QA1 coilover

[NvrDun71]

I have purchase the hal GMP14 kit for my 71 Nova and after looking at my control arm i am a little worried about putting them on. All the wieght of the front of the car sits on the two shock mount bolts and i think this might be a little to much. Should i run these? Would a aftermarket lower control arm be stronger than stock? How low will i be able to get the front end with these?
Thanks for any info!
Shaun

Mac71ss...I just purchased the same kit for my 71' Nova. I also had similar concerns and decided to modify and reinforce my stock LCA's, rather than drop the $550+ for coilover specific tubulars. QA1 will tell you they will be fine however if you ask any knowledgeable suspenion guru on the forum they will say otherwise. In an effort to strengthen my LCA I drew up a template to strengthen the LCA mounting points w/ some 3/16" steel plate.
I had a good friend of mine take my Autocad drawing and transfer it to his waterjet and this what we came up with:


This will be welded to the underside of the LCA and the bolts will be bolted from the top down and back nutted from the underside once the plate is welded in place. This will provide increased support and distribute the weight of the car much more evenly. Once welded up I will get some pics up of the final product.
Heres a couple more pics of how it will go together on the LCA:







- Also if you do a search I made a thread on this exact topic several weeks ago which has some good info in it and pictures of some other options for modifying your LCA.