Guys, so Bill ended up installing a shorter spring. Car is sitting alot lower now and the only problem he can see is the top of the diff pumpkin hitting the trunk floor as I have about 1.5" of travel. The new springs are 200 lb.
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Franky, the noise ended up being the shifter hitting the trans tunnel shifter hole opening. Bill clearanced it a bit and now the mystery noise is gone.
Yeah, will have to see it in person and may raise it up now. Too high, too low lol I've got issues
Patience, you know what you want. You'll get there, the secret in times like this is not making short-term compromises that you'll regret in the future.
Given that you have the G-link you should be able to raise the lower shock mounting to get the ride height where you want it since there are a few holes available to you.
I think it looked good before, but then again, my car sits high in the rear so what do I know...When I installed the hyperco springs from Tyler's 68 (which sat too high in his car) mine looked like it had a dump in its pants.
Given that you have the G-link you should be able to raise the lower shock mounting to get the ride height where you want it since there are a few holes available to you.
I think it looked good before, but then again, my car sits high in the rear so what do I know...When I installed the hyperco springs from Tyler's 68 (which sat too high in his car) mine looked like it had a dump in its pants.
Jeff, Bill said the shocks were bolted in the lowest positions before, now with the shorter spring he moved thier mounting positions up.
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Originally Posted by tones2SS
Don't feel bad, I'd be the EXACT same way. Gotta get the stance right.
Good luck Ryan.
Tones, I don't feel bad at all. Stance is very important to me as stupid as it sounds. I did the same with my leafs. They were adjusted a few times before we got them "right"
Ryan it's looking great!
You shouldn't have a hard time with the stance...just show Bill a pic of Red Devil w/ the Fikse's on it and tell him to make your car sit like Mark's....
You're going to need around 2.25-2.5" of bump. That would've been the benefit of raising the shock mount, more bump travel at a lower ride height. However, your pinion housing will hit the tunnel before the pumpkin hits the trunk. My car is 24.75 to the crease on the quarter. I can lower mine to around 24.5 but I'd rather have a little extra to play with on the race track. 24.75 gives me 2.5 inches of bump travel and the pinion is about a pinky away from the tunnel at full compression. I'd start at 2" of shock travel and keep an eye on the o rings.
Ryan it's looking great!
You shouldn't have a hard time with the stance...just show Bill a pic of Red Devil w/ the Fikse's on it and tell him to make your car sit like Mark's....
Thanks Anthony, well that's what I tried to do. Unfortunately it's not as simple as that since the G-link doesn't have the clearance to go super low without running into this problem. Bill's going to test drive the car today and see how it is at the current height, if there's an issue he will raise it back up.
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Originally Posted by Vegas69
You're going to need around 2.25-2.5" of bump. That would've been the benefit of raising the shock mount, more bump travel at a lower ride height. However, your pinion housing will hit the tunnel before the pumpkin hits the trunk. My car is 24.75 to the crease on the quarter. I can lower mine to around 24.5 but I'd rather have a little extra to play with on the race track. 24.75 gives me 2.5 inches of bump travel and the pinion is about a pinky away from the tunnel at full compression. I'd start at 2" of shock travel and keep an eye on the o rings.
Thanks for the measurments Todd, I'll check the numbers once I get it back which should be today.
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