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#16 Post by John_Heard » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:19 am

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#17 Post by John_Heard » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:21 am

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#18 Post by Rob707 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:25 am

Thanks for the pics, your car looks badass. One more question, are those 28x10.5 W's?

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#19 Post by John_Heard » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:41 am

Thanks - yes those are 28x10.5w's

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#20 Post by nova6911 » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:32 pm

dang.... Sue hope my 69 looks that cool undernieth when im done.

What is the advantage of those sliders? How do they work?

Hope i dont sound Oblivious.

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#21 Post by Mike Peters » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:28 am

psssssssssst...............................<whisper> hey John,.........I won't tell anyone but, it looks like you're dripping something onto the driveway :shock: :lol:
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#22 Post by John_Heard » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:40 am

It's water Mike - I had just washed the car when I took those pics, but thanks for the tip lol.

nova6911 those sliders mount better than shackles and let me lower the car some.

But wait there's more... this page here - http://www.bedfordspeedway.com/toolbox_leaf.htm is an article Afco wrote on them and explains the geometry benefits.

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#23 Post by 55delray » Sun May 27, 2007 11:52 pm

Beyond wrote:Image
what brackets are you using to run those shocks?

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#24 Post by John_Heard » Mon May 28, 2007 6:11 am

Those are competition engineering adjustable shock brackets

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#25 Post by 55delray » Mon May 28, 2007 2:17 pm

Beyond wrote:Those are competition engineering adjustable shock brackets
thanks your the best. :D

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#26 Post by 55delray » Mon May 28, 2007 9:06 pm

do i dare ask how you mounted the uppers?

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#27 Post by John_Heard » Tue May 29, 2007 7:12 am

When I put my anti-roll bar in I moved the mount from between the frame rails to between the two roll cage tubes, this will give you a better idea

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#28 Post by 55delray » Tue May 29, 2007 11:50 pm

well i went to local circle track place today and picked up sliders. got thos put on. i thought i had the placement dialed in. but now after installing both the car sits a little lower than before. i have maybe an inch of rear ward movement left i hope this works out ok. can post pics if needed.

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#29 Post by nova6911 » Thu May 31, 2007 7:19 pm

gearjammer wrote:
project71nova wrote:how hard is it to move the front over ? is there a kit or do u have to fab something up ?
Beyond and I both have the same setup regarding moving the leaf spring inboard, we both used the CE weld in frame connector which has a leaf spring pocket built in it.

However you will have to fab something up for the rear portion, again we both used the slider setup. I think with Beyonds performance the set up speaks for its self, me I will know next month as soon as I get back from california.

Good luck
did you cut the floor pans to install the c/e frame connectors?

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#30 Post by gearjammer » Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:29 am

did you cut the floor pans to install the c/e frame connectors?[/quote]

I notched the rear frame rail to create a pocket for the spring frame to fit up into then welded the connector to the frame rail, I then added some 1 5/8" stock from the rocker to the frame connector for additional support.
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