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i finally made my mind up b/c i have a 85 chevy 4x4 newest truck ive ever had an dont want no other on dat new but neway i want 2 make my 64 a street legal pro street/gasser something dat i could run on d track an beat new zo6 vettes an b nice 2 beat vippers i can alwas dream lol but how do i rasie the front up cheap any ideas

put a ford econoline van axel from the same year under it

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wat was the reson 4 riseing up the fornt ? an watabout streeing brakes an all

64CHEVYREBEL,

This might not be what you were asking...it's all about weight transfer. If you raise the nose of the car, under hard acceleration off the line, the weight is thrown onto the back wheels for added traction. At least this is how I understand it. I have always loved the high stance and gasser straight axle look...it's mean!

Stuart

Raising the front is basically for weight transfer to the rear wheels upon launch.
You would have to remove your current front suspension and install a straight axle with leaf springs.

64chevyrebel.Back in the 60's the slicks were hard wall with a width of about 9"The front end was raised to preload the back.On the launch the weight would transfer back even more.The cars used were Willys,Chevs,Studebakers,which had straight axles in them.Later other cars had straight axles in an attempt to loose weight.This is where I'll add that the cars did not handle worth a darn.But since all the were about the same, the playing field was level.When the softwall slick was introduced in the late 60's,that was the end of the highboy gasser.Down into the weeds went the racecars.If you want to win races,don't do it.There is a lot of suspension updates for your truck.If you are going for the "LOOK"of an old gasser,then fine.Please,realise that the old cars didn't handle well,that's the reason that they race a nostalgia races not NHRA,, Boyd

well how can i get the look but with out the bad handileing b/c i dont want no low sittin truck it doesent have be real high im trying 2 build a low buck sleeper truck im gonna go wit a 454 an some kinda Mannel trans something that i can play wit on d bullivard 4rm stop light 2 stop light i jus want a fast truck that looks kinda like something that somebody woulda built in the 60's 70's im nottin lookin 2 go 200 mph in a cruve but in a straght line

It is not my intension to give you a bad time,but I don't understand how you want a lowbuck sleeper that looks like an old style racecar.My understanding of a sleeper would be a stock looking truck with a hell of a motor in it.Leave the front end alone and deal with the rear suspension.Traction is what you want

it gone b stock paint an all sleeper but wit 60's stlyin not total sleeper but

1 ton springs in the front.

i kno u can put the 67-72 front end under a 64 but wat about like 73-87 ?