Building a 3rd gen front strut suspension setup for my ‘62 Chevy II. Picked up left/right struts, spindles and rotors (all assembled) from a junkyard. Looking to mock up to start the top strut mounting location but I don’t know any of the angles or dimensions. Top mounting location will be adjustable and from 2*-10* of caster and very little camber adjustments. I need the distance from the center of the top strut bolt (bolt runs through spindle) to the bottom of the strut tower where the strut seats. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Chris

 

You need more than those measurements.

You need to head to the wrecking yard, and a tape and scope things out.

I/e for/aft placement of the struts, what type of geometry of a suspension you are running.
I did a similar thing with a T-Bird frontend under a '48 F1, I used the whole frontend, I can tell you just setting up the tophats were super time consuming and would have been better off just getting a AM frontend for it.

Best of luck though, hope your head is harder than mine

 

Appreciate the response. I understand I will need more measurements. I’m looking for the “natural” ride height measurements just as a general reference for the strut at ride height. Tried to find a junkyard car to measure but everything was at full droop, compressed, etc. Doing my own lower control arms (shorter than stock 3rd gen) and manual rack. As far as steering geometry goes, if i can drive it on the street with minimum bump steer and get the weight transfer on the strip I want I’ll be happy. Don’t need crazy turning radius or a ton of adjustability besides the strut tuning. Car is a pro street car that’s driven less than 500 miles a year on the street and visits the track occasionally. As far as being hard-headed...challenge accepted!