]

Brad - just read through this thread for the first time.  I really enjoyed the "... so I made a new one" theme that runs throughout.  Nice.

[FSHTAIL]

This gives me hope for my 73 Cuda
once I get my back figured out.   



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[Dakota]

I think the front would definitely lock first.  A number of years ago, I changed the master cylinder on my brother's Toyota.  Apparently, the pushrod was extended too much for the replacement.  The front brakes started to drag and then the driver side front locked up (it was in the middle of winter and our street was covered in snow, so it was easy to see what was happening).  With the pushrod extended too much, the brake fluid couldn't return to the master cylinder.   Because of the heat from the drag, the fluid expanded with no place to go, which caused the brake lock up.  From what I read in some other websites, the belief was it happened on the driver side front first because it has the shortest brake line.  In this case, I had to just leave the car sit for a while to let everything cool off before I could move it and make the adjustment to the pushrod.