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I am just telling you myresults on my vehicles. I agree that a premium semi-metallic will work wonderfully, but I upgraded my dd 71 c10 to premium ceramic from semi-metallic and it does stop faster, smoother and so much quieter. Granted I have not tried hard stopping when its cold since I take...

Severe Duty pads are ceramic 9 out of 10 times. They brake faster, are quieter, and have less dust and last much longer. I only run ceramic if I have an option. I have had several sets of the cheap MKD pads fall apart after a few stops in my corvair (not heavy vehicle).

They MKD 154 is a cheap semi-metallic pad. They are good for people that are to cheap to buy real brake pads. I always go with a GMKD series or better. Plus you are running slotted rotors why not not also get good ceramic pads too?

Has anyone ever used Rota RB (watanabee knockoffs) wheels on their G body?

Thanks that gives me something to think about. What exactly makes up the F41 brake option? Are Malibus the same suspension?

BMR what is your suggestion for making a well handling street chassis?

What is the difference between a normal Monte Carlo and a SS? Is it worth the extra money? Sorry for the noob questions I'm new to G-Bodies.

It will have body mounts. I don't know yet if it will have to be narrowed yet. I won't know till I get everything and start test fitting.

I just read through a fair portion of that thread, and Ron Sutton laid down lots of info to process. I need to take a break and go process. So far it seems that I will need new spindles, modular control arms and stiff lowering springs.

It should be a fun project. What are the best ways to get a Monte Carlo chassis to handle well?

Here is the car as it sits now and a sketch of how it will look when its done.

The trunks are surprisingly huge. A small block should fit no problem. It has been done several times, but there only a handful of EM Corvairs that have been done well in this manner.

I am planning on channeling the floor to get it over the frame. I hate the look of a ones that are just sitting on top. It makes it look a mile high. I would like to keep the full suspension travel. I am already planning on installing works style over-fenders to get the maximam space for tires.

Let me start off by explaining what I am doing. I am putting a 1963 Corvair on a 84ish Monte Carlo chassis. It is still in the planning stages and as such I am trying to gather info on the chassis. The end goal is an LS powered rear drive pro-touring car. I chose the Monte Carlo chassis because...

Let me say up front that I am not the average user of this forum. I do not have a G Body but I am planning on using the chassis and running gear from a later Monte Carlo for a pro-touring project that I am doing. Before I start jumping in head first I would like to learn more about this platform...