Big B-Body Handling Upgrades - Ralph's Auto Service

For the install, he put the car on his drive-on lift. He mock-fitted the relocation bar with clamps and used a level, tape measure, and angle finder to position the bar straight, parallel, and very close to the floorpan (less than an inch). His measuring pickup points were axletube to Panhard bar and Panhard bar to the front of fuel tank. The idea is to make the rod parallel to the ground, based off of the frame hole holding the stock track rod.

For the install, he put the car on his drive-on lift. He mock-fitted the relocation bar wi
Brayman used a silver marker to outline the ends of the relocation bar for welding. He tacked the piece tentative and measured again. Then he welded the ends to the frame.

Brayman used a silver marker to outline the ends of the relocation bar for welding. He tac

The last piece of the puzzle: Rather than use the original passenger-side stud for the rod, Brayman substituted some Grade 8 goodies to complement the special semiconical-shaped Global spacers. He then eyeballed the fender lip-to-tire sidewall distance and centered the housing.

The last piece of the puzzle: Rather than use the original passenger-side stud for the rod
The bottom of the gusseted end of the relocation bar is completed with U-shaped bracket that bolts to the locator end on top and receives the Panhard rod end on the bottom. As per the schedule, Brayman welded the two together. Then he modified the Global gusset plate to the tire-facing end for increased strength. The driver-side tailpipe caught interference from the gusset and had to be removed for this step.

The bottom of the gusseted end of the relocation bar is completed with U-shaped bracket th

Garry Pulsifer at Ralph’s Auto Service in New Port Richey, Florida, did the alignment and also installed the Global tubular tie-rod sleeves (PN ADJ-2) in place of the factory junk. CHP

Garry Pulsifer at Ralph’s Auto Service in New Port Richey, Florida, did the alignment and

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Global West Suspension 655 South Lincoln Avenue San Bernardino CA 92408 877-470-2975 www.globalwest.net	Ralph's Auto Service New Port Richey FL N/A

76Impala
5/23/2011 at 3:01 PM This is an awesome article. I am planning to do the same to my B-body 76 Impala Custom. Mostly the back end of things.
I have upgraded to a 400sbc bored and stroked to 434 cu.in. with Dart Pro1 Aluminum heads and a 700R4 tranny built to handle the 500hp mouse.
Now I need to get the rear end to stay planted on the ground.
Installed a set of Moog Cargo Springs and Competion Engineering adjustable Drag Shocks.
I found a set of Upper and Lower Control Arms (MCA0013 and MUC0013).
But am wondering if when adjusting the control arms to center the 3.73 POSI rear end, will I have to move the spring mounts to a different angle?
Any help would be appreciated.

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