rear suspension adjustment Options

[obscurity]

I am welding in the inner suspension ear and I am trying to figure out what dimensions have to be exact and which can be accommodated in the regular suspension adjustment. I will of course try to get it perfect but I am looking for any gotchas that I have not thought about yet.

I know I should have jigged it up before I got started but that was years ago and that ship has sailed. If you have any thoughts on how to build a jig and do it now I'm all ears but I have not been able to figure out a truly reliable method yet.

Thanks,
John

[cary]

I'll take some more measurements today. I couldn't figure out what holes you were talking about. Don't really know why ............. I've measured it about 20 times.

The car is on the rotisserie, so a floor measurement won't do much go.

As for the twist. I think when I put in the new engine compartment long one end is off just a smidgen. Everything was perfect when we measured and tweaked the old suspension console for about 4 hours. Thinking I had everything exactly in place with clamps. I used self tapping screws in every other hole to hold it down before I started welding. That must have tucked the firewall side of the console just a tad tighter on the top corner and I didn't go back an remeasure. I was getting too excited about getting to weld again. DAMMIT .............. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

Worse part is I can now see it with my naked eye when I put the all-thread thru the two consoles to measure the spread. It lines up about 2 inches from my frame jig. That really pisses me off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...7546&st=325

I was so pissed yesterday that I didn't even touch the car. I worked on the other one.
I know the car will drive perfectly based on all the cars you've seen over the years. You'll be able to align it. But the right side tire will be 3/16 of inch closer to the firewall, right ?