Suspension travel question

[Camarofreak69]

Originally Posted by DocDirk

Yes, Terry, it's an actual West Coast. I bought the kit from Vern Redel (West Coast Cobra) and took delivery in April of 2007. I'll zoom over to the website to check if there are pictures of a different setup on his example chassis or elsewhere. I've heard other West Coast owners mention that their kits weren't identical. Thanks for the information.

I'll definitely check out the alternative chrome-moly rods on the web and get this beast up to a chassis professional in March. It's at the upholsterer's right now, I had to try my hand at that art as well and found out it's not as simple as I had imagined....doh!


Dirk

P.S. OMGoodness, I just check the West Coast Website photo of their rear suspension and on the version with outboard coilovers (which I have) the rectangular control arm is attached to the frame by a mount WITHOUT a top to allow it full travel......Sheeeeesh!

Hey Dirk,
My name is Ryan I'm from UT. I work at a race fab shop and we have worked on one of these West Coast Cobra Cars. We have pretty much solved the problem of the suspension travel and the problem with the jerkyness of the rear. We fabbed up some new upper arms and replaces some of the pieces of the lower arms and also modified them so they don't bottom out. We are currently selling new upper set that are made up of butch tie rod ends and butch D.O.M. with polly bushings. They are priced at $400 shipped anywhere in the country. That also includes instructions on how to modify the lower arms so they don't have any clearance issues. If you are interested call (435) 865-0885 and we'll give you more info ask for Drew or Ryan.