Reduced Height Body Bushings

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Built6spdMCSS

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Has anyone used a set to have any feedback?

I get the concept, already thinking of what would be a clearance issue..

 
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Streetbu

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I've heard of them, but didn't know anyone was selling them. Biggest issues would be bumpers, and possibly the transmission tunnel.
 

Rt Jam

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There are too many things on a car to move the frame to a new location. I'd skip reduced height but solid mounts is a great move towards reducing chassis flex.

These full frame cars are the last of it's kind for the simple reason, it is not a better way to build a car.
Dodges were unibody from at least the 60's. Some Fords, the GM adopted them in the 80's. Not every car built is a unibody.

Solid mount is a move the same direction.
 

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I think it around 2006-07 (i think) i swapped in stock height solids into my 84 olds. That was a huge improvement on how much firmer the car felt. Back then I broke the internet when I announced the swap on the boards. Street driven solid body mount gbody cars were going to break into pieces.... lol
 
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Ribbedroof

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I'm looking into the solid mount for sure, seems like the stock height will be the way to go, keeps everything in place. GM had the Fbody in 1967 as a unibody.
GM first dabbled with unibodies in 1960 with the Corvair lineup. The Chevy II (1962-79) and F-cars (1967-81) were not true unibodies, with the detachable front structures at the cowl. F cars became true unitized construction for 1982
 
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Rt Jam

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That is true, I forgot about the Corvair. Not a very popular car and it was a bit of a failure.
Camaro's and Nova's are only unibody in the rear.

As much as I like my G body GN. A full frame is not a better way to build a car and that is why GM gave up on them. I do hope that trucks will never give it up.
 
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