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Old 04-25-2010, 05:34 AM
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lol,......I don't like a "droopy bum",....either.

I went through this two years ago. I don't like seeing a lot of air between the top of the tire and the wheel well. I not only wanted to adjust the ride height, but also needed to replace the heim joints and change to QA-1 shocks.

I made these tool's, and it really works slick. Take off your shocks and mount them. It's a part of the suspension on our sprint car. I used four of the old heims, one on each end. You grab the bar and turn either clockwise or counter. I found where I liked the ride height, that I needed to replace the rear springs 12" springs to 10".

I Also borrowed a set of electronic car scales. I could not believe how off the the weight was on each corner. I played around with the coil over's and even with a big block, the weight is very close to each other on the corners and, the front to rear weight is 48/51 % . It drives and tracks so,..... much better.

Now I have it sitting just right. Don't get it so low that you get tire rub when occupied with two people. The only other thing I would change,...... is moving the rear wheels in,.... apx. 1.5". Either with different back spacing or narrowing my Ford 9".

I have my engine out of the car but, it was around 26".

If you want to use my shock adjusting tool, I'll send them to you.

"Pics and specs would be great thanks"

Ok, you want us to post pics, but you haven't ? !!!




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