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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? 04/04/09 at 11:09pm What lowers are needed? Actually ran pinto stuff on my harris chevelle clip and want to run pinto on my metric... what do I need to do? thanks
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TIM_BEWLEY LMR God Offline road zombie Posts: 1629	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #1 - 04/06/09 at 4:39pm i guess this must be a great set up and nobody wants to give out any info ????
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #2 - 04/06/09 at 5:37pm I've seen it, i've heard about it and I will get the answer.. 4m.net will give me an answer. My harris had the pinto spindles and the weight advantage alone makes it a necessity. Thanks for the Antioch picture. It amazes me how they don't put any on the website.
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bouncermike LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 838 vandenberg village	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #3 - 04/06/09 at 6:08pm a good one to ask would be larry wise!
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #4 - 04/06/09 at 7:26pm well maybe he'll put an answer on here... i think i see him on 4m.net also... where is he from?
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bouncermike LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 838 vandenberg village	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #5 - 04/06/09 at 7:27pm bako or taft
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XMODRACER LMR Senior Offline Dirt Late Models Rule! Posts: 461	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #6 - 04/07/09 at 7:31pm i run pinto spindles on my metric clip with nova lowers , sofar so good
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #7 - 04/07/09 at 7:40pm ok but what uppers are you running? did you have to lower the mount? mine are in stock location.... thx
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lwiseracing LMR God Offline what else would i do on sat. night Posts: 614	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #8 - 04/07/09 at 7:49pm running out the door for more beer will be right back
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Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles?
Reply #9 - 04/07/09 at 8:50pm

ok im back.sip.ah.... the lowers r 68-72 rear steer arms. the lower ball joints r moog# k6117 you need to ream the lower spindle so 1 11/16 of threads stick out of the spindle. to set the roll center close. the top ball joint screw in moog#k772 will fit the stock hole in the spindle. upper arms just get some adjustable ones so u can change the tubes to the correct length to set caster camber. dont forget u will have to get longer tie rod tubes to. u got to drill the spindle 5/8 for the tie rod to.

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bouncermike LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 838 vandenberg village	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #10 - 04/07/09 at 9:00pm i told you so!!!! i think hes forgoton more..than i will ever know about this stuff!
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Chad_E._Jeffreys LMR Senior Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 258 California	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #11 - 04/07/09 at 11:05pm Were the lower control arms hard to find? And also, is it hard to spare part up for a rough night at the races, to get through the night? Chad
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Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles?
Reply #12 - 04/08/09 at 6:54am

u can find them at junk yards. i got 1 at luise? on union for 65. i got most of mine from bob pierce the only sucky part is if u buy is buying 4 of them 2 for the car 2 for spare as far as the a arms just put a set on the car take them off then put your spare set on the car then u got a set ready to go do the same with the spindles... when i got my new car done this year i stripped ever susp. piece off the car after setting toe caster camber trail and replaced it so if i have a problem at the track i got it to bolt back on no ? if it will fit and it

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lwiseracing LMR God Offline what else would i do on sat. night Posts: 614	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #13 - 04/08/09 at 12:32pm jp80... the moog#k6136 is a bolt in upper and is 1'' longer so it might help if u dont want to move your upper mounts this is a pic of my pierce with nova and pinto stuff
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Chad_E._Jeffreys LMR Senior Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 258 California	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #14 - 04/08/09 at 1:04pm That looks pretty good, I thought you were running the three piece uppers, and that seemed like alot to carry for spares, not to mention the cost. Glad to see you're back racing. Chad
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lwiseracing LMR God Offline what else would i do on sat. night Posts: 614	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #15 - 04/08/09 at 1:20pm on my shaw im running them. the pierce uses those
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #16 - 04/09/09 at 12:38pm Thanks for the info and the picture.... of course more pictures would be great... Thank you
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #17 - 05/23/09 at 10:09pm finally finished... caster camber good, bumpsteer not bad. I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel....
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #18 - 11/25/09 at 11:06am Yep i'm starting this one up again... I used the 1" taller ball joint on the upper, however I have noticed, especially at las Vegas that it doesn't seem to be rollong over in the front. So I need some advice on measuring for my roll center? Any thoughts?
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FlatBlackMod15B Ex Member	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #19 - 11/25/09 at 9:59pm dont over think it, just soften the front springs up. whats the angles of ur upper a-arm's with the lowers level?
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #20 - 11/26/09 at 9:39am i'll check it soon. i have measured the angle before but didn't write it down.... that's real smart..... anyway i like your thoughts and will check them this weekend, Thx
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jp80 LMR God Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 988	Re: Dirt mod metric chassis with pinto spindles? Reply #21 - 11/27/09 at 7:31pm Ok so i set the car at 6 3?4 inches and then measured angle. Left front 11-12% right front 8-9%. i must admit my ride height was less than that.
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