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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 01:52 PM
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upper rear control arms

has anyone ever put/fabbed rear upper control arms under a third gen F body,

just like the B and G bodies have ?

and therefore removed the TQ arm and panhard bars ?

i dont see how it could be all that difficult to do other than attaching the arms to the diff housing in which would just require a welder and some steel stock



either that or has anyone set up one of these with control arms like in the nascars and the 72 older GM trucks ?

pivoting trailing arms with axle tubes clamped to the ends of the arms

trying ot think of what i could use for arms, cant use truck oens cuz theyre too big to fit under these cars, or at least too long anyways


i wonder why GM thought that these cars should have a TQ arm and pan hard bars,
instead of upper arms like G and B bodies


hmm..

anyone know ?

thanks

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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 01:55 PM
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Attaching them to the rear would be the easy part.

How would you attach them to the CAR?

Yes people put 4-link kits in these cars all the time, to race them; but only after the procedure known as a "back-half".
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 02:22 PM
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easy,

wouldnt be that hard,

bolt and weld plates(with the tabs welded onto them) to the body tub

tabs for the through bolt for end of the arms, like on stock G and B bodies
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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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wouldnt be that hard
Wouldn't be that stable, either.

There's nothing back there to weld to, besides sheet metal skin. It would be about as effective as welding a trailer hitch to a quarter panel. There's certainly nothing substantial like a frame back there, such as A & B & G bodies have, or trucks.

That's why you have to back-half the car in order to install a 4-link.
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