Succesful Steps In Building a A-Body Suspension

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I have to chime in here. When doing any kind of coil over or even a "shockwave" style shock in the rear of an A-body, it will require a rethinking of the way the lower shock mount is attached to the rear axle housing. The shock stud design for the A-body was NOT designed or even considered to support the weight of the rear of the car. Back in the air shock days guys used to tear out the shock studs with the shocks up for tire clearance. The stock spring location is the best bet for the rear of an A-body. If your looking for ride height ajustability like a coil offers then look at the Stock Car products places for a weight jack for the rear of the A-body, the street stock cars have been using this suspension on and off for decades. Andrew's 70 GTO that won the Real Street uses a weight jacking style spring mount in the rear.

thanks for that reply, but is there anyway you could translate that to a car newbie???? lol i tried fallowing what you where saying but you got wayyyyy tooooo technical for me, this is the first car ive ever tried to work on, so its kinda of hard to fallow you.
i really appreciate the help though if it wasent for you and the rest of the guys chiming in i would even more lost that i am now.