I figured out what the magenta haze in my pictures was. I was using a 4 second shutter time, and the glare from the lights in the ceiling was effecting the exposure.
I pulled the rear hubs and put some Galant Vr4 rear hubs in.
The DSM rear calipers were pretty much to identical to the 89 Summit sedan rear calipers I had been using. The main difference is the angle the brake hose goes into the caliper.
The rotors were identical dimensions aside from the fact one was 4 lug and the other was 5. The caliper bracket is the same casting.
I need to make a quiet 3" exhaust to fit into the spaces shown below.
Here's how the car sits now that it's on matching wheels again, with brakes, and everythng but interior, exhaust, and fuel.
It's beginning to look like the dimensions of the DSM suspension require a softer spring on a Colt. These were some saggy old Colt springs before, and now the suspension only compresses about two inches or less when I place the weight of the car on it. The different design of the trailing arm appears to offer the spring more leverage in this configuration. I'll return to this problem when I have it completely together, and 10 or 15 gallons of gas in the tank.
I've relocated the battery to the back of my car, running a heavy gauge wire to the engine bay, and even with a brand new starter I have problems like that.....but not every time I start it. Gonna run a huge power wire to the starter someday soon, and I'm pretty sure that will solve it. I'll have the clicks too until then. I see so many guys on here with that problem.
