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February 12th, 2003, 09:38 AM
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Rear suspension
I was just wondering what all 8 and low 9 sec cars are using for a suspension in the back. As of right now, my dad has the following:
QA-1 Adjustable shocks Wolfe Single sway bar and ATR sway bar Hotchkis upper and lower controls arms with braces notched frame with 28.5x11.5 Phoenix slicks I'm semi-confident that this will work fairly well, but I was just wondering everyone else setup just for comparison. Any help or suggestions on my dads setup would also be appreciated. Thanks
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Tony Braccia VICTORY TRANSMISSIONS----BACK OPEN Rich Braccia-(owner) Specializing in ALL foreign and domestic transmissions, hi- performance and race 200 4-R and TH-400's Ocala, FL 1-352-873-3343 86 GN- 4.5L On-Center S2 9.59@142- 26psi w/ broken crossover, cracked header and still fighting traction- 10/02 4/03- New turbo, and suspension mods......lookin for 8's     
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February 12th, 2003, 12:09 PM
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8.51 @ 162
Wolfe Uppers and Lowers Wolfe Double Sway Bar Shocks not worth mentioning =) Have gone 1.35 on it
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 12th, 2003, 07:44 PM
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I dont go 9s but the stock location sway bar should be removed if using the wolfe bar. (that is what wolfe told me when i ordered mine)
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walt judy 87 turbo t 10.18 128.9 1.41 60'
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February 12th, 2003, 09:46 PM
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You are correct sir....
Take off the stock location asap!
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 12th, 2003, 09:59 PM
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Walt,
Chris's car has just down pipes. I am not sure of any other buick using the double bar??? You can email him and ask for some pictures. cchow@gene.com
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 12th, 2003, 09:59 PM
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Walt,
Chris's car has just down pipes. I am not sure of any other buick using the double bar??? You can email him and ask for some pictures. cchow@gene.com
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 12th, 2003, 11:22 PM
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Whats the reason why the ATR bar should be removed?? and also, would the listed setup be good for a mid to high 8 sec pass? Thanks
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Tony Braccia VICTORY TRANSMISSIONS----BACK OPEN Rich Braccia-(owner) Specializing in ALL foreign and domestic transmissions, hi- performance and race 200 4-R and TH-400's Ocala, FL 1-352-873-3343 86 GN- 4.5L On-Center S2 9.59@142- 26psi w/ broken crossover, cracked header and still fighting traction- 10/02 4/03- New turbo, and suspension mods......lookin for 8's
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February 13th, 2003, 11:51 AM
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I just got off the phone with wolfe.
You are NOT let me repeat NOT to run the stock or any other sway bar with their product. It will screw up the settings and how the wolfe bar is to work! Now on to is your suspension good for 8 and low 9 sec cars. I don't think your controll arms are the greatest but you should be able to do it. They have cars in the 8.4 range with a single bar on a buick. Much faster on the mustangs. Is the reason you were selling the wolfe controll arms becuase you wanted to retain the stock sway bar???
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 13th, 2003, 02:35 PM
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Actually, I dont really know the reason that he wants to sell the control arms. I'm pretty sure it had something to do with not having the time to fool around with them, and he said something about the car not sitting right when they were installed. But with everything going on now with the shop burning, there is definitely no time......and he could use the money
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Tony Braccia VICTORY TRANSMISSIONS----BACK OPEN Rich Braccia-(owner) Specializing in ALL foreign and domestic transmissions, hi- performance and race 200 4-R and TH-400's Ocala, FL 1-352-873-3343 86 GN- 4.5L On-Center S2 9.59@142- 26psi w/ broken crossover, cracked header and still fighting traction- 10/02 4/03- New turbo, and suspension mods......lookin for 8's
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February 13th, 2003, 02:37 PM
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And also........I know the Hotchkis arms arent really optimal for an 8 sec car, but they seemed to work good when he ran 9.50's and I was just wondering if that would be as far as they would go reliably
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Tony Braccia VICTORY TRANSMISSIONS----BACK OPEN Rich Braccia-(owner) Specializing in ALL foreign and domestic transmissions, hi- performance and race 200 4-R and TH-400's Ocala, FL 1-352-873-3343 86 GN- 4.5L On-Center S2 9.59@142- 26psi w/ broken crossover, cracked header and still fighting traction- 10/02 4/03- New turbo, and suspension mods......lookin for 8's
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February 13th, 2003, 04:31 PM
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would the single bar set up work with a 3.5 TH single shot?
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87 GN 274" oncenter S2,160's,pte88 3 bolt,dutt solid roller,cas intake,M&A's,TH:3.5"DP,TH 3.5"singleshot,TH headers,V1,70 mmTB,speed pro,ford 9",th400,and the rest. SOLD
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February 13th, 2003, 07:00 PM
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I have the 3.5 single shot with the wolfe bar and it was a major project. I will send you some pics of it installed.
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walt judy 87 turbo t 10.18 128.9 1.41 60'
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February 13th, 2003, 07:11 PM
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Walt,
May I see it as well?? Thanks in advance.
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 13th, 2003, 07:26 PM
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John i sent the pics to you guys. There were a lot of hours in this. The 3.5 houston pipe was cut 3"s to tuck the system up higher.Three hangers were fabed. And the tail pipe had to be cut several times and rolled towards the center of the car to clear the sway bar.
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walt judy 87 turbo t 10.18 128.9 1.41 60'
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February 13th, 2003, 08:39 PM
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Tony,
I think Frank Ski went low 9s on the hotchkis control arms before he went to ladder bars. They should be ok. Your Dad would be better off putting the wolfe ones back on and selling the hotchkis to a street car guy! BTW- My heart goes out to you and you father regarding his business. May God bless him and get him back in the game soon.
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 13th, 2003, 08:41 PM
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Walt,
Thanks for the pictures. I could view them at work through my web based mail program, but at home I down loaded into Outlook Express and it removed the attachments ???? Thanks bill gates =(
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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February 14th, 2003, 09:55 AM
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Thanks John.........as everyone probably knows, things get worse before they get better. And the shop burning wasnt the last tidbit of bad news that we got. But as of right now, he's still taking in work and In the process of opening up a new place
And I'll see what he says about the Wolfe arms, Im sure the Hotchkis will get the job done, but I know the Wolfe arms would be much better
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Tony Braccia VICTORY TRANSMISSIONS----BACK OPEN Rich Braccia-(owner) Specializing in ALL foreign and domestic transmissions, hi- performance and race 200 4-R and TH-400's Ocala, FL 1-352-873-3343 86 GN- 4.5L On-Center S2 9.59@142- 26psi w/ broken crossover, cracked header and still fighting traction- 10/02 4/03- New turbo, and suspension mods......lookin for 8's
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February 14th, 2003, 01:55 PM
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John Wilde 86 T Type Blue - Driver 86 T Type Black - Resting 87 GN Back Halved - Sold
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