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Proper way to measure for a driveshaft. Insert yoke in to transmission completely, pull it out 1", measure center to center distance. If you are going to a moly shaft why not 1350's? If you plan on sticking with the 7.5, I would not bother upgrading drive shafts - chances are the spider...

It's the same part as the AFCO centerlink!

Part number search DS 1049. Thought about buying all the TRW ones they had left and selling them for 35 shipped. Might have made $5 a piece. Figured it would be better to put the information out there for you guys to get them on your own. I got the car aligned the other day and the guy was...

Ysssir, rock auto is the cheapest place I have found - Trw or moog

This is what AFCO has to say... Improved geometry drag link relocates the inner tie rod end to shorten both tie rod assemblies, which improves steering geometry by reducing the excessive toe out that is common to GM Metric chassis during normal suspension travel (bump steer). For me...

Read a few reviews and I wasn't quite sure the centerlink swap would work. Had read guys saying they had to cut the skid horn off the crossmember etc... Well I did the swap and it works out fine. Skid horn does not need removed. I had to trim down my tie rods by about 1/2" per inner and...

I am just starting to get a little of an understanding. If the intersection point of the control arms is infront of the center of gravity it will cause the nose of the car to lift more potentially resulting in a wheelie contest ride type of setup... Still a little unclear as to what role the...

Tire is MT ET drag now. Best 60 ft on the slicks is a 1.48. Back when I ran the pro series 275 radial it 60ft a best of 1.45. Power estimate around 450 hp at the tires. 3400 lb car 6.92 @ 97 fastest it has been on the radials

If I move the upper control arm mount down 1" it calculates out to 152.75 AS

Moving the lower control arm down 1" should hit the tires a little harder than moving the upper control arms but... There is a nice set of buckets and control arms from Baseline suspensions for $320 that would allow the upper control arms to be repositioned - would be a nicer setup than moving...

I would be happy with it leaving with the front end on the ground if it would be more consistent rather than using energy launching the front end straight up in the air...

Here are some quick figures from my car, used baseline suspensions calculator. Rearend is a 12 bolt GM, aftermarket HPM upper control arms for a 12 bolt and tubular double adjustables from Iceman. Let me know if any of the figures seem out of line and I can remeasure them. Just wondering what...

I too am on the hunt for a manual brake conversion. Nice work Dave, lot of good reading here. dancin_banana.gif

With the rain cancelling racing today figured I would take some measurements and see what the MR community thinks... I am looking to improve upon my 60 foot times a bit and I am taking a hard look at control arm relocation, just not sure if that's the right step or not?? Here's the results...

-2 pinion angle. As you apply a load to the car the rearend will try to rotate forcing the pinion yoke towards the floor pan. Depending on your bushings solid / poly you can get by with running more or less pinion angle by changing control arm lengths. Longer uppers result in less - or...

Made some changes to the car, intake-carb and transmission swap... Blew up the 700 rolling out of the burnout box! Went to a th350, 5500 converter and victor intake along with a built 850 dp... Car went 6.97 @ 92 the last Friday, good air for August! About 70 degrees, prepped track 1.47 60 foot...

I would think the upper control arm would fail looking at that picture... Guess its really not doing much of the work, good majority is done by the lower... How much travel did you gain by taking out the factory bump stop section?

Typically more front end travel will cure a good majority of traction problems in low to mid hp cars... My car sits about 1" from the bump stops on the lower control arms. An anti-rotation made a world of difference on mine once I started attacking the 60ft times... 1.50 isn't to shabby for a...

Thanks to the hurricane winds on Friday 11-18 I was able to sneak in on joker!! He happened to be bedded down right in the middle of the trail my brother and I used to access our blind on the backside of the property!! Biggest buck to date 31" neck and upper 150's low 160" range.