![]() ![]() In order to keep the driveshaft and u-joints operating in a (more or less) straight line, the pinion angle has to be correct. What’s with big deal with pinion angle? It is a very big deal. If you have some adjustment in the bars (for example, adjustable uppers and lowers), then you can fine tune the suspension and set the static pinion angle. Crank in big power with your G-body and you’ll likely find that an I/C location near stock is actually close to optimum, provided you don’t jack the body way up in the air. In fact, many torque arm suspension combinations (for example, a 1982 to 2002 Camaro) that are known to hook pretty much on grass have a long I/C location. Believe it or not, many of today’s very successful Pro Stock drag cars have instant center locations way ahead of the vehicle. The stock G Body I/C location isn’t really that bad. We pointed out there were and still are a number of different rear suspension options for drag racing these cars, but the very best scenario is where the bars are adjustable, the shocks are double adjustable and a high quality Anti Roll Bar is used at the rear. In that vein, let's take a look at some of the coolest cars that ran on the venerated G-Body platform from General Motors.In our last issue, we started our look at triangulated four links for GM G Bodies (and much of this is the very same for earlier A-bodies too). When it launched, Chevy had named it the A-Body, but later delegated that name to the FWD platform they introduced in 1982. Americans bought over 10 million G-Body variants throughout its production, as the platform underpinned some of the most iconic cars from Chevy, Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. To this day, G-Body cars shine the brightest at the drag strip. The beauty of the platform also lies in how it managed to retain these characteristics while shedding hundreds of pounds, making it the perfect platform to build drag-racing projects on. GM built their G-Body cars from 1978 to 1988, and with its large engine bay, RWD layout, and body-on-frame construction, hot-rodders fell in love with it. Hot-rodders swear by the G-Body platform, as it stands as a token of a time gone by when they still made a rear-drive layout with a rear-drive intermediate passenger car platform. The General Motors G-Body platform is one of the most renowned car platforms in the automotive world. ![]()
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