some pics of my 71 swb
01-30-2007, 01:36 PM
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Looks like a great runner 
What kind of 60's are you pulling on the average and what's your best?
Mind explaining your rear suspension setup. Being 60-72 is pretty much the same, it looks like you have a handle on it.
My thoughts were to:
Keep stock truck Arms
Buy Hal adjustable coil overs and remove stock springs/shocks
Make an adjustable PH bar
But I would like to hear what you have done. TIA
Shaun
EDIT: I found some info in another link
https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...87#post3546087
Very impressive. What does it 60' off the bottle?
What kind of 60's are you pulling on the average and what's your best?
Mind explaining your rear suspension setup. Being 60-72 is pretty much the same, it looks like you have a handle on it.
My thoughts were to:
Keep stock truck Arms
Buy Hal adjustable coil overs and remove stock springs/shocks
Make an adjustable PH bar
But I would like to hear what you have done. TIA
Shaun
EDIT: I found some info in another link
Originally Posted by Farmtruck
71 swb chevy weighs 4050lbs with a cage and me in it. with stock coil overs and shocks, the best 60' is a 1.463, and i run 15x8" rally wheel with a 29.5x10.5W slick
Very impressive. What does it 60' off the bottle?
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01-30-2007, 02:42 PM
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i think my best 60' on the motor was 1.68, and a 1.70 being average for it which sucks. On the bottle the best 60' is a 1.463 which i think can and will get better.The rear of the truck still retains all the stock suspension it came from the factory with,but a buddy of mine has made some upper control arms for the back that are adjustable,and he said they helped his truck alot so i'm thinking about buying a pair. Another thing that i'm going to do is buy a set of aluminum rims for it,and that will take alittle weight off. i hope this helps
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So adding UCA's making it in to more of a ladder bar or seperate mountng points making it more like a 4 link?
One of my thoughts was to cut the mounts loose from the rear so pinion could be changes and add a 3rd link up top. But if you cutting sub 1.5 60's I think I'll just put the shock spring combo in with the adjustable PH bar and call it a day.
How high is the stall flashing on the bottle?
One of my thoughts was to cut the mounts loose from the rear so pinion could be changes and add a 3rd link up top. But if you cutting sub 1.5 60's I think I'll just put the shock spring combo in with the adjustable PH bar and call it a day.
How high is the stall flashing on the bottle?
01-30-2007, 03:11 PM
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my truck has upper control arms and coil springs from the factory, all i'm doing is making the upper control arm's adjustable kinda like someone putting adjustable UCA's on a G-body car,and the 1.463 is only when i hit the button,and the converter is a 3500 Neal Chance bolt together,you can have the stall changed in it,i think it stalls up to about 2600 before it starts wanting to push through the brakes
