The settling bit isn't about the springs "breaking in", the only springs I've ever cut were used and both settled a bit after a drive.
What Did You Do To Your G-Body Today? [2022]
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The settling bit isn't about the springs "breaking in", the only springs I've ever cut were used and both settled a bit after a drive.
I positioned the bottoms in the stops on the LCA so I'll be surprised if it gets lower.
You can buy a switch that threads into the head, intake or anywhere that has a coolant port. Use a large pin relay - pin 30 to the battery with a fuse inline, pin 87 to the fan 12v+, pin 85 to a 12v+ source that is hot only with the key on and running (not hot when cranking), and pin 86 to one of the switch wires. The other wire in the switch put to any ground source.
You buy the switches anywhere - Amazon, Summit, EBay, etc.
This is how my fans are wired. Kicks on and off at a preset temp using a temperature switch in the intake and kicks on when the A/C turns on using another relay.
I took some measurements with how this car is sitting right now flat on the garage floor.
The body corners behind the front tires to the body corners right infront of the rear tires:
Rear Higher 1"
Center of the front wheel well to center of the rear wheel well:
Rear up 3"
Wheel gap looks what it does because the rear wheel well is 2" taller in the rear. Body is 1" taller in the back on the bottom so when the new rear springs sag that will close that gap. Have to see what the wheel well does. It would be lower if I didn't have the 9" Rear, the axle tubes are bigger.
The body corners behind the front tires to the body corners right infront of the rear tires:
Rear Higher 1"
Center of the front wheel well to center of the rear wheel well:
Rear up 3"
Wheel gap looks what it does because the rear wheel well is 2" taller in the rear. Body is 1" taller in the back on the bottom so when the new rear springs sag that will close that gap. Have to see what the wheel well does. It would be lower if I didn't have the 9" Rear, the axle tubes are bigger.
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I bought a pair of the Holley RetroBrights and installed them in my Regal Today, I did have to trim the 4 tabs to fit with my modified headlight buckets from the previous LED headlights but other than that a direct fit. These have a very nice cutoff which was my biggest issue with the cheaper ones but still a lot of money for a pair of headlights.
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I have had the 2" drop UMI rear springs in the back of my Monte for over 10 years and they haven't changed ride height from the day I installed them.
My tires are 28" rear and 27" front, my front springs were stock SBC replacement but there is a BBC up front and also a Moser 9" in the back.
I’ve been reworking my exhaust because it looked far too low and found I bought the wrong shocks when I was setting this up initially:
Im not sure why the passenger side is lower than the driver’s, but I’ll check that when the car’s on a proper level. I need some lowering shocks, and I found in a couple old posts from pontiacgp that a set of Bilstien AK series should work.
But there’s a catch. While the part number still exists, the measurements have changed if Summit is to be believed:
So I’m at an impasse here. I can’t find a shock that fits the measurements from pontiacgp that’s the right type of shock for the rear of a G body, and I’m not thrilled at the prospect of going with a completely custom set from AFCO or similar with no knowledge of the valving in a performance shock.
Might give Vi-King a call later next week but I’m not prepared to spend up to $500 for two shocks.
Im not sure why the passenger side is lower than the driver’s, but I’ll check that when the car’s on a proper level. I need some lowering shocks, and I found in a couple old posts from pontiacgp that a set of Bilstien AK series should work.
But there’s a catch. While the part number still exists, the measurements have changed if Summit is to be believed:
So I’m at an impasse here. I can’t find a shock that fits the measurements from pontiacgp that’s the right type of shock for the rear of a G body, and I’m not thrilled at the prospect of going with a completely custom set from AFCO or similar with no knowledge of the valving in a performance shock.
Might give Vi-King a call later next week but I’m not prepared to spend up to $500 for two shocks.
Ordered an in/lbs torque wrench to swap the flat plate 8.8 pinion to a chrome moly 1350 style so I can get a driveshaft ordered. And perused the Treadstone intercoolers, thanks 64nailhead.
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