Re: k-frame interchange

["62-65-mail-list-club-Gary-H" <62-65-mail-list-club@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My memory is that the 1969 K member will bolt in your 1965 B-body and also make the engine sit about 1 1/2 inches closer to the firewall. Back in the day "Very Serious Drag Racers" swapped in the later years K to get a competitive advantage on weight transfer / traction.   

By the way, about rear springs: 

1965 to 1979 B-body cars used 22" front  36" rear so  58" total.

BUT!

Some 1965 B-body cars (early 1965?) used the same springs as a 1964 B-body.

21" front 35" rear so  56" total.

Thanks,
Gary H.


>  -------Original Message-------
> 
>  
>  Hey folks,
>  I got the complete front and rear suspension from a 1969 Roadrunner
>  for free from this guy.
>  My question is : will the 69 K frame fit my 65 coronet? My 65 coronet
>  was a poly 318 to start with, but to bump up to a big block I
>  understand I need a big block K frame. I know I can get a swap kit for
>  it , but I might want to go this route instead , and hey, its free. I
>  was able to find out that the torsion bars are the same length, so I
>  can use the heavier Roadrunner bars if I swap in a 440
>  Unfortunately the rear leaf springs are a different length, by an
>  inch. I will put the 8.75 axle in my parts pile as those are getting
>  hard to find.
>  Neal Zimmerman -- 

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