thinner body bushing

[lt1chevelle]

someone i was talking to on here was saying somthing about thinner body mount bushings that will lower the body of the car dose any one know whos makes them or even if they have such a thing?

[baz67]

Both GW and DSE make them for first gens.

[lt1chevelle]

Both GW and DSE make them for first gens.

i didnt see any of couse they have them for fist gen camaros(like everything else:bsjerk: ) how about a 65chevelle

[Blown353]

I don't know of anyone making them, might have to make your own. I was going to do this to my car by making my own out of Delrin or cutting down a fresh set of polyurethane body mounts but there are some issues to consider:

Fuel line clearance between the body and frame over the RH rear spring perch.

Steering column to steering box alignment. Drop the body and it won't be a straight shot anymore. Not a problem if you're running u-joints on both ends but don't expect to re-use the factory rag joint.

Reduced bellhousing/top of tranny to floorpan clearance. It's already pretty snug, may have to do tunnel surgery.

Reduced driveshaft to tunnel clearance, especially if your car is signifacantly lowered and you're running a large diameter drive shaft.

You may also have interference issues with the rearmost frame crossmember and gas tank filler neck.

Reduced header collector & exhaust clearance to floorpan. Might have to move things down a bit.

The tranny crossmembers on A-bodies nearly touches the floorpans with stock height body mounts, drop the body and you'll either have to section the crossmember or notch the floorpan to make a recess for the crossmember.

[lt1chevelle]

I don't know of anyone making them, might have to make your own. I was going to do this to my car by making my own out of Delrin or cutting down a fresh set of polyurethane body mounts but there are some issues to consider:

Fuel line clearance between the body and frame over the RH rear spring perch.

Steering column to steering box alignment. Drop the body and it won't be a straight shot anymore. Not a problem if you're running u-joints on both ends but don't expect to re-use the factory rag joint.

Reduced bellhousing/top of tranny to floorpan clearance. It's already pretty snug, may have to do tunnel surgery.

Reduced driveshaft to tunnel clearance, especially if your car is signifacantly lowered and you're running a large diameter drive shaft.

You may also have interference issues with the rearmost frame crossmember and gas tank filler neck.

Reduced header collector & exhaust clearance to floorpan. Might have to move things down a bit.

The tranny crossmembers on A-bodies nearly touches the floorpans with stock height body mounts, drop the body and you'll either have to section the crossmember or notch the floorpan to make a recess for the crossmember.

your right now i think about all that there is no way i could do that. i would deff have to make a new tranny tunnle. but do ppl run across those problems with camaros? cuzz i kno they make a 1/2in drop body mount bushing, but then again they dont have a frame

[David Pozzi]

Camaros just have a front subframe.
They do have trans crossmember to body clearance issues when removing the crossmenber, bellousing to firewall get's tighter especially with a Lakewood with flange, it get's very tight to the throttle arm when installing or removing even without lower body bushings.
If you install a late model 5 or 6 speed, trans tunnel room is allready tight, drive line angle may change, the steering can bind up too.

[boodlefoof]

The cheap Competition Engineering brand solid body mount bushings are about 1/2'' shorter than factory rubber (or so I have been told). I have them on my '68 with no problems.