Lateral-Dynamics

[Mean 69]

Hey folks,

Up for a short breath, my sincerest apologies for distance here. We are in the midst of some pretty significant transitions, and it is proving very tough to keep all of the balls in the air at the moment, to put it mildly.

But, basically "yes" to all. One of the actions on my list is an extensive overhaul of the website including a literal ton of other photos of the many cool projects we are fortunate enough to support and be a big part of. Dave's car, in the pic's listed (thanks bud!!!) is exactly what you can expect from our rear kit, as well as a "home brewed" mini-tub job. In all seriousness, the second gen's lend themselves very, very nicely to mini-tubbing, at least relative to many other cars (most notably the first gen F body cars, MUCH harder). As long as the inner tubs are in good condition and not rusted out, it's pretty straightforward. If they are not usuable, a modified set of stock replacement, or the DSE pieces are alternatives. The biggest issue of limitation on the rear, regarding wheel size, is actually the outer wheel houses, the way they are formed doesn't leave much room vertically for the tire in a bump condition before contact is made, so if you want meats, you MUST go inward by mini-tubbing. Dave's car, as well as my own, will both sport 335's in the rear, tucked in, with a low ride height. No off-road look here.

The other obstacle for going huge in the back, provided a mini-tub has been done, is the leaf arrangement. Whereas for a first gen f body car having clearance issues towards the rear of the leaf, on a second gen car, the leaf clearance issues are in the front. If you run leafs, you WILL need to relocate things in the front to fit the tires. We can't help there, but DSE certainly can.

Our opinion, biased of course, is to scrap the leafs and run our 3-Link kit. We engineered it with full intention of folks running big tires, so running a 335 on the back of these cars using our kit is no problem. It'll work just fine with smaller tires too. And yes, we can without any problem provide a narrowed housing to accomodate the deep lip style that is really popular these days, depending on the dimensions you want there might be a modest upcharge, but nothing horrible.

The second gen cars are really cool and gaining a ton of popularity/support from the aftermarket these days, with much more to come soon. In fact, we have a set of products forthcoming for the front of these cars as well, unfortunately we had a recent setback that prolonged the schedule a bit, which I am not pleased with, but we're close and they will be every bit as innovative, functional, and "cool" as the rear setup we currently offer.

As far as the dirty laundry stuff, I am a very honest person, and in short my stance is that small business can be very, very challenging at times, despite the fact that it's called "small." My stance has also always been, and contines to be, that if we can't offer something that delights the customer, we would rather not sell anything at all. Many businesses don't operate this way, but not us.

Best of luck, and thanks a million for your interest. Whatever you decide, have a blast with the project, these are truly terrific cars.

Mark



(P.S: Thanks Dave, Jimmy, and True....)