Funny as I was going through the links I had, I started to end up back on this site. Full circle :) Dont want to confuse you or myself as you are already have a BBC installed and are just in a bind until your hood comes in. Messing with different combinations of motor mounts may not pay any...
ZR, I'm researching putting in a BBC 9.8 deck into my 72. The mounts you used are they the lowest? I have been trying to figure out motor mounts, hear all sorts of things. I think the BBC mounts that move the engine slightly to the passenger side are what's needed and from reading may be the...
Z, Are the supercharged engines carbed or injection? Seems like this failure was an injector with meth, I suppose running a carb would take some amount of risk out of this specific problem. Not sure of carb meth applications, way out of my league.
Thanks, looks like a couple tests are in order. :)
Any idea how to get a baseline of what stock spring height would be? Meaning if I have worn out springs I can confirm if they are bad through the test above. Do OEM springs sag or do they just lose their rigidity and stay OEM height?
Interesting discussion, lots of options.
Couple of questions, from a leaf spring guy:
How do you know your leaf springs are warn out in the first place? I'd assume mine are only because they are original but dont have a great way to tell. I guess the way I was thinking was to measure sag from...
Did you install? What are the differences between stock and this setup? Trying to figure out what difference this set up makes? Pics would be awesome if you have.
The company that installed didn't leave any anchor points on roof? Pretty common practice to have a couple, call them and find out. At least then you can tie off.
Thanks, been out of internet reach for a bit. I would like to have this added as a safety feature. I have 2 boys who want to drive the car. If something happened because I took a shortcut well..... Anyway. I guess Ill keep figuring it out.