Thanks Joe,
I've already decided that I wouldn't do/need it.
When I was pulling those long shackles off the
rear, I found that the top bushing on the left
side was really bad. I'm going to replace all
leaf spring bushings with new polygraphite stuff.
PST will sell me a set for $50. Can't go wrong
for that. My guess is that getting the rear down
4 inches, getting the front down 2 inches, and
replacing the mush bushings with polygraphpites
should correct my handling woes.
Dick J
--- Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net> wrote:
> Don't do it! You will bind the suspension ( the
> rear will have different
> arcs of travel). If you must , install a
> wishbone to the rear.
>
> Try replacing the leaf springs, the old ones
> are probably worn out, with
> bad bushings in the eyes. The caster change to
> the front end will help
> to stabilize the car too. Try to get 7 degrees,
> that really helps.
>
> joe
>
> Dick J wrote:
>
> > When I ran my 67 Camaro at Maxton in October,
> I
> > found that the car wanted to wander a lot
> above
> > 120 mph. The rear was jacked up with
> extended
> > shackles (ala 1970s) to clear the tires.
> (These
> > were on the car when I bought it, but I
> didn't
> > have time to remove them before racing.) I
> had
> > new shocks front and rear. The front had
> stock
> > chev alignment with 3 degrees caster. I was
> > running into about a 12-15 mph headwind off
> the
> > right front.
> >
> > I have removed the long shackles and replaced
> > them with stockers. I've installed two inch
> > lowering blocks. I've opened up the wheel
> arches
> > and inner fenders for clearance. I'm cutting
> 1
> > coil off the front springs. I'm going to have
> as
> > much caster put into the front end as can be
> when
> > I get it re-aligned, but that probably won't
> be
> > much more than 4-5 degrees. This should give
> the
> > car a pretty good stance for LSR.
> >
> > My Question is: Should I fab a short panhard
> bar
> > to run from the top of the rear end housing
> to
> > the right side frame to further eliminate
> side
> > sway? It won't cost anything and should only
> > take a couple of hours.
> >
> > What do you guys think?
> >
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> > * Dick J *
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> >
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