73 E body front disc brakes conversion on A body. Where did I mess up?

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I'm running a sway bar on my 67 with an E body swap that keeps the calipers on the front, so not sure why you can't? My car was that way when I bought it and I actually tried swapping the calipers to the rear because I preferred that idea for various reasons, but with the inlet ports facing toward the centerline of the axle and not toward the center of the car it made it more difficult to route brake lines, so I swapped them back. I know I probably could have gotten there by swapping to a banjo bolt, but I didn't want to get into it at the time. I originally thought I had F body brakes since several parts on my car were out of one when I bought it, but I later learned the F body brakes had the inlet directly behind the piston. I had bought replacement lines for them and when they wouldn't fit I learned I actually had the E body setup.

I know the sway bar to caliper clearance is really close, but it is in there. It's still a front mount sway bar though, not the later style through the K member if that makes any difference.
 
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Map63Vette said:
I'm running a sway bar on my 67 with an E body swap that keeps the calipers on the front, so not sure why you can't? My car was that way when I bought it and I actually tried swapping the calipers to the rear because I preferred that idea for various reasons, but with the inlet ports facing toward the centerline of the axle and not toward the center of the car it made it more difficult to route brake lines, so I swapped them back. I know I probably could have gotten there by swapping to a banjo bolt, but I didn't want to get into it at the time. I originally thought I had F body brakes since several parts on my car were out of one when I bought it, but I later learned the F body brakes had the inlet directly behind the piston. I had bought replacement lines for them and when they wouldn't fit I learned I actually had the E body setup.

I know the sway bar to caliper clearance is really close, but it is in there. It's still a front mount sway bar though, not the later style through the K member if that makes any difference.
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Glad you replied and many thanks for doing so. Am very interested in your setup. Is your sway bar connected to a tab at the shock mount bolt? Was told Hellwig was mounted this way so could possibly be a solution.
 
jawbone said:
Glad you replied and many thanks for doing so. Am very interested in your setup. Is your sway bar connected to a tab at the shock mount bolt? Was told Hellwig was mounted this way so could possibly be a solution.
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No, mine is on a factory tab at the lower portion of the control arm as I recall. I'll see if I can grab a picture when I get home though to confirm. I think I might have had to shorten the end links a bit to make it work, but it's been a while since I did it, so I don't really remember what all I might have changed.
 
Map63Vette said:
No, mine is on a factory tab at the lower portion of the control arm as I recall. I'll see if I can grab a picture when I get home though to confirm. I think I might have had to shorten the end links a bit to make it work, but it's been a while since I did it, so I don't really remember what all I might have changed.
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Thanks. Pics would be great if possible.
 
Looks like I've got a ton of room. First picture is wheels straight ahead, second is a full right turn (not quite to the lock since I couldn't hold it there and take a picture at the same time, but turned to the lock and then let go). It does look like I shortened the links quite a bit, but it actually makes the bar sit more level to begin with, which I think is kind of the design intent. I don't know that my link angles look all that great, but it fits and functions, so better than nothing I suppose. Have you tried mocking it up to know for sure they don't fit or were you just going off of general advice? I swear I remember it being closer on my car at one point, but I know all this stuff was already on my car before I got it, so hard to say if they are the right parts to begin with either.

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jawbone said:
Is your sway bar connected to a tab at the shock mount bolt? Was told Hellwig was mounted this way so could possibly be a solution.
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fyi, hellwig makes a bunch of bars for 67~72 and several for 73~76 and they have all manner of different mount styles.

there is a bar out there that will work with whatever hodge-podge of parts you have cooking. it may be hellwig, it may be stock, it may be somebody else. it may or may not require new tabs be welded on. but there is one out there that will work and likely it's hellwig.
 
Map63Vette said:
Looks like I've got a ton of room. First picture is wheels straight ahead, second is a full right turn (not quite to the lock since I couldn't hold it there and take a picture at the same time, but turned to the lock and then let go). It does look like I shortened the links quite a bit, but it actually makes the bar sit more level to begin with, which I think is kind of the design intent. I don't know that my link angles look all that great, but it fits and functions, so better than nothing I suppose. Have you tried mocking it up to know for sure they don't fit or were you just going off of general advice? I swear I remember it being closer on my car at one point, but I know all this stuff was already on my car before I got it, so hard to say if they are the right parts to begin with either.

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Thanks a ton for the pics. Gives me exactly what I needed. Do not currently have a sway bar but if you have read the entire thread you know I'm shooting for the lower control arms with sway bar tabs like yours. Advice says mount the caliper on rear for clearance but I can't use my ProForged lower ball joints unless I modify them. Always something. Hellwig makes a sway bar that mounts to lower shock bolt off a bracket. Per your pic, looks like ample room from caliper. Concerned however about the strut bar.
 
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