S0 the tear down begins. The documenting of the stock parts removal is skipped since just about every magazine out there has done a piece on it. No need to re-invent the wheel. Naked frame has a few areas that will be grinded and welded. Some of the stock locations look like they could be a weak point.

       

Front suspension officially gone. Note the stock GM caliper. Grinding and welding of the subframe starts here soon. Keep in mind this is not a not a full restoration - only an upgrade. No beauty queen.

  

The old master cylinder was leaking. So it was a good time to get rid of the 11" power booster and 1 1/8" bore master cylinder combo in favor for a manual setup using a 15/16 Corvette master cylinder from CPP - Classic Performance Products. Adjustable proportion valve for the rear brakes is attached but not in it's final resting spot. A more aggressive Hawk brake pad is used since the move to a manual brake system is the goal. This is ultimately because the motor only makes 5-7lbs of vacuum and a new engine combo is a year out.

There hasn't been this much valve cover clearance since there was a small block in the motor mounts. A  manual brake push rod was scrounged in my pile-O-junk and cut it down to the right length. The front brake lines are in and aren't real pretty - a line kit was used  - but each line really should have been custom made.  I just hate flaring the tubes...

 

The Kore3 kit comes with frame mounts for the new flex lines. Ugraded the polyurethane swaybar bushings from Energy Suspensions were also added. The old ADDCO ones were actually loose and worn out. The brackets are cut and re-welded  to clear the stock subframe. It was easier than modifying the subframe. New Energy Suspensions 3/8" endlinks are also installed front and rear. The ADDCO units were a bit too short or my suspension sat that high - these will be adjusted once the new SpeedTech A-Arms are installed. Longer rear links were used to level out the sway bar and remove the bind.

 The other piece to be removed was the ADDCO rear swaybar mount on the right. This was pinched between the ubolt and axle tube. It always seemed cheap and unsecure. I moved it around and tightened it up after adding the new end links to only find the plate and bracket were bending and distorting the bushing mount. The piece now used is a 2 1/2" wide MOPAR leaf spring perch for a 3" axle tube. The centering hole was welded up and ubolt holes were elongated. Fits like a glove.