liftbars

[Superjim427]

i took the bolt on ladder bars of my 68 chevelle and im thinking about usin lift bars has anyone ever used them on a chevelle do they work. right now i have hotckins adj upper arms and boxed lowers. the lift bars replace the lower arms all together. dose anyone have a picture of what they look like. im also using moroso trick rear springs with edelbrock shocks. i have to get this 550hp motor to hook up.

[Henry Rifle]

Deja vu all over again???

As they say in court . . . asked and answered.

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/sho...threadid=12678

http://www.lmperformance.com/1689/8.html

[Superjim427]

thank you for the links

[acecomike]

Talk about deja vu, I'm working on a guys 64' Ranchero who had the same exact setup. Ladder bars and a four link(stock Buick) I've talked him into ditching the whole setup but I'm looking for a good four link system to put on this thing. Any advise?

Thanks, ACE

[Dave Severson]

A Ranchero is a leaf spring car versus the coil springs in the Chevelle. Chassis Engineering (the one in Florida, not the one in Iowa) makes a nice 4 bar set up and housing floaters for leaf spring cars, might want to check them out.

[acecomike]

Thanks Dave, This Ranchero has a four bar suspension out of a (Buick or Olds) adapted to it (And very crudely I might ad) Which I believe was the source of his wheel hop before he decided to throw on the ladder bars (also crude). It did fix yhe wheel hop. However "Suspension No Move". Anyway, I'm really just starting from scratch on this thing. I'd build it all myself but I just don't have the time. I just built a custom front suspension for it and thought I was done.

Thanks for the info, I'll look it up, ACE

[Henry Rifle]

4-Bar trailing link + ladder bars = suspension nightmare.

How about dumping the 4-bar and putting on a good set of ladder bars with a diagonal track bar?

http://www.artmorrison.com/compstreetladder.htm

[acecomike]

Thanks Henry, I'm with you man. And thanks again Dave, I just looked at the Chassis Eng. site(the one in FL.) And came up with the same conclusion. Just weld the crossmember in,weld the brackets to the rearend, bolt it all up, mount some shocks, done deal! (how simple is that).


Thanks again guys, ACE

Hey Henry do you think that panhard bar is necessary?

[Henry Rifle]

The Panhard bar is not necessary if you use the diagonal link. Either one can be used to keep the axle centered. I prefer the diagonal link because the Panhard bar moves the axle side to side under suspension travel. The diagonal link does not.

Just make sure that the brackets are welded properly to the rear axle. Warping can occur, then the rear-end becomes a bearing-eater. Usually, the welding is done on a jig that keeps everything aligned.

I used that same setup on my '72 Chevy pickup.

[acecomike]

That was my thought aswell. thanks, ACE