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I’m rebuilding the front end on my car, I took the springs out to get new springs and they measure 15.25 inches. Do coil springs lose our gain length after being in the car for 40 years and if so does anybody have any idea about how much to add or subtract to get the same spring height that was...

The other set is of rims I have American racing) are 3.75 backspacing with 255/60/15 and they work fine. I selling those tho.

Oh nice ride man. A friend of mine had one of those back in the day. FYI if u take the spare tire out and line the well with styrofoam it makes a great cooler that the cops can’t see ur beer. Lol. Drilled a little hole to let the water drain.

Well u r in luck. I just went thru this last summer and about 3 days ago. 1980 Chevy Malibu stock rear end, springs, bluh bluh. A year ago I bought some weld rodlites taking a chance on the backspace, went out and bought Nitto NT555R 275/60/15 street drags and put them on. The tire was not...

Ok, is this a street car or strip use?

2x DocG. Great great carb WHEN and only when tunes correctly, but they were a B..... to tune.

I have had 275/60’s on the rear of my 80 Malibu. At 32lbs they rubbed very very little but at 36lbs they did not

Lol. That sucks. The 30 year GM mechanic that set my rear end up has a 7.5 in his street/drag car. He said he was going to run until and that was 10 years ago. He did recommend a housing girdle which is going on this winter. He also said that’s what takes most of them out is the gears separating...

never once did I give my wt or speed. That’s my point. Not enough info to guess. But I’m done with this. Going back to original authors question. IMO a 7.5 is a strong little rear end that can handle “some” abuse.

Well all I’m saying is I did and my little 7.5 has taken it fine. I never said I was taking easy on mine lol, Original author said he was not going to beat on his. Now I’m not getting caught up in the BS about “sooner or later it will blow” cause you don’t know, I don’t know when/if it will...

Do what ? Are you saying a 500HP motor is guaranteed to be a 11 second car. Without knowing the rest of my set up, u r pretty damn good at this track time thing. Did I hit 11 secs at the track? No. Do I think it could? YES, if I pushed past the point I think the rear end and trans couldn’t...

I have a 7.5 behind a 500HP 383. 3 to 4 passes at track, many miles on road with MT’s ET street and haven’t had a problem yet. If u treat it right it will treat u right.

1980 Chevy Malibu. Looking to replace all front end parts this winter and looking for some good quality parts. This is not a race car but will see the track a couple times but more of a cruiser. Not opposed to tubular control arms but I’m ok with stock one too. What brands have ppl had good luck...

Just a FYI. I have a dual fun set up. One fan is set up to kick on and off with temp sensor in manifold. The other is wire to a toggle switch in the car. If it’s a hot summer night and I’m at a cruise night I can turn on the second fan so my first fan doesn’t kick on and off all the or if it...

Lol. I know it’s coming here in Northern IL

What’s everyone doing for a winter project. New front end on mine.

Please tell people what they should be looking for instead of playing the guessing game. Are you talking about the rust, I’ve seen 2014 cars and truck that have a sh*t ton more than your 30-40 year old car OR the oil leak. What can I say it’s a Chevy lol

What is a good tire for the fronts. Would like a good tire that will handle well on the street and last. I’m running MT ET SS on the back. It will see the strip a couple times.

updated cost. Add about $300 buck for ER visit when trans slips off jack

Learned my lesson the hard way last week. 383, 500HP, all new rear ended, built th350 trans, stock drive shaft Been doing some hits on the back roads with no problem. Bought MT ET Street SS and this is what happened the first time out with new tires. Cost of repairs. $100 new muffler, $100...