Hello everybody! I'm currently overhauling my 81' Supreme. Its only going to be a cruiser this time. I've taken care of the frame and chassis right now and preparing for re-assembling with all new polyurethane bushings for the body mounts.
For now, this build is going to be almost stock in the under carriage. I can't afford to buy all the performance trailing arms and coilovers etc now..
The engine is a 76' L48 350 with some performance parts, not much. And I'm still going to use coloumn shifter with my TH350. When it's time to upgrade this ride to pro-touring, I'm going to build a LS1 with T56, rear discbrake conversion, wilwood front brakes, swap out the bench with recaro pacecar seats and so on.. The shocks and springs are stock now.
I were just thinking about what I could do while the body is off-frame.
One thing I will do is lay new fuel lines, including a return so its ready for hooking up with the injection on the later build.
I've seen people doing different things with their frame when they go pro-touring. I'm not going to compete on track professional, but I wan't the car to handle like a sports car and maintain some daily driving comfort. I know the poly body bushings helps for all-round stiffness. I were thinking about if its necessary to notch the rear frame to fit wider wheels/tires. I'm not going to slap on wider than 275.
I need to change the rear lower trailing arms, since the stock thats on now has severe rust. I'm going to buy the "PUREMUSCLE" boxed arms.
Later when I'm going to upgrade more, I will buy the upper boxed adjustable trailings arms, UMI performance front lower and upper trailings arms, swaybars front and back, some coilovers front and back.. But I''ve noticed I will need to weld in some new brackets to fit rear aftermarked coilovers.
Is there anything else you guys recommend me to do before I mount the body back on frame? I don't want to lift the body AGAIN if you know what I mean 😉 THe frame has been sandblasted at least.
For now, this build is going to be almost stock in the under carriage. I can't afford to buy all the performance trailing arms and coilovers etc now..
The engine is a 76' L48 350 with some performance parts, not much. And I'm still going to use coloumn shifter with my TH350. When it's time to upgrade this ride to pro-touring, I'm going to build a LS1 with T56, rear discbrake conversion, wilwood front brakes, swap out the bench with recaro pacecar seats and so on.. The shocks and springs are stock now.
I were just thinking about what I could do while the body is off-frame.
One thing I will do is lay new fuel lines, including a return so its ready for hooking up with the injection on the later build.
I've seen people doing different things with their frame when they go pro-touring. I'm not going to compete on track professional, but I wan't the car to handle like a sports car and maintain some daily driving comfort. I know the poly body bushings helps for all-round stiffness. I were thinking about if its necessary to notch the rear frame to fit wider wheels/tires. I'm not going to slap on wider than 275.
I need to change the rear lower trailing arms, since the stock thats on now has severe rust. I'm going to buy the "PUREMUSCLE" boxed arms.
Later when I'm going to upgrade more, I will buy the upper boxed adjustable trailings arms, UMI performance front lower and upper trailings arms, swaybars front and back, some coilovers front and back.. But I''ve noticed I will need to weld in some new brackets to fit rear aftermarked coilovers.
Is there anything else you guys recommend me to do before I mount the body back on frame? I don't want to lift the body AGAIN if you know what I mean 😉 THe frame has been sandblasted at least.