Began the suspension tonight on the 92 firebird, links to the the car is in my sig




The panhard rod starts to be removed



The panhard is out in this pic, removed rather easy since most of my bolts were not that rusted




Removed the sway bar the cordless sawzawl came in handy again. The stock sway bar and panhard verse the old stuff little better I would say.



The lower control arms are getting removed, damn thing fell out breaking the cheap plastic craftsman shop light it still works so I guess its not that bad.



The new lower control arm compared to the stock stamped steal piece


Lower control arms in place


Pic of the stuff installed


another from under



Nothing is torque down yet im just gonna do them all at once, still have to install the torque arm, front sway bars, wonder bar, B&G sport comp springs, and bilstein shocks and struts gonna do a brake job while its all apart and repack the bearings. Need to buy some more tools, need a torque wrench

 

Hey,looks good.I would have gone with black innstead of red but it looks good anyway.Keep us posted.

 

For the front springs my haynes manual says you need to remove the pivot bolts to remove the springs so basically remove the whole lower control arm, no other way?

 

no, just make sure the car is high enough that you can let the arm swing down. put the jack under the control arm, then remove the strut and spindle. the SLOWLY lower the control arm, its a good idea to wrap a chain around the spring so it doesnt go anywhere, and stand off to the side, kinda like playing with a loaded gun

 

Shocks and springs out



The stock out, bilsteins going in



Shocks and springs in just need to get a torque wrench and a 21mm socket and Im almost done in the rear all I will need to do is adjust the panhard so that each side has the same amount of tire sticking out.

 

Looks rea familiar to a certain Formula 350(lol) that I know of now :-) Forget a brake job and do the LS1 swap. It;s easy and pretty cheap to do ...........Besides it looks better and fills the rim up wiht brakes :-)

later
Jeremy

 

keep up the good work dave!
looking good..
you should try to sell your non adjustable panhard bar on the boards? or somewhere in the classifieds..
let me know when you planning installing that torque arm..
i wanna view this first hand and see how it's done when i do mine

 

Yeah I need to post the panhard since I dont need it, Got the sway bar in and torqued down all the bolts allt thats left in back is adjusting the panhard what size are the 2 bolts on the struts is that a 23mm?

 

looking good so far buddy.

 

thanks, this is the first big mod that I have done myself so Im a bit excited about it lots of trips to sears for tools, looks like I need a 23mm wrench for the strut bolts. I just hope I can get the torque arm angle correct

 

Everything off down to the spindles



Stock spring out



New Bilstein strut in and the new spring in




All in back together

 

Shoulda done the brake swap while u were there :-)

Woulda been easy and they look real big lol

later
Jeremy

 

I can still do it, I'll see how my funding is the end of next month.

 

The stock stuff is out





The new wonder bar and front sway bar




The new stuff in hopefully handle as well as I think it will, all thats left is the torque arm and SFC's

 

lookin good. youre well on the way to a handling beast. i might be looking to sell my ls1 calipers/carriers/ and brackets if youre interested

 

how much $$$$ Kag?>

Still want a set for the GTA!

later
Jeremy

 

Looks awesome so far. When your done u wanna come over and put all that in for me????

 

Need to take a few pics of mine while its still airborne in the garage lol...

Almost same setup. Ordering a panhard(adj) and a wonderbar when I order too....

later
Jeremy

 

can't wait to hear how it handles after all these mods...

 

I can come over if you need a hand when you do it.

 

well the stock torque arm is out and I have about half the new stuff on, aside from the vett servo these are the last mods for my car fo a while. I got an engine for my IMPORT truck and most of my time and money will be going towards that, so hopefully by this coming fall my 350 will be getting some work done to it for the winter swap. Also my house is suppose to be done withen the next 3 months so I need to work some more saturdays

 

Hey lookin good. Wish i had the money to do all that right now. It will be nice to have another thirdgen in town when you get your house done.

 

it will also be nice to have another guy down the block when I do the engine swap

 

Yeah thats cool... I'm always willing to help out if I have the time... when you planning on doing that?

 

Yeah thats cool... I'm always willing to help out if I have the time... when you planning on doing that?

 

prob not till next winter or summer, not sure have to see what the funding is at the time

 

HEY. glad to see the project movin along. if you havn't purchased
a torque wrench yet you can use mine after all you are only 3 mins from my house. if that

also if you need any other tools let me know i most likely have it
retired but still young g.m. technician

decided to hang up the daily bloody nuckles
now i'm a advisor (i deal with pissed off people all day woohoo)
"it costs how much!?!? you !@#$%^&*()" hehe

 

I got a new torque wrench when I started the project, nice for a craftsman has a sight dial unlike my dads old snap-on.

The last piece is in WOOOOOOOO got the torue arm in tonight, had to cut some of the stock mount down a bit but turned out alright. All I have to do I adjust the torque arm so I have a -1 degree difference from the trans to the diff. All I plan to do now is get those GTA rims off Mean57

 

Man,

When u gonna shove something under that hood that will let u get enough speed to really work that suspension? lol

j/k

looking good, you and I have about the same setup now, least as far as suspension goes.

later
Jeremy

 

hopefully by end of summer have the engine done for a winter swap, not for sure see how much I spend on the house

 

Holy crap drove around the hood today (no insurance yet) and this is like night and day, was taking turns at 40 hardly if not any body roll def worth the time and money, this thing is great, just need to get some new rims and better tires now

 

Man thats sweet. I hope one day I can have all that stuff under my car. And since u are a pro at doing it feel free to come by and help lol. Hey i just noticed that your jack and stands are the same color as the car. Thats cool