[HWYSTR455]

Originally Posted by Nicks67GTO

I had the frame that's under my car straightened before I boxed/coated it and checked by the same shop after it went under the car. The front lower ball joints were within 2mm of each other. That's way closer that the factory ever dreamed of having them according to my frame guy. With that said mine has that driver side front lean to it. I had to mess with shimming and i'm now at just under a 1/2" difference side to side and i'm done messing with it. I don't know what it is but these cars just have a damn lean.

The frames twist along the length, that's where the lean comes from on some. And that is what the brace is supposed to combat, that longitudal twist. Once the body takes a set, on a 'leaned' frame, you have to straighten both. If not, once you bolt the body back up to the frame the body will just pull the frame back to where it was.

Jack up the car on the frame on the front side of the side that leans and leave it for a couple weeks. Do that a couple times and the lean will be gone. You could even loosen the body bushings while it's jacked up, then tighten after the couple weeks when you let it down. Could help hold it from tweaking again.

Careful though, you could impact panel alignment, have to watch as you jack it up.

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[Nicks67GTO]

Nothing too cool to report other than I weighed the car now that its in its first finished form. There will be plenty of refinements, i'm just logging this here. I'm not really seeing anything too obvious that I could trim out to kill some weight other than maybe an aluminum center section and some forged wheels and aluminum heads. Oh well priority #1 is streetcar...

-3800 +/-20lbs with no driver. Weighed at the landfill

-All steel GM sheet metal 1967 GTO
-Stock frame, fully boxed with 1/8" steel and powdercoated
-1/3 tank of gas, stock tank
-PS, PB, PA, AC, stock glass, tilt column
-Iron headed 455 with an aluminum intake and Qjet and headers
-3" exhaust/dynomax ultraflo's dumped at the axle
-Aluminum radiator
-Kore3 Z51 13.4" front brakes w/ aluminum hubs and 02' F body rears with 9" DD power booster and 1" 2002 S10 RHD master cylinder
-SPC upper and lower A arms and springs
-Ridetech HQ shocks
-Currectrac RCA's
-Hellwig swaybars front and chassis mounted rear
-Stock spindles/tall ball joints
-Front HD chassis brace
-Richmond 5 speed, steel flywheel, lakewood scatter shield
-Moser 9" Housing/axles, Iron Yukon 3rd member
-Cast 18" Billet specialties Mag G's and Nitto555's
-06' GTO 8 way power leather seats and a full interior 1/3 covered in dynamat
-Radio and 4 speakers
-Vintage Air