alright so im in the process of putting in my rear springs founders panhard rod lcas and lcarbs. i look up and in the pass side rear spring there is a rubber block looking thing wedged in the spring. so....what is this? do i need it? my trans am did not have it nor did any of the other 5 thirdgens ive had.

 

thats a parts store spring spacer turned sideways.it is designed to give extra tire clearance.

 

Haha, that is a ghetto way to lift a car.

 

well there was only one lol. both rear shocks are gone though so im gona be shopping for some replacements.

 

Mabe its like a spacer because the spring might have not been good, and it would bottom out or sag, so like the previous ower peobly just stuck that in there to lift it so it dosent sag or bottom out... Well thats just my theory i could be completly wrong haha

 

Its a cheap spring expander. Its not even put in correctly.

 

That's so you can run your 10x15in cragers without tire rub!
Play some SKYNARD!!!

 

Haha yeah I'm surprised it didn't sit funny. But kinda explains why I had such traction issues autox and it wants to wonder all over the road if I do a hard launch. The rest of my thirdgens tracked fairly straight when launched with a burnout. Gona take a wife wheel to the underside do some painting new shocks try to drop my fuel tank since its leaking when full and parked on a hill. Hopefully with the better rear springs and shocks and lcarbs I'll have better luck with traction. Always wondered why a lowly lb9 with 2.73s and posi would spin so good lol

 

never seen one of those before..

 

And yes itsMikey I'm just now getting around to putting those rear springs in lol

 

dam dude
its all good..havent really been doing much with mine recently either..too busy fixing all its problems -__-

 

yeah with the winter coming i had lots of work to do around the house and had to clean the garage so i can fit both thirdgens in lol.

poor trans am covered with junk.

 

That spacer, if it was only on the right side, could have been used to stiffen the spring instead of using airbags (dragbags), compensating for the typical right rear squat experienced with hard launches. ....Or it was just used to lift the body to make room for what looks like 3" exhaust.

 

 

ive only had the car since july and put the exhaust on in august this spacer has been there much longer than that lol. ive only put 2500 miles on the car since ive had it and that spacer has been there much longer im sure. it makes since now on how the rear still felt stiffer than the front even after i installed my moog iroc springs up front lol.