My attempt at a 71 street machine

Thank you for the corner weights.

 

your welcome and i hope they help.

 

I was always curious what a stock Maverick weighed per corner - thanks for posting it

 

Heres what I'm thinking for the torque arm support
With tabs on the top of the housing.

 

Will this work?

 

i still dont like the flat plate attachment point. i think it will bend. also i think it will bend the thirdmember studs and make it hard to remove the thirdmember.

this is the way i would mount a torque arm


the front connection needs to be able to move forward and back. it cant just have a pivot.

 

Finally got time to work today. Bryant how about this?
Top plate is now obsolete and coming off
And I built it with a slider just like the one in your post 6" inside.

 

looking pretty good. i dont see any way to adjust pinion angle. did you consider the pinion angle when you built this? i would put links like the oe in the bottom of this arm into the two bars going to the top housing tabs. i would mount the lower bar with some sort of pivot to the plate you have their. i dont thing you need the plate bolted over the third member studs. just the angle iron welded to the housing with some gussets running front to rear and stom tabs to mount a pivot for the lower arm link.

 

The tops can pivot and the lower red plate is just there for the correct space to keep pinion angle.
If I ever need more angle I'll cut a spacer for the lower and weld it in front of the red plate was my plan.

 

hmmm, now that i think about it, i would put the turnbuckle thingy in the lower mount and leave the top alone. that way you can make exact adjustments. im still not liking the red plate. if the studs its mounted on get bent, you will have a hell of a time removing the third member.

 

On to the front suspension once again. Got the roller spring perches built, adjustable upper perches in, and rebuilt the upper a arms

 

looking really good. have you considered plating the bottom of the upper and lower control arms?
also you can rolerize the control arm bushings. http://www.opentrackerracingproducts.com/diyupperarm/
are you going to remove the housing around the outside of the spring to do spring preload adjustments or are you going to put a window in it or leave it off?

 

Didn't do roller control arm bushings or lower spherical bearing because it's gunna be a street car and I'm trying to keep the road noise down. and as far as the spring cover I have not thought that far, any suggestions? Would there be any negative effects of leaving them off?

 

I plan on boxing the new lower control arms when I get them. I think they take the most force and are easy to box.

 

the uppers take most of the force. the spring and shock are acting on them.
i would not leave the spring cover off. it is the bump stop for the front end. also it will helps hold the shock tower together. its not to hard to remove and you wont be changing the ride height or the spring preloads very often, so i would just re install it as is.