Anybody know about these? I was told this is the MII setup that lends itself best to bagging a 49-54 Chevy. Can I run OEM arms and struts with this? Do you have to notch the frame or make any other changes? Would I be better off modifying the original front susp on my 50 Coupe for bags in some other manner?
I've never understood why someone would clip a car that already had IFS... especially a Chevy. stupid dogbone steering on the Chevys can be fixed with a rack and pinion. bolt on some disc brakes, dropped spindles and bag the stock stuff... my opinion anyway... and I get paid to fabricate!
Lots of info here...some you may have seen: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/search.php?searchid=821073 If you use the Ultra-low Fat Man crossmember, you'll have to notch your frame for the R&P. Bryan
I really hate linking to other forums, but there's a little info on the R&P that Killer mentioned here http://www.chevytalk.org/threads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1587829/an/0/page/0#Post1587829 Bryan
77-95 Saab 900/9000 rack is supposed to fit REAL close. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97657&highlight=saab+rack maybe dirtyt will re-post? please?
RE: Anybody know about these? Yes Here is partial info/pics on the install (page not completed) http://50chevy.com/ifs.html I was told this is the MII setup that lends itself best to bagging a 49-54 Chevy. Can I run OEM arms and struts with this? No, need to use tubular arms w/o struts. Do you have to notch the frame or make any other changes? yes you need to notch teh frame for the rack. Would I be better off modifying the original front susp on my 50 Coupe for bags in some other manner? IF you want to save $$ you could. There is still issues with header clearance and the mustang2 does perform better. IMHO the stock ifs work well and rides good. FYI, Dirty hooked up a stock IFS with a saaab rack and did a tech post but the photos seems to be missing. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97657 Another rack article http://www.y-blocksforever.com/tech/html/rpinbird.html Another thing people may not realize about the stock IFS is all the bushings are metal to metal. So there designed to be jacked up and regreased every 1000 miles not alot of people performed the maintenance so therefore alot of the stock ifs are worn out. Hope that helps.
I was worried about having to use the tubular lower arms, that's why I am leaning towarsd the Chassis Engineering bolt in one. I have a full set of rebuilt OEM arms that I could run on the CE unit, and I still like the idea of retaining the struts on the heavy 50's cars. Am I off track?
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