Trooper, I boxed the stock uppers on my 66. After talking with GW, they recommended I retain the stock uppers w/ rubber bushings (w/o boxing them) to keep everything on top loose (aids articulation of the rear axle assembly). I boxed them anyway.
Herb Lumpp http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Trooper Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 9:35 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] rear control arms Oops. I meant I've never seen stock BOXED rear upper on a 68-72. Trooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] rear control arms > Herb, > I've never seen stock rear uppers on 68-72 chevelles. What years did they > offer boxed uppers? The F41 heavy duty suspension only came with boxed > lowers. > > Trooper > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Herb Lumpp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 4:46 PM > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] rear control arms > > > > Hi Fred, > > > > If I were you I would reuse the stock upper arms. I have the same GW > lower > > arms on my Elky with a pair of boxed stock upper arms with the original > > rubber bushings and no rear sway bar. That combined with the GW Negative > > Roll front suspension and my Elky handles like a dream. In fact, I'd go > so > > far as to say it handles better than my Vette, which isn't stock either. > > > > Save your money by using the stock uppers and keep the GW lowers. Just my > > opinion. > > > > Herb Lumpp > > http://users.adelphia.net/~hlump/index.htm > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fred Dowaliby > > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 7:45 AM > > To: The Chevelle Mailing List > > Subject: [Chevelle-list] rear control arms > > > > > > I just bought a set of lower rear control arms from Global West, the > > ones with the spherical bearing and Del-a-lum bushings. > > > > I am now considering those offered by Edelbrock as a cost cutting > > alternative for the uppers. They are about $90(Jeg's) less than GW and > > also use a spherical bearing on the frame side, although poly on the > > axle side. > > > > I would appreciate any advice/opinions on this, particularly from > > anyone who has purchased those from Global. This is for a cruiser, so > > out and out performance is not the issue, but I still want to do it > > right. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Fred > > > > > > > >
