Straight from Michael Harding himself…. Hi Roland- Haha… blaming me?? What did I do? Yes, I have the original K-member in the car, I only used the QA1 control arms. The 66- K-member will set the engine back about 2 inches, and they’ll have to notch the mounts or make something custom. People have used the later K-member for better weight distribution, but many say it’s a bit of a pain because everything doesn’t line up perfectly. By the way, the next upgrade will be a full coilover suspension from Control Freak Suspensions, where I’ll replace the K-member and the steering box altogether. And you might particularly like this: Since I’m entered into the Optima Challenge with my Belvedere this October, I believe I will be the first person ever to enter the Optima Series with a Poly 318. Hope you are doing well…. -Michael From: Roland Osborne [mailto:roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Michael- Everybody is blaming you for this confusion… Original post: I have fitted a QA-1 tubular K member into my 63 Dodge Wagon. It is intended for a 66 and up V8 so the motor mounts do not line up on my 318 Poly. Before I start fabricating adapters, does anyone know a combination of mounts and brackets that might work for this combination? Thanks! Thanks for all the feedback. Looks like Mike Harding stayed with his original K member. Hope I don't end up wishing i had! Help them out on what you really have in the car, and/or your recommendations!… Best! Roland (btw-great story on the Hemi Under Glass Roll over Beethoven with Jay Leno in the current issue of Chrysler Power!!!)… From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Kinsley Michael has many variations. Did you check his latest? I thought he had completely replaced the K member in latest batch of changes. He did the steering box upgrade I know. Borgeson? On Aug 25, 2016 10:20 AM, "Simon B." <simon.banfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi guys Thanks for all the feedback. Looks like Mike Harding stayed with his original K member. Hope I don't end up wishing i had!
I have fitted a QA-1 tubular K member into my 63 Dodge Wagon. It is intended for a 66 and up V8 so the motor mounts do not line up on my 318 Poly. Before I start fabricating adapters, does anyone know a combination of mounts and brackets that might work for this combination? Thanks! -- -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. |
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