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Old 04-13-2010, 04:40 PM
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Default Carrera coil overs & ride height (which way to adjust?)

Hello all,
Really happy with my B&B so far and starting to dig into some items I want to improve/adjust to my liking.

I don't have the instructions for the shocks on the car, Carrera coil overs all the way around. Old owner gave me a spanner wrench, but I don't know which way to turn the spanner nut to lower the rear ride heigth.

I believe I need to turn the adjuster clockwise thus compressing the spring (with no weight on the shock) to lower the ride heigth. I would go counter clockwise or lengthen the spring to raise ride heigth.

Sound correct to you guys?
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Congratulations on your B&B Cobra. I am also a B&B owner and did the same as you are now doing, going over the car and adjusting to your liking. You are correct, by compressing the spring you will raise the frame/body from the wheels. Stay equal on the adjustments as not to change the cross weights. At some point get the car scaled to balance it as spring tension changes over the years.
Don't forget to use jack stand to relieve the spring tension, if they are stuck, a little WD 40 works great.
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Thanks Lou! Nice looking car you have.

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I believe I misread your post, I just want to be clear. Compressing the spring (lengthening the shock) will raise the ride height whichever way the shock is hung.
Good luck with your B&B Cobra
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The back of the AC pedals have a slot in between to raised sides with bolt holes through both. The pedal mount ground flat to meet the back of the AC pedal fits in the slot and a bolt sleeves through to holes to secure the pedal to the mount.
I would not grind off the raised aluminum behind the AC pedal as this is the only way to run the bolt through to secure the pedal to the mount.
The end of the mount with pedal removed should have 5/16 hole through it.
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If you want to play with the weight on all four corners, adjust the ride height and springs, for spring height, and even testing for wheel size & offset/back spacing. I made a threaded tubing tool with heims at each end.

Take off the shocks and place these on the mounts. You can turn the alum. body to raise or lower the car on each corner until you get it sitting just right. I also borrowed a set of electronic scales and I was amazed,.... on how off each corner was and different. Now it's almost 50/50, even with a big block.

You can make the cheap or you can borrow mine. It's one of the best things I've done on my cobra.

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Getting the body sitting right on the car does not always equal a balanced sprung car. It has a lot to do with how the body was placed on the frame using shims if needed, and scaled before the body on the car and after the body being placed on the car. At least that is my thinking. I thought it could not be done without springs in place. Am I wrong?
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The body weight will not change the weight on all four corners, unless the body has 500 lbs of filler on one of it's corners.

You want to adjust the weigh after the car is completely,..... finished. You can even really technical, by adding sand bag's (or the like) to the drivers weight or both seats if that's how the car will be driven most.

You can also do the same for wheel alignment. I do on my cobra, because of it's light weight. It DOES,.... make a different.
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FWIW, don't forget to undo the sway bars when adjusting ride height and/or corner weighing. You'll have to adjust the end links' lengths as they must have 0 load after you're done with the ride height adjustments. Otherwise, it will all be for naught and actually mess up the handling big time.
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Great advice guys, thank you so much!

No sway bars yet, but they are on the wish list.
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