Mike,
1. I checked with the shop who helped install my Pacer IFS,
and has done several V8 Pacers as well. No pan interference with
a V8.
2. The axle centerline should not change. The stated measurement
(21 - 1/2"?) is only a guide, it is given as a distance from
the end of the frame horns, apparently there were some variations
here.
3. Best deal I found on all rebuild components was from Kanter
(www.kanter.com)as a package deal with ball joints, tie rod ends,
control arm bushings etc. Urethane is available only for the
sway bar bushings. Personally I would not use urethane suspension
bushings because they cause annoying squeaks. I kind of doubt
you would find them for AMC models anyway.
NOTE: Pacer kits are made by Chassis Engineering, Carter is
a re-seller. Instructions (such as they are) come from CE, not
Jim Carter.
Jack / Winter Park FL
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"Mike Stone" <mrston@hotmail.com> Wrote on
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:46:26 GMT
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Jack
I was refered to you by guys on the oletrucks list as knowing
alot about
Pacer IFS in a chevy AD PU. Mine is a 50, and I'm about to put
in a Pacer
IFS. I'm using the Jim Carter adapter kit. Two questions have
arisen, and
I'd like to avoid mistakes. First, will the oil pan of a small
block engine
clear the crossmember of the Pacer IFS, once installed, if I
ever need to
drop the pan? Makes a difference regarding welding or bolting
the adapter
plates onto the the frame. I'd like to avoid having to take the
whole engine
out to drop the pan! I've been told a stovebolt six won't clear.
Second,
Carter's installation instructions aren't clear to me. Is the
center if the
axle line placed in the same spot with the Pacer as it was with
the stock
axle? I can't see why it should change, moving the wheels' position
in the
fenders. Yet Carter's instructions imply to me that the centerline
is moved
back 1/2" from my (careful) measure of the old line. Third, does
anyone sell
urethane rebuild kits for the Pacer? If not, which company offers
the best
price on the rubber? I would appreciate any help you could offer.
Thanks!
Mike Stone.
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