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02-18-2009, 11:00 PM
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Rear Suspension Options
i have a '55 chevy pick up and i was wondering if anyone has tried putting a s-10 blazer rearend on a '55 or any 55 - 59 chevy truck?
Also i was wondering what anyone thinks about whats the best option for rearends on this particular truck i have heard alot of people using a 9" ford im trying to stay away from that but i have heard alot of people use camero rearends. Does anyone know the dimensions of a camero rearend and would it work on my '55 chevy truck?
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02-19-2009, 12:58 AM
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Re: Rear Suspension Options
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02-19-2009, 10:22 AM
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Re: Rear Suspension Options
The s-10 blazer rear is very popular because of the factory disc brakes.
The camaro will work with the right spring seats. Ive seen and I have a rear from a late 70's model truck going under mine.
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02-19-2009, 10:47 AM
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Re: Rear Suspension Options
So the mid 80's early 90's s-10 blazer rear is the one to get from a 4X4?
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02-19-2009, 07:29 PM
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Re: Rear Suspension Options
look at cal 58 gmc and he used a 2x4 s-10 blazer rearend but it was because they are already narrow ans it has disc brakes so its a nice look i have never heard of putting a late 70's rearend on these truck i would like to know more about that in detail.
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02-19-2009, 07:56 PM
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Re: Rear Suspension Options
When i bought mine it had a 12 bolt 1979 rear out of a truck. It also had a MII front end so it had different bolt patterns front and back. When I installed the ART 4 link I used a 4x4 4 dr rear s-10 blazer rear with discs. I was told the position of the discs is different with the 2 dr to 4 dr. As well the 4x4 rear is 60" wide and the 2x4 is 58".
With 15x8 gm ralley rims I still needed to use 2 1/2" spacers to move the wheel away from hitting the box. I think I could have gotten away with 1.5" spacers though.
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02-19-2009, 11:40 PM
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Re: Rear Suspension Options
does anyone know about how long it takes to put a subframe on these kinds or truck all the people i been going to are quoeting me hourly rates they all sound good but i just kind of need to know about how long it takes.
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