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Old May 19, 2004 | 07:50 AM
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Car: 89 GTA
Engine: 350 LT1
Transmission: T56
lt1 swap near completion.. have suspension question

now that I am driving the car, which btw pulls Hard.. .. The front seem quite a bit more boucy. and seems to be sitting a bit higher.. I attribute this to the Al heads, .. I don't want the car any lower than stock since our roads aren't great. Any ideas? I assume others have this problem?
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Old May 19, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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What springs do you have in there right now?
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Old May 19, 2004 | 06:10 PM
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Car: 89rs (previous 2.8)
Engine: 406
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you might put a torch to them a bit...
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Old May 19, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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best of my knowledge.. i have TA springs. not ws6 or anything..
heard about the torch thing. wondering how i would get both sides the same..
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Old May 19, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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I think visuals would get you darn close. This happened to me after my swap. I think the car sat too long without a motor in it. After a few road test and a few days with the motor in it it settled back down.
Tis was with v-6 springs with 28" tires now it went back down to perfect..here is a pic with them up.
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Old May 20, 2004 | 07:30 AM
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i am not in a big hurry to do this.. i did notice that it fixed itself a little bit, but is still high... looks like best answer is heat.. i'll wait for a few more test runs b4 i try that.. I can always get springs if i screw it up too much anyway.
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