69 Camaro Suspension

[jwalk]

I'm getting started on my project and just wanted some suggestions on a few things. I'll start by listing what I have already purchased.

Global West upper/lower contral arms w/delaulum bushings
SC&C X-Tall ball joints for the uppers
Hotchkis 1 1/8" fr sway bar
Moog pitman, idler arm and tie rods
Lee 670 box

Now a few questions.

I've been searching and can't decide on what brakes I should go with. I don't know how much vaccumm I will have because I don't know what engine I'm going with. I want to use my stock spindles/18"front wheels/19"rear wheels. The car will be used on the street 99.9% of the time. Any suggestions? I've heard good and bad on numerous diff set-ups. Oh and I do not want to spend 2k. I've heard decent things about going with LS1 Brakes and they are cheap...open to any suggestions

For the rear I want to do a setup close to the AME tri 4 bar but without spending quite as much (Friends will be helping with the fab and install for free) So the ? is what would be the best width rear and backspacing on the wheels? I want to run 19x12 or 19x12.5 with a 335 or 345 and I prefer a decent sized lip on the wheel (4 or 5") Also what rear should I go with...Curry, Chris Alston, Moser? Chassisworks is in my hometown so I may have just answered that myself...

Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated. And yes I do know about the search feature and use it daily.

Thanks,
Justin

[BMR Tech]

Justin,

If you are not dead set on a 4 bar rear suspension, we have a new torque arm suspension that requires ZERO fabrication or welding. Since you are going to upgrade the rear end as well, our kit developed for the Ford 9" rear end already comes with one for $3k. This particular kit is designed around a HD Strange housing complete with 3.25" axle tubes and back brace. We can build the rear narrowed too so you can get that offset you are looking for with 4-5" lips on the wheels. Additionally we can install any housing end on the rear to accept whatever brakes you want to run.

If your interested, just check out some pics HERE (http://www.bmrfabrication.com/f1/f1ta.html) on the website and feel free to ask any questions!

[Blake Foster]

Ditto on the Torque arm From Speed Tech for 2700.00

we also have a brake adaptor bracket that can be used with the Camaro front brakes ( slight modification to the Camaro Caliper abutment is required as it uses different mounting bolts than the Corvette)