-=> Quoting Joel Heckman to Landon Robinson <=-
 JH> @MSGID: 1:214/80@fidonet.org 96a80b9b
 -> I would but I've got a coil spring rear end.  I was planning on going
 -> with a pair of air shocks to raise it up high enough to clear a set
 -> of tires and raise the back end all at the same time.  I do not plan
 -> on "tubbing" this thing.
 JH> How wide of a tire do you want to put under your truck?  My friend has
 JH> 255/60 15's under his '63 Chevy truck, and he doesn't even come close
 JH> to rubbing, it's lowered three inches in back, too.
 
These were going under a 68 Chevy Impala 4-door. Were being the case (see
below)
 -> To get to the question, would ladder bars even do anything with the
 -> rear end set up as it is?
 JH> They wouldn't do a thing.  That type of suspension (three-link) is
 JH> pretty good about axle twist, wheel hop, and traction in general.
I didn't think ladder bars would do anything with the way the trailing arms
were set up.
 JH> By the way, what motor do you have in it, and what have you done to
 JH> it? 
 JH> Joel
Right now it has a 350 Chevy small block that replaced a worn out (but not
dead) 327 (wish I had kept it). Right now I havn't done anything to the car
it all is basically stock except for a too powerfull for it's own good 350
that was going to go in a race car then plans fell apart and he had to sell
the engine.
This is the "see below" part...
I had been trying to save up enough money to get a new radiator for the car
to replace the old one and then winter suddenly hit one night to the 
surprize of everyone and froze the entire engine. Freeze plugs that had been
small leaks are now water fountains, the radiator leaks even worse now, upon 
pulling the dip stick to check the oil I found out that there is water in the
oil, and the gooseneck for the upper radiator hose sprays water in all 
directions.
So needless to say I'm not getting tires or bigger rear ends or anything
until I get the engine repaired. I am really really hoping that the heads are
not cracked.  I don't mind if I have a cracked cylendar that can be sleeved
but I love the heads and don't want to go all over town trying to find new
ones. My guess is that I have either an intake leak or a blown head gasket.
Before the engine froze I had a little bit a steam coming out one tail pipe
that went away after the engine warmed up, it wasn't ordinary steam from
condensation in the mufflers it was alot more out one side than the other.
Ttyl,
-Landon
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