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09-18-2020 #1Registered User
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1971 Cutlass Suspension Planning from Scratch.
I'd really appreciate some guidance on what to do and when. This car is my first a-body, will be a daily driver, and just an exercise in learning and doing fab work for the fun of it. This is the first time I have dug this deep into a car as I have this stripped to a bare frame and have the body and parts out being dipped. I'd like to get all the welding and paint done by the time the body makes it back in five weeks. For the front suspension I'd like to put in coilovers and weld in a diy upper shock mount. I have a set of generic tubular a arms that I plan on cutting out the lower spring pocket and put in a lower shock mount. My question is what height to make the shock mounts particularly when I only have the frame to work from. I was thinking that there would be a standard coilover height I could go off of and then nail down the shock and spring specs as the project gets more defined. The engine is a olds 455 with iron heads, c5 corvette brakes, and that's about all I've solidified so far. I'm sure I will need more info to narrow this down, so what more info can I give you guys?