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Rear spring perch angle I've come to the conclusion that the rear spring perches on these cars most likely weren't in line with each other top to bottom. I installed my adjustable spring perches with 175# 8" barrel springs and they sit on the lower perches angled back at all suspension travel, even sitting the car up at about stock height. I can't correct this by angling the rear diff snout down (with an adjustable torque arm for instance) because then the driveshaft would be at the wrong angle. The simplest way I can think of to fix this would be to angle the bottom of the adjusters with a grinder. I suppose Ideally you would want adjusters that had ball pivots built into them to keep the spring at the best angle all the time. Anyone else notice this and have a solution to this problem? These cars sure seem to have their share of design flaws. |
Re: Rear spring perch angle Wait until you see the front. :) |
Re: Rear spring perch angle The UMI weight jacks i installed have a slight angle built into the bottom plate to "accommodate" that angle. So yeah they're pretty off! |
Re: Rear spring perch angle
Originally Posted by QwkTrip
(Post 6521370)
Wait until you see the front. :) |
Re: Rear spring perch angle I wonder if any brave soul has ever tried to convert on of these cars to a truck arm rear set-up. That would be one way to get rid of the weak torque arm and short trailing arms, and to correct the rear spring misalignment (and probably other problems). |
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