lonesomeloser

For those that are interested, I was doing some shopping around for drop spindles and I contacted Belltech. I asked if they were going to produce them again.
Here is their response:

"We are scheduled to produce a 2200 part # for the 82-92. It should be
done in a few months. "

Rich2279

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I guess they didn't mention an estimated price?

lonesomeloser

I think they "forgot" to mention that.

84 1LE

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I did'nt know they were still in business!

theimpaler68

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subscribe!!! been looking for drop spindles for awhile now.

andrewmp6

theimpaler68 racecraft.com has made drop spindles for a while now.

lonesomeloser

Also PA racing makes them. I would like to see Belltech beat both of them at the price point.

Dark Ember

When I was looking for 2" drop spindles for my Monte, I almost got Beltechs, but then I found the Summit brand. They were cheaper so I got those instead. They have been trouble free since 2000 when I installed them. If summit has them for your car, you also wont have to wait months..

theimpaler68

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yes what i meant to say was that i have been looking and have found nothing other than the racecraft for our cars. i didnt now about PA. racecraft sells for around $550. not looking at that much wanted something cheaper. most of the belltechs for other cars are around $200. if they put out 3rd gen one again then i will wait to see if the price is right.

C Murda

subscribing

Scorpner

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Would be nice to see a one piece dropped spindle for $200.

I H8 WWD

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One piece? What do you mean. Like this?
http://www.racecraft.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=122

Scorpner

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I was thinking of something that was cast. That does look like a nice part though.

cavazos31

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Cool, hopefully the price is reasonable enough to justify drop spindles over lowering springs. I understand drop spindles are the proper way to lower the front while keeping proper geometry, they've just been too expensive for me to justify buying them over drop springs, especially the $1050 ones posted! Those are pretty trick though.

sid rs91

any update on a release date for these?

//<86TA>\\

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the reason other spindles are only 200 bux is because they are huge sellers and they can afford to do the lower price. I would be surprised if the 3rd gen ones are under 500bux because of the limited market.

I would be interested in these though, depending on the weight, racecrafts are right at 10 lbs, 9 lbs for the rack verson, pretty light for a spindle.

I H8 WWD

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I'm going with Racecraft since ebmiller has set his brake systems up for theirs. Also because I want a flat 2" all around drop, in which RC has a 2" drop. I think they'd sell a lot more if they made them in 1.5" drop spindles, for those who want to lower their car, but not too much. Oh well...

lonesomeloser

I contacted Bell Tech today. The ETA is about 1-2 months because there was some hardware delay. They are supposed to call me back with a more accurate date. As soon as I hear anything I'll update everyone. I asked about pricing: MSRP $ 319.00. They will be a 2" drop.

Brisk

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excellent, I'd probably pick some up as well.

hellz_wings

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230$ less than racecraft's... hopefully they're made to fit LS1 brake setups!

jersyboyy

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Hoping on board this sounds awsome

I H8 WWD

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If all this works with ebmillers 4 wheel disc Wilwood setup I want, then I'll probably get these over the Racecraft version. We will see when it comes out, as Racecrafts' piece just looks so sexy, and by itself even for the price they are.

I can't wait to get into my suspension.

hellz_wings

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Yes they should chime in and let us know these things because I need to buy a set and if they are not compatible with LS1 brakes i'll go with Racecraft's product.

dust3r

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I am running belltech drop spindles with Ed's 13.4" rotor CTS-V Brembo caliper kit, so I doubt there would be a problem using these spindles with any o Ed's other kits.

Camaroman881

I just talked to a Racecraft sales guy n they r comin out with a new series of Drop Spindles They r comin out at the end of the month it will be interesting to c em this is all the info they had on them. i thought everyone woudl wanna look

AmorgetRS

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Anyone know what the Stiletto Suspension Package is?

I H8 WWD

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Stiletto package is going to be from what I know of stiletto chassis works on RC cars and trucks that this will be a completely weight savings setup, everything will be only what is absolutely necessary for the car to move and sit.

We will see what they are calling their Stiletto package though.

Maybe to deal with these guys' parts?
http://www.swracecars.com/store/Stil...36=35-050.aspx

http://www.racetechracecars.com/parts.asp?cat=27

All related to steering components. So it looks like this will be for a manual steering setup through Racecraft.

Edit: Check out the Stiletto Mustang Suspension package. All lightweight parts, as well as a rack and pinion setup, as I'm sure will be a resemblance of our kit.
http://www.racecraft.com/index.php?m...roducts_id=703

89ROC-Z

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Great...another 300 bucks outa my pocket lol


Hope they get em out soon!

hellz_wings

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These lightweight spindles are only for drag racing right? Not for street DD / autox?

super_kev

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I would imagine so. I wouldn't use any lightweight spindle for the street, especially AutoX.

Scorpner

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Was hoping that wasn't the case, I thought you wanted less un-sprung weight for better handling?

blyth18md

Saftey is #1 concern. Drag oriented parts aren't usually up to the task of the additional grip. Less unsprung weight is good, but a broken component isn't going to get you anywhere any faster.

Scorpner

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I didn't see where it stated they were only for off road drag racing only though. Are dropped spindles a benefit for drag racing?

lonesomeloser

Spoke with Belltech today and unfortunately it's not good news. The production has been delayed even longer, possibly 6 months. "A change in the workforce" was how it was explained to me.

DBLTKE

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Well it's been 5 months. Any word yet?

super_kev

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With the economy the way it is, I wouldn't put my bets on Belltech delivering anytime soon. Get the RaceCraft spindles; nice pieces.

86blackiroc

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I don't understand why it's such an ordeal to produce them? They used to make them... just make them again.

The projected price seems fair considering they weren't much less before. IIRC, they were like $239 or something then. Not bad considering a Flowmaster catback costs almost twice as much as the same kit 8 or 9 years ago.

super_kev

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Unfortunately it's not that simple. From what we could gather, the foundry that cast them destroyed the last master molds and prototypes roughly 5-6 years ago, so BellTech needs to remake everything. cocacolakidd has posted lots of information on the hows & whys in several threads over the years, and I even contacted several ironworks plants to engineer some molds to make a small run since we had located some good condition unmodified spindles, but we had to work things out and front up some capital of which cocacolakidd, myself nor anyone else had sitting around at that time.

MatNova

Sibscribing...any updates?

zenish

would it be a bad idea to design them with the caliper mount moved out to use a twelve inch rotor?before you assume the wheels won't fit,half ton chevy trucks have had twelve inch rotors and fifteen inch wheels since 1970.

lonesomeloser

No, I haven't bothered to call them back.

hellz_wings

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a 1" or 1.2" drop spindle would be awesome..

DBLTKE

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Well I took the liberty to email them recently and got this in reply:

hellz_wings

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Bummer :S

I H8 WWD

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Just realized you posted this. Oops. The Racecraft spindles are $580 a pair.

hellz_wings

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Are those Santhuff spindles even made for our cars? Never seen anyone install them.. They look very lightweight and look like a race-only part..

BBCpoweredZ28

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Anything???

zenish

i probably wouldn't buy them if they were available.my subframe connecters already drag on speedbumps sometime.im wanting airbags.

DBLTKE

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If you'd have read the thread you would have seen my post (4 above yours) that shows an email from Belltech stating that they won't be making them.