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Old 01-31-2025, 08:33 AM
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Another aspect is to get your lower front A arm as close to parallel to the road surface as possible without compromising clearance of road obstacles.
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If I remember correct this was a topic many times and the user resulst were more
Front Springs at 200-220
Rear Springs 275-300

I think NOS were like F180/250R in the 60's
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I think I've found a good place to resolve this. I put a call into a couple of speedshops in Connecticut that work on race car chassiss and they have the skills and analytics to properly corner balance and align the toe and camber as needed. They state that they will approximate the weight of the driver and then put a scale on each wheel and then add weight where necessary to get the car perfectly balanced left to right and front to back. By doing this the car will achieve optimal handling, braking, accelerating. Properly setting up a performance car's suspension is something you need expertise and equipment to handle properly. I'll share my solution once completed. I've never done this. My last ERA was so superiorly set up for handling bumps and corners and just stuck to the pavement no matter what you did with the brakes or the throttle. I'm sure I'll get the best out of CSX 4147 once they complete their adjustments.
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I... and then add weight where necessary to get the car perfectly balanced left to right and front to back.
Well Franky, you might want to ask them to make sure that when they add weight to one wheel they subtract the same weight from another wheel.
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