[RAIV-Z]

What are you guys in the 8 to 9 second range using? My 69 bird currently has stock upper\lower control arms, drag springs, adjustable shocks and stock style manual disk brakes.
For the rear suspension I have Caltrac’s, split mono leafs, adjustable drag shocks and drum brakes.

Thanks,
Ed

[BDHABT]

Get a Smith Racecraft front end for that thing,and be done with it.

[Probird]

Exactly the same as you have except for Wilwood disc brakes.

[RAIV-Z]

Originally Posted by BDHABT

Get a Smith Racecraft front end for that thing,and be done with it.

Looks like a nice setup, are you running one?

[RAIV-Z]

Originally Posted by Probird

Exactly the same as you have except for Wilwood disc brakes.

I might end up doing the same for this year, how fast are you running?

[wreckmastr]

TRZ Great stuff!
http://www.trzmotorsports.com/316.html

[Probird]

Originally Posted by RAIV-Z

I might end up doing the same for this year, how fast are you running?

Only run 1/4 once a year. Went 9.60 @ 140 at Norwalk last year. Been 5.97 @ 114 in the 1/8th though.

[greggutknecht]

I went low 9s at 150 with four wheel drums and it sucked.You could probably get by with what you have but good disc brakes are a good idea.

[BDHABT]

Originally Posted by RAIV-Z

Looks like a nice setup, are you running one?

When my motor gets out of the machine shop and completed,I`ll pull the trigger on the front end.

[simon455]

stock frame trz moly lowers and uppers,stock style springs with strange adj shocks, 2" drop spindles, wilwood discs, custom rack

[RAIV-Z]

Originally Posted by simon455

stock frame trz moly lowers and uppers,stock style springs with strange adj shocks, 2" drop spindles, wilwood discs, custom rack

Hi Simon,
Are you using anything to limit front end travel?
Got any underhood pics of the extra clearance with the rack?

Thanks,
Ed

[simon455]

trz arms come with travel limiter tabs, i have few pics of my custom rack set up, i ll try to post em when i m home, even my fatman fabrication narrowed arms had tabs welded for travel limiters whre u thread a bolt/stopper. i never got nothing in it, there was no room for the rubber stopper whatsoever, prbly cause they were maybe 1.5" narrow than stock, that's why i went and dropped for the trz stuff that is stock lenghth, cause i got my weld wheels with 2.25 backspacing and it brought the wheels "in" too much. I didn't
want to use spacers.

[simon455]

oh my rack is front mounted, i had no clearance issues really, other than custom run had to be fabricated in the second crossmember for the steering shfat/u-joint party and
quite some time with bump steer. I ve heard that the off shelf rack kits have small turning radius, that's why i didn't bother sinking money into it to find out that it actually is. I used a rack out of 04 style dakota, my dad narrowed it a bit, i tryed several other racks, this one had inner tie rods positioned closest to lower control arm pivot points
and just seemed like it fitted right between the two crossmembers. I still retain the option of having pwr steering with it, but it's unneccessary at this time.

[simon455]

here is a pic of the rack in my first set up

http://public.fotki.com/simonsq/firebird/img-0362.html

[RAIV-Z]

Originally Posted by simon455

here is a pic of the rack in my first set up

http://public.fotki.com/simonsq/firebird/img-0362.html

Nice setup Simon, clean car too!