HY all

i am new to this forum..

Just a quick introduction :-)

I do have an Chevy Pickup 51 with a total drivetrain of a 77 camaro (front and rear).

In order to get a good handling performance, i hope to get some help here

At the moment i do have one big issue.....the camaro subframe is installed in a very low way...therefore i am searching for ball joint spacers for the upper control arms...

Do u know any website where to get this kind of stuff.

sorry for my poor english ..i am from germany

Hope to hear from u soon

THanks
Achim

 

Never hear of one. Make one? They sell 1/2" taller BJ's but that does nothing but raise the upper arm toward level.

 

You'll need ball joint spacers and longer or heavier coils springs. Just installing ball joint spacers will not raise the truck. Used to be a very common trick back in the 60's and early 70's to put in spacers and coils to get the nose up for a drag car to help with weight transfer.
I still see spacers for sale on Ebay, so check there to see what's available. And then you'll need to swap to the coil springs from a BBC Camaro to gain the height too.
Here's a link to some sales:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

 

Upper ball joint spacers with your existing coil springs will give you more upward travel under acceleration for better weight transfer, but the truck will still sit at the same height. You need to look into higher rated springs. And in case you don't know the history of the front suspension, make sure you don't have dropped spindles.

 

Why didn't I think of that?

 

I dunno, guess you just weren't on your game yesterday! lol

 

thanks for response

sorry i have missed to give some more details ...

i do have an airride system (slam specialties ss7 installed).

Therefore i need the spacers , so i can lift up the truck with more ground clearance.
At the moment i just do have around 4-5 inches room between the running boards and ground, because fully pumped up the upper control arm is touching the frame.....

thanks for ur help
cu
achim

 

Makes more sense now, knowing what you're working with.