Garage built Buick....GN

[GNon18s]

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[Dave B]

Amazing build!

[mild2wildpaintngraphics]

Nice fab work and build.

[howehot]

Pretty envious of your talent. I went the easy way and did the Schwartz Performance route. Great build.w

[GNon18s]

Pretty envious of your talent. I went the easy way and did the Schwartz Performance route. Great build.w

Thanks for the compliment. From what I have seen on your chassis it is a winner.

[GNon18s]

[GNon18s]

[GNon18s]

Well, I changed my mind about 10 times on which rear axle to go with but I finally decided on a Moser 12-bolt with 33 spline axles, Detroit Trutrac, and 3.42 gear. I almost bought a Currie 9" but I wasnt impressed with their sales/tech people when I called them. Currie acted like I was bugging them when I called with a few questions. Moser on the other hand, was very helpful and seemed to know exactly what I was asking for in every way. Plus the 12 bolt just looks right in a GM.

[GNon18s]

I did some very basic mock-up with some of the new rear suspension. Upper control arms bolt rite in like factory but nothing is there for the lower arms yet. I will need to build the lower control arms and frame mounts. Also my new DSE sway bar is hitting the new frame rails so I need to do some brain storming there.

[daveybtv]

All i can say is WOW....that is awesome!

[pist0lpete]

Love the build! GN's have always been a favorite of mine. Might be worth making a call to Moser to make sure they didn't send you the housing that has the raised upper control arm mounts. Not positive they offer that for G-bodies but I know they do for A-bodies. The raised mounts help for drag racing but are not good for handling.

[GNon18s]

Love the build! GN's have always been a favorite of mine. Might be worth making a call to Moser to make sure they didn't send you the housing that has the raised upper control arm mounts. Not positive they offer that for G-bodies but I know they do for A-bodies. The raised mounts help for drag racing but are not good for handling.

They never mentioned an option for raised upper mounts. Now that you mention it I have seen an A-body 12 bolt with really high mounting points but I dont think mine are that high. I thought about making a few different adjustment settings where the upper arms bolt into the frame by making three different hole positions.

[GNon18s]

I spent a full day building new lower control arm mount for the frame. Again, I just went off the stock design and just tried to beef them up a bit.

[GNon18s]

I made them with a little access hole in the bottom to fit a wrench. This way I dont have to drill through the side of the frame and use long extensions like the factory did.

[GNon18s]

Here's a comparison of the factory welds on the control arm brackets I cut off compared with the new welds on the brackets I just made. ..Shame on you GM!!

[williecutlass]

Thats the problem with Robots, they don't care.

[jnd]

Awsome work, looks great! just curious what are you using to cut all the steel plate.

[GNon18s]

I use a plasma cutter most of the time (Hypertherm powermax 30). I usually have to fine tune everything with an aggressive sanding disk on a 4.5" angle grinder. Its dirty but it gets the job done.

[HENDERSON]

Nice work