I have owned my camaro for about a year now and the pasenger side door has always been a little difficult to close all of the way. Well, new it is getting even harder, What a lot of my firends tell me is that my frame is just flexing and the doors are not lining up right. Of what my research has showed me sub frames are supposed to stop this flex from happening but if the frame is alredy slightly bent is it going to be too late or can it be bent back or at least stoped from beign bent any farther. The car is a dayly driver for now but i also do drag race it and as long as it is reasonably safe idont care about ride quolity as long as it can help my quarter mile times.

So what would every one suggest to me to stangthen up my chassis for my door problem and just to be better for dragracing in gerneral.

The attachment shows my car that was stock i now have full exhaust will that also cause any clearence issues with the subframe connectors or other strengthening mods?

Thanks for all of the respenses i know you are all great at giving a relativly new kid a good push in the right direction,

Eli Jacobson
Raptere

Thanks again!

 

I doubt your frame is bent. It's probably the door hinge pins being worn out. that's why it's hard to close all of the way, because the door sags until you shove it closed then it moves up onto the door striker bolt.

 

yep replace the pin and bushings and get the SFCs installed.

 

the way i have done it costs extra but worth it,i use a freinds bodyshop,put the car on the frame machine to spec. then install the jegster subframe connectors,i guess you can tell i like jegs parts........

 

Thanks a lot for the info ever one which specific brands of SFCs would you all suggest highest qolity and most proce efficent, sry for the basic questions havnt done a lot with chasis stuff.

Is there any thing else that would really help my 1/4 mile times too or just help the car that i should get?

Thanks again,
Eli Jacobson
raptere

 

Spohn to me looks like he has some good ones. Use his ad on the top of the page and check them out.

 

You might consider getting some lower control arm relocation mounts too. If you're gonna spend the time putting on SFC's might as well have those weld'd in also.

They'll let you adjust the angle of your lca's so you can hopefully get a little better traction.

 

Your door hinge pins are getting worn out, happens on alot of gm cars with big doors.
fear not, the sky is not falling.

 

thanks for the reasurance pablo, but how hard and what do i need to change solve this problem? Also is it very important i do this rite away or does it not really matter?

 

Here's a tech article that appeared in High Performance Pontiac about how to replace the pins and bushings.

http://www.highperformancepontiac.co...2hpp_fristaid/

I would recommend getting around to fixing it eventually. The door hinges in my '83 S-10 beater truck have oval shaped holes from nobody ever replacing the bushings, and those doors aren't even especially heavy. Eventually I'm going to either have to weld it up and redrill it or replace the hinge.

 

thanks a lot that article explains every thing

Sweet!