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: tall spindle upgrade


oem
Jun 9th, 07, 1:20 PM
does anyone here know of a upgrade for the 81 camaro tall spindle as a direct bolt on for my 69 chevelle?

70isfine
Jun 9th, 07, 10:44 PM
It will work.I have 81 T/A spindles on my 70. Search on tall spindles and you can read for days.

oem
Jun 10th, 07, 12:41 PM
no i have those spindles i was wondering if a newer set was available like 90's, ones that are more available:confused:

Peter F.
Jun 10th, 07, 2:37 PM
You should be able to use any 79-95 B-body (Caprice, wagon, cop car, etc) spindle with 12’ rotors and then use 88-92 Camaro 1LE package option rotors on those spindles to get 12" brakes with the correct bolt pattern. Then just use Chevelle calipers and normal pads.

Peter

oem
Jun 14th, 07, 10:46 PM
I'm sorry but my rotors are 11" not 12's so im looking for a direct replacement upgrade not something I have to work around to make work! THe spindles I have are 1981 camaro spindles and claipers,rotors not the chevelle ones for the negative roll kit I have on the car I was wondering if there was a newer version as the older ones are becoming rare. :confused:

TronDD
Jun 15th, 07, 8:25 PM
Are you looking for newer calipers and rotors to use on the 81 spindles?

Tim.

Peter F.
Jun 17th, 07, 2:33 PM
If you've got them why do you need to replace them?

Use any 79-95 B-body (Caprice, wagon, cop car, etc) spindle with 11’ rotors... these aren't an upgrade though, they're all basically the same thing.

Peter

Derek69SS
Jun 17th, 07, 5:27 PM
Yes, remove them completely and replace with stock-spindles and tall-balljoints.

oem
Jun 17th, 07, 8:10 PM
I had them but the body shop lost them so I was hoping to get an extact replacment but newer and it so happens that the b body spindles and the 79 camaro spindles will require different outer tie rods or ball joints so I did get the 79 ones but now I have to change tie rods some where down the road I will upgrade to the b body spindles but with 12" rotors as the body work is costly to say the least. looking at the hollander interchange wasn't helpful as it showed several years would fit but after checking them out it was off!

oem
Jun 17th, 07, 8:11 PM
oh and on another note i'm using the globalwest negative roll upper and lower control arm kits and taller ball joints wont work with that either and I dont have to worry about bump steer.

Derek69SS
Jun 17th, 07, 10:05 PM
...and I dont have to worry about bump steer.
If you plan on driving the car, you will notice a significant increase in bumpsteer.

Gokou
Jun 18th, 07, 12:29 AM
oh and on another note i'm using the globalwest negative roll upper and lower control arm kits and taller ball joints wont work with that either and I dont have to worry about bump steer.

The GW Negative Roll system with B-body spindles has a TON of bumpsteer... I know because I run it.

On the other hand, GW's Negative Roll arms paired with ATS AFX spindles will have almost no bumpsteer as the AFX steering arms were designed for the Chevelle A-body chassis. The B-body spindles have totally wrong steering arms for an A-body which results in a slower steering ratio and dramatically increased bumpsteer.