I made my own spreader bar to get mine wide enough to get mine on. Took a bit of spreading to get my brace and MC bar on too.(hammer only went so far)

 

that seems like a bit of over kill for working on a 6 dont you think?. Usually you only need a spreader bar if your working with a 351 or higher because of the weight on the front towers. Using a jack and reliving pressure would work just fine.

 

where did you get the idea of that spreader? cause i made mine EXACTLY the same. and i made a thread about it with picture instuctions on how to make it. just wondering .

 

you would think so.

but ANY car is going to start sagging after 40 years. i had a puny 289 and i had to do MAJOR work to get my export brace to fit. the 289 is not that much heavier. maybe 50lbs. my monte carlo bar went in perfect though.

i had mine set op on jacks for over a week. it didnt do anyhting. so i had to make a tool ^.

 

does anyone have that link to making your own monte carlo/export brace. from what i remember it was prett good with pics. can someone post a link to it. thanks