Ridetech, Shockwaves and Veronica

[FORDvsCHEVY]

So been posting on here a little but thought i’d introduce myself or more so Veronica. Don’t usually name cars but a friends wife said she looked like a Veronica and I kinda agreed.

This is her.



I like the pro touring style but as a kid I always wanted a 70’s chevelle with a 454. She was a solid example of this.

She came bored out to a 489 with Scat crank and rods. Roller cam and rockers (crane rollers comp cam) 850 Demon carb and other niceties like aluminum radiator and electric water pump.

She has a built turbo 400with a gear vendor OD and a 12 bolt Moser out back with Tru-Trac and 33 spline axle.

Hotchkis adjustable upper rear and lower trailing arms (keeping) and Hotchkis 1” lowering springs (not keeping)

She’s dyno’d at 383hp anf 421tq. I would like to get her up to 450 but well see as i like how she drives on the street and she probably won’t ever see a track.




Full auto meter cluster.



The front control arms were kept stock, I decided to replace front control arms, wheels so i thought. I focused on the usual for front arms.

Hotchkis to match?
cheapies from Summit?
BmR?

Settled on UMI but then thought about brakes needed upgrading (currently disc front, drums back). Looked at Willwood DynaPro’s.

Down the rabbit whole I went and as I’ve always liked cars with airride I talked myself into ridetech. Decided to go the best so I looked into Shockwaves. This another reason for my post as I couldn’t find much info so hopefully future googlers can find this.

ridetech E5 pro, 5 gallon ,double compressor’s and Bluetooth. 1/4” valves




Ridetech 2” drop spindles





Upper and lower Strong Arms





Front Shockwaves



Currently waiting on the Rear ShockWaves and the Willwood kit.

I decided on the Aero6 for the front and the Superlites for the rear. The current set up stops her fine but i’ve always wanted willwood big brakes on this car in my head.

Also gonna be upgrading to 19” wheels and wanna fill them up


I’ll update this as parts come in and work gets started.

A big thanks to [mention]JoshRidetech [/mention] and Dean over at ridetech for helping me get this all sorted.

[FORDvsCHEVY]

[mention]WilwoodDiscBrakes [/mention] will the Aero 6 in front and super lites in rear work well?

[FORDvsCHEVY]

Went and Ceramic coated the Calipers and other powder coated parts with C5 wheel armor from Gtechniq.

[all4sho]

Looks like a great start, can't go wrong with ridetech parts

[FORDvsCHEVY]

Progress being made.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Looks great man! Good job on the car!

[FORDvsCHEVY]

More pics to come

[andrewb70]

Nice build. Looking forward to more pictures.

Andrew

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Fitting new wheels

[JayHizzle]

Following for my Veronika. Been eyeing the shockwave setup for a year now.

[FORDvsCHEVY]

Following for my Veronika. Been eyeing the shockwave setup for a year now.

Love them. It’s a Nice set up. Can’t wait for wheels to be in.

[JayHizzle]

Updates? Pros? Cons? More pics? Did you end up using ride height sensors?

[FORDvsCHEVY]

Updates? Pros? Cons? More pics? Did you end up using ride height sensors?

Love em. Rides a little rough when low but is to be expected. Did not get the ride height sensors. Didn’t really see a need.

If their in your budget go for it. Big wow factor. Wheels haven’t come in yet. Fronts were to wide

Weld says they finally shipped from China so 2-4 weeks

[JayHizzle]

What are your front and back pressures? Do you have to mess with them every so often to even them up? Or is it just set it and forget it once you find your ride height?

[FORDvsCHEVY]

What are your front and back pressures? Do you have to mess with them every so often to even them up? Or is it just set it and forget it once you find your ride height?

Just set and forget so far. Not sure what there set at now keep adjusting lower to see lowest I can get with comfortable drive.

[FORDvsCHEVY]

Well 4 months later shoes arrived

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Went from 3/4” to 1/2” spacers. Needed to clear exhaust. Shaved fenders. Now I can drop her properly

[Josh@Ridetech]

Looks awesome!