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304-dude
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/29/2008 Location: Central Illinoi Status: Offline Points: 9082 |
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I am sure one can beef up lower control arms like the ones used for police use on 70 on up lower arms. UnclJohn or MrEd had posted a section on police control arms, which had some illistrations.
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71 Javelin SST body
390 69 crank, 70 block & heads NASCAR SB2 rods & pistons 78 Jeep TH400 w/ 2.76 Low 50/50 Ford-AMC Suspension 79 F150 rear & 8.8 axles Ford Racing 3.25 gears & 9" /w Detroit locker |
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Javelin_GT
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/15/2008 Location: Colorado Status: Offline Points: 1066 |
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Here are my lower control arms. They are boxed underneath. Have bigger Chrysler ball joint and spherical bearing.
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iapexl8r
AMC Addicted Joined: Apr/13/2008 Location: north idaho Status: Offline Points: 639 |
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The lower control arm should be a fairly straight forward fix with adding a heim joint in place of the Bushing, probably be best to make a whole new arm with the heim joint.
Do the aerospace brakes have vented rotors? Chris Ha just enterd my post then saw the reply about the bigger Chrysler ball joint and spherical bearing. What parts did you need to perform this mod. Javelin_gt? Edited by iapexl8r - Dec/27/2016 at 5:40pm |
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343sharpstick
AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/10/2010 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 554 |
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Yeah, the Aerospace kit has vented rotors. You can add drilled and slotted for some extra cost as well. I think they have a drag racing only kit without vented rotors too.
Javelin-GT, love your lower control arms. If I were to go that far I'd connect both ends with a DOM tube ;) I think I'll use the control arm that's on the bench now and build up a fixture right away. :) |
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Rampar
AMC Apprentice Joined: Feb/23/2013 Location: Arizona Status: Offline Points: 133 |
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You Didn't Mention anything about Sub-frame Connectors. I Hear those help keep it "flat" Do you have some?
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1966 Rampar American
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343sharpstick
AMC Addicted Joined: Mar/10/2010 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 554 |
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I did fabricate subframe connectors, notched and welded them into the chassis when I had the car on the rotisserie.
I hadn't driven the car without them so I dont have a good comparison on before and after. I've done a few things out back as well ;) Mostly focusing on front Trunion in this thread, although I do enjoy discussions of all changes I've made, and there are a bunch, as there are a few AMCr's out there trying to make the front suspension designed in the 1940's a bit better. |
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Javelin_GT
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/15/2008 Location: Colorado Status: Offline Points: 1066 |
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My car finally came home yesterday. Here is the front end done. Not sure why the pic is sideways.
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snakeeyes
AMC Apprentice Joined: Dec/11/2016 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 32 |
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Javelin_GT,
Is that a custom torsion sway bar? Been thinking of doing something like that for my car.
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Javelin_GT
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/15/2008 Location: Colorado Status: Offline Points: 1066 |
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I bought a good used Schreader sway bar off eBay and new arms for from Summit I think. You also need a couple pillow blocks for it to slide through. At least one other forum member has done this. He has a javelin build here in the road race section.
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snakeeyes
AMC Apprentice Joined: Dec/11/2016 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 32 |
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Okay, cool I have a similar setup that I put on my truck. The simplicity of it had made me think of doing something similar on the car.
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