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#1
03-08-2009, 11:11 AM
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Tempest suspension upgrades article
This is from the Pontiac Performance Handbook, published by Hot Rod magazine in 1963.
Last edited by Stuart; 03-08-2009 at 11:24 AM. |
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03-08-2009, 11:25 AM
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Rest of article.
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03-08-2009, 11:26 AM
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Magazine cover.
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03-08-2009, 01:20 PM
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Stuart, Very good article!! I have that book & have preached the virtues often to Tempest owners for suspension upgrade handling. I have both of the rear sway bar setups. Empi & Huffman. The Huffman is a much better kit. I have dropped the transaxle assy. 3/4" & it really helped the handling.
Keith
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03-08-2009, 02:19 PM
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I was thinking about this when Pete Gossett asked about ways to improve the handling of a Tempest (actually, I think he brought the question up over on the Grassroots Motorsports board) and I remembered the article. I happened to come across the magazine last night looking for something else, so I decided to scan it and post it.
By the way, anyone know what happened to the Little Indians website? I went over there to see if maybe they already had this article posted, but all their links are dead. |
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03-08-2009, 02:22 PM
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They are in the process of building a new site. It is up & running with some pages & info posted. All the old links dont work anymore. try this & see if it works. www.littleindians.com Click on the tech area. lots of info going back up.
Keith
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#7
03-08-2009, 02:46 PM
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Interesting! thanks for posting it.
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#8
03-09-2009, 07:45 AM
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Thanks!!! That's just what I was looking for!
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02-02-2012, 12:14 AM
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Basic GPa gave me this link in an email. I thought I would bring it back to the top to let others see it who might have missed it.
When I was 15, I was telling my friends my grandmother was giving me her 62 Lemans and the next day a friend brought me this article from his dad's old magazine collection and said that I was going to flip over my Lemans!! He said I needed to beef up my suspension to keep the car handling correctly. I offered to buy the magazine from him and he said that his dad didn't want to break up his collection. I have been searching for over 30 years for this article. I will also see about putting it on the Little Indians website for future reference too. Thanks again Basic GPa and to Stuart for scanning this for us.  Gary |
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02-02-2012, 08:23 PM
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Where did you get those images? I would love to be able to post that on the Little Indians site.
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02-02-2012, 09:08 PM
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I have the book. It is in my required readings list. If it will get posted up, I can send it to whoever does that.
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Keith Collier 61-63 Pontiac Tempest Tech advisor POCI.org |
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#12
02-02-2012, 09:51 PM
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Quote:
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02-02-2012, 10:51 PM
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Quote:
I also got a list of part numbers too. Gary |
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02-02-2012, 11:43 PM
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You can copy the scans I posted above if you want. I did make them a little on the small side so they wouldn't take too long to load for people with slow connections.
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