OLD hotrodder here, been through a few over the 60 year span.....IMO...I"d do what I did again, given to do it over again....
I did my own rack install with TT's help and a fellow in Europe who did the first shark/rack install name of Yoshi?? I think that was his handle anyway, and so figgered out the rack came from a '89 Grand AM, CTO rack, got my own adapter block from local machine shop, and measured/cut up steel for my own mounts using stock rubber parts for the rack, and stock clamps....
I have a cross support between A arms....and did my wheels on a budget have '89 vette wheels 17x9.5 on it with VBP 2.5" thick adapters....NOT SPACERS....so it's ten nutz to get to the rotor....I limit the radius in front so the 255/50/17's do not hit the frame/sway bar....
In back I moved the ebrake mount to behind the rotor, so wheels/tires clear just fine.....on this you have to know my '72 has flares and mud flap style change....it was an old show car.....
no change to the rear, except small sway bar, front sway is the smaller one....360 VBP plastic rear spring to save me neck on the rough roads around here, much less the stupid 'rumble strips' on a main drag in/out of here.....
stock arms and perf align by a decent shop.....
it's only a 4 bolt main 350 block 30 cut....L98 heads, highly modified LT1 induction like a '94 vette, BUT retained the HEI in back nice and dry, the way God intended......built my own 200 4r auto over a couple daze some years ago, HAD a 700 in there, but the HUGE drop from 3 to one, down th 1.8 was too much in traffic...obviously both were done with Trans Go kits....and top quality parts from a local shop....upgrade converter clutch material too....can't remember what, though...Teflon??
Billy Stein sports on all 4 corners, 460 VBP coils in front....
Hurst chrome shifter bar, with 8 ball on top....just not cool unless you have a 8 ball on your shifter.....interior is totally not stock, call it black and tan.....
the windshield was totally resealed with RTV when I got the car....no rust possible now, totall filled everything....electric wiper door.....
being too tall, and arthritic as hell....I moved the firewall forward about 3" along the bottom and up to column height, and glassed it in, dropped the rear of the seat about 2" also old stock '72 foam....still comfy.....a late shark TT wheel/column...spaced 3/4 inch off the firewall....
this is just a short form note about all the mods...Hydro boost brakes, serp drive- '88-91 vette so later compressor, not some super heavy boat anchor....
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I have later/better pix of the car today, on corvetteforum.com under mrvette handle......I need change post pix here too...the link at bottom is not valid anymore.....
