Pontiac took on the camaro and mustang with its own redesigned f body firebird formula and trans am. Heidts hot rod and muscle car parts has released its new independent rear suspension system specifically designed for the f body platform of the 19932002 chevrolet camaro and pontiac firebird. Weve tuned over 10,000 gm powered vehicles, so you can you have peace of mind when choosing us for your tuning needs. The suspension between the dome and its bracket uses poron, a material with shape memory. This is a discussion on best bolt in rear end for f body within the drivetrain forums, part of the lsx technical help section category. Heidts launches irs for fourth generation camaro and firebird. He is always available to answer fine tuning questions by phone or at the track. A fourthgen camaro with a healthy dose of corvette suspension. Gbody suspension setup star of the show gm hightech.
We have everything from adjustable torque arms for your f body camaro and firebird to control arms for your a body chevelle and malibu to adjustable front track bars for your dodge ram truck. Shocks need to be tuned with spring rates and vehicle weights in mind, thats why one valve fits all or. Mfr161056 mopar c body transformer suspension and frame conversion with coilovers, and rack and pinion steering for 6573 c body mopars. You can rasie the car up to 1 inch by stack spacers if needed. They come standard with a 1,000,0001 mile warranty.
The benefit of the adjustable versions is their ability to adjust for. Sep 21, 2012 the therapeutic experience of being suspended by your skin. Sometimes janusewski suspends as a celebration of something good going on in her life. Khp003 9302 fbody bmr suspension koni handling performance package level 3. No matter whether your main focus is a road course, dragstrip, or just looking good at the show, your suspension can easily be set up perfectly. Would you like to sell products for this vehicle on. Pushing my limits with body suspension hanging by hooks. Varishocks unique product line that combines adjustablevalve shocks with airbag springs to enable suspension performance tuning with the flexibility of adjustable ride height, when combined with a compressor and control system. Mopar crate engine installation parts qa1 suspension 5.
I am currently at 400 rwhp on my trans am, ws6, a4. Coma suspension the body is positioned faceup and horizontal to the ground by placing hooks through the chest, torso and legs. Body suspension is the ritual practise of piercing your skin with hooks and then being suspended by them. Spammers will be deleted and banned this community exists for anyone interested or involved in body suspension to. The name of this position comes from the similar imagery in the movie coma. Works with after market tubular kmembers and aarms, bolts to lower rear control arm and kmember mount. In the pro touring scene, the f body platform seems to be the most popular platform due to its broad selection of aftermarket parts. Hardcore racing fbody chassis tech information super chevy. Nov 15, 2011 g body suspension setup star of the show detroit speed provides our gmachine with the ultimate g body suspension setup. We currently have 12 employees, 4 office and 8 shop personnel that manufacture all of our parts in house including machining, laser cutting and powder coating.
Ultimate guide to bmrs fbody suspension lsx magazine. Alphabet soup we grouped 6769 camaros fbody and 6874 novas xbody together in this suspension guide because aside from a few minor variations in boltholes and bumpstop placement from year to year, for all intents and purpose. Bmr suspension manufactures quality heavy duty performance control arms, panhard bars, shock tower braces, kmembers, lowering spring kits, cv axle shafts, aarms, trailing arms, sway bars, antiroll bar kits, toe rods, driveshaft. Stock spring mounts were cut out and the new adjustable coilover were installed.
The frame alignment may need to be finetuned once the front sheet metal has been installed. Dragrace thru big brake kits torque arm and 4link systems available. They allow fine tuning of the ride quality and handling via the rebound adjustment knob, located at the top of the shock for under hood access. Khp002 9302 fbody bmr suspension koni handling performance package level 2. Our gcomp suspension checks all the boxes, with additional key benefits such as an adjustable panhard bar controlling lateral rear axle movement and a heavyduty adjustable torsion style sway bar. Protect oil pan and other low ground clearance components on 19791993 fox body mustang and 19942004 mustang.
This article applies to the chevrolet camaro and pontiac firebird 19932002. I will definitely change all ball joints and linkage but after that my choices are. A firm believer in the keep it simple philosophy joe made sure all his components could be easily installed and adjusted. The prog irs is designed to line up perfectly with the frame in either a 62inch or a 65inch configuration.
Since 1999 we have committed our efforts to the design and manufacture of suspension, chassis and drivetrain components. The fourthgeneration f body evolved a bit over its production cycle, with the now legendary ls1 arriving for the 1998 model year. Classic industries restoration parts and accessories suspension kits. We started with a trans am ws6 subframe, had it blasted and then did all the work. Ls1 fbody sumped race tank nasty performance parts for. Bolton maximum performance for your camarofirebird. If you have a factory fourlink suspension system, pinion angle can be changed with adjustable upper control arms. Completely bolton, with no cutting or floor modifications. Fills using the factory filler neck, which 8298 f body requires but is not included. One of the leaders in fbody suspension is bmr, but even they have a. Its all those same kind of natural drugs that happen with it. I know that a lot of you guys like pro touring fbody suspension systems. Kit includes chassis and axle brackets, adjustable links, full upper coilover crossmember, panhard bar, adjustable heidts coilovers and all hardware. A vast array of suspension modifications are available for the 4th generation camaro and firebird.
Hardcore racings new fcar suspension and chassis components takes the flex out of your. While the fourthgeneration camaro and firebird had styling that looked like it came straight from a concept car, the underpinnings were. Pontiac street performance protouring fbody subframe build. Camaro rear frame system is a truly versatile highperformance suspension. With that popularity comes a huge selection of suspension parts that makes picking the right ones for your car a real challenge. Spohn is best known for kick ass f body suspension, but they make amazing muscle car hardware, as well as well, eccentric upgrades like our b body. F body suspension if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. We also got with energy suspension to help with some of the worn out bushings on our ride as well. Feb 12, 2007 the chassis and suspension system upgrades are based on the same custom modifications that hardcore racing developed for its ls1powered f cars, which have been running in the bottom 7sthese are. The team z motorsports g body antiroll bar was designed to be used on 19781988 gm g body vehicles. The name stems from the positioning of the body, which is not unlike a comatose person laying in a hospital.
The alpair 7 employs a rear ringclamped suspension system and a new torque loaded rear suspension spider. Prevent the f body from bending and twisting by stiffening it up with a new f car suspension and chassis kit from hardcore racing. See results below for camaro, 2010up camaro, firebird, chevy ii nova, impala full size, chevy gmc truck, mopar a, b, and e body, regal grand national, trifive chevy, buick regal and ford mustang. Slp has been working on the f body suspensions since the 80s. Ritual body suspension was first practised by the first nations mandan tripe of the missouri river. Prevent the fbody from bending and twisting by stiffening it up with. Q why should i use the hps shocks over the off the shelf bilsteintm. We ended up deciding that i pull my whole subframe out and do a whole build at the protouring f body shop since i live nearby. Factory f body pan hard rods are made from stampedushaped material and utilize soft, rubber bushings that allow deflection under load. H10070 197073 fbody 4link rear suspension wbrackets. F body technical for all generation firebird 19672002 and camaro 1967current.
Bolton ladder bars added to the stock suspension definitely get rid of wheel hop, but does so by binding up the rear suspension. Brakes 5different kits with options bolton protouring systems and components. The fbody is one of the most popular platforms in the history of automotive performance. Weld on rear lower control arm relocation brackets 19822002 gm f body. The covers magnetic attraction keeps it attached to the main driver.
Violetto customs secondgen fbody with ridetech and baer. The package contains a complete truturn front kit, front musclebar, rear 4link, and 4 hq series coilovers for every corner of your vehicle. Speedway gcomp 6769 camaro torque arm rear suspension kit. People who practice body suspension say it looks more painful than it really is. Khp001 9302 fbody bmr suspension koni handling performance package level 1. When you are doing suspension your body weight is supported by your skin, which is an incredibly strong and resilient organ. These kits feature specially designed mounting brackets that are made here in the usa. Designed to fit in the factory location using factory tank straps. A brief history of human suspension painfulpleasures inc. Bmr suspension manufactures quality heavy duty performance control arms, panhard bars, shock tower braces, kmembers, lowering spring kits, cv axle shafts, aarms, trailing arms, sway bars, antiroll bar kits, toe rods, driveshaft safety loops and much more. Bmr suspension often receives questions about properly setting the pinion angle on the third and fourth gen gm fbodies. This suspension method is directly derived from the famous utopia beryllium tweeter, making it possible to reduce distortion by a factor of three in the 23khz range, where the human ear has very great sensitivity. Tubular crossmembers for popular 6781 camaro transmission swaps.
Hq series coilovers utilize an impact forged aluminum body and monotube design to deliver excellent ride quality and handling. Chest suspension suspension hooks are placed in the chest so that the body hangs vertically to the ground. The camaro prefabricated floor kit replaces all floor and drivetraintunnel sheet. All parts are high quality and built to handle everything from stock to a highly modified f body. They do not allow the suspension to move freely, and this is not ideal for the bestpossible traction. All models parts suspension suspension kits classic. This kit is completely bolton and requires no cutting or floor modifications and the adjustable 4link mounts allow for suspension tuning to optimize your f body for the track.
Jan 29, 2018 an afternoon in a gym in berlin, henning pink is suspended from the ceiling with 10 hooks pierced through his skin. Looking for more restrowork or more horsepower in a pro touring vehicle. Rear lower control arms tubular adjustable with delsphere pivot jointpoly combo 19822002 gm f body. Racecraft, camaro mustang chassis suspension kmember.
This one was completely stripped and set up on a chassis bench. Bmr pan hard rods are all made from large diameter 1. Check out chassisworks drag racing suspension for 1982. Depending on the flavor of f body ordered, output ranged from 305 to 325 horsepoweragain, strong numbers for the dayand the ls1 could be paired with the excellent t56 sixspeed manual. The suspension generates more leveragehit to the tires than the shocks are set to control. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. To more easily hoist the weight of a human body, suspension artists make use of mechanical advantage, rigging up. The torque arm rear suspension is so well suited for f body cars, that gm later made it the standard rear suspension for gen 3 and gen 4 f body cars. This not a cobbled up frame i or someone else did at home. T76 turbo new design, places turbo in the front middle keeps factory bumper support bar keeps factory radiator also fits thicker radiator that is at the same location. Both these components add pretension to the powertrain.
Each kit utilizes the included set of brass bushings and tabs to mount to the 158 chromoly between your frame rails for an easy installation. Ptfb has just released a new performance spindle that covers 7081 f body, 7579 x body, 7896 b body, 7376 a body and is a better. Qa1 19822002 fbody rear coilover conversion kits jegs. Rear lower control arms tubular adjustable with delsphere pivot jointpoly combo 19822002 gm fbody. Rather than hoping a different set of offtheshelf headers would fit. Hardcore racing fbody chassis tech information super. The therapeutic experience of being suspended by your skin. Nov 10, 20 body suspension sometimes its just fun photograph. Magnum force a, b, e body tubular suspension for mopars. The q4r 4way valve system is varishocks most versatile and flexible tuning. The gm a body is your next choice, with such a wide variety of models utilizing that platform. We tapped our friends at spohn suspension for the parts to upgrade this old b body. A coma suspension is a suspension in which the hooks are placed in the chest, torso and legs, usually in two rows, such that the suspendee is lying face up.
Ridetechs 19701981 f body coilover package includes everything you need to completely upgrade your existing suspension. Turn yours into a g machine today with some top notch springs, shocks, subframe connectors and torque arms. The result is improved linearity and damping on the moving components. Bmr suspension 3rd and 4th gen fbody driveline angle. Fine tuning the height of your fourth gen gm f body is easy with shock spacers from bmr suspension.
Also, kits include your choice of single or double adjustable aluminum shocks that are specific to 3rd and 4th generation f bodies. Mfr161058 mopar f, j, and m body transformer modular suspension conversion with coilovers, and rack and pinion steering for f, j, and m body mopars. One of the leaders in fbody suspension is bmr, but even they have a huge selection of different components for the platform. Our industry exclusive adjustable front sway bar gives you the most in suspension tunning. Coilover, airspring, and stock configurations fabricated 9 fab9 or oem housings.