9 inch with coil over set questions. lots of pics!

[Anonymous]

i dont have alot of experience with rearend set ups. excuse the stupid questions. if someone could help me with this. i would really appreciate it. plus i need oppinions on parts! the guy that had it before me, put this set up in it and mini tubbed it. first problem im seeing. the mini tub doe not help at all due to the lower control arm bracket. if i move the control arm up one notch at cut off the bracket, i can tuck the rim further toward the frame. do i cut this? or cut the bracket and move it in? the rear should have been narrowed i guess. then if i do that. does it look like the lower control arm will hit? how is other people doing this? you can see the crap job he did of welding the frame plate on. im going to redo all that but right now it doesn't help at all being notched. lol








here is the driveshaft loop that is attached to the lower control arm mounts. what are the tabs for? lol anyoe know?





this is the upper cotrol arm. it is not braced at all. what do i need to do to brace it correctly?


are the lowers good or should i replace them with adjustibles? they are solid. what about the uppers? they are stock. what shoud i replace them with? i want to set up my rear end correctly ad eed lots of help! thanks guys!

 

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http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm117/chub406/DSCF0003.jpg

 

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[barnym17]

In my opinion they look like the dirt track control arm mounts we used them to alter bar angle for bite off the corner and changing roll steer on the cars.I would think you could cut the bottom off and relocate the arm upwards with no ill effect.I think you want the lower bars parallell to the ground on a drag car but am not 100% sure hopefully one of the suspension guys will chime in.

 

[Anonymous]

its a quick performance 9 inch housing. they do alot of circle track stuff. i never got this far on my last drag car. it got stolen before i got my rearend in it. lol i had heard that about the lca too. if thats true. i should be able to adjust it. here is a dumbe question. lol i dont need to put shocks on it in the factory location cause of the coil overs, right?

 

[Anonymous]

great news!! i got it up off the ground on jackstands so i could take a look at it. well going by what the guy said and only being able to see the bottom, i thought the mini tub job was hacked. now i can see, the job was done beautifully on the frame. he did just flip the plate around. the welds are beautiful. the only down side is, he did not weld the bottom of the plate/frame!. lol he only welded it every few inches or so. lol so i dont have to redo that. i just have to weld the bottom. i meassured from frame to outside of rim and got a little over 13.5 inches. a 325/50/15 would be in there fine. wonder if i go to a 12 inch rim, if that would straighten out the sidewall for more clearence? lol