Front Ride Height

The front was too low, even with the coil-overs set to maximum ride height. The solution is to switch from 6" to 7" front springs.

Welded in Camber Plates

The car went back to Kearney Racing in Landover, MD to have the camber plates trimmed and moved back by about an inch in order to add more caster. They were then welded in place.

Rear Sway Bar

The 1-1/8" rear sway bar from Bildon mounts inside the rear beam axle, alongside the stock 21mm bar. It is installed by drilling four holes in the beam axle.

Height Adjustment

Coil-over set at maximum ride height.

Front Ride Height

View of front right control arm with coil-over set at maximum ride height.

Cooling

Here's the new radiator, the lightweight SPAL fan saves a ton of weight compared to the OEM dual fan assembly. The oil cooler is mounted to the radiator with some custom brackets.

Assembling Strut

Bolting up the new carriers, coil over struts, half shafts & brakes.

Hub Carriers

Brand new hub carriers, with bearings, hubs and wheels studs installed by Bildon.

Control Arms

Here are the new control arms, with spherical bearings (rear) and delrin bushing(front) preinstalled by Bildon. The bearings are Aurora part # COM-12T, 3/4" bore with PTFE liner. Bildon designed and supplied the bearing housings that press in to the control arms. The housings have a grove for a circlip that retains the bearing.

Subframe

The front suspension is starting to go back together. First thing is to reinstall the sub-frame that the control arms attach to, and upon which the engine mounts sit. Here's the subframe with the original control arms and transmission stay-rod attached.