On the Spit, the upper shock mount is a 3-sided box section cantilevered off of
the frame - not body mounted as on the GT-6. THe typical weight that the
booster springs would carry is in the order of about 75 to 100 lbs. I can grab
the rear bumper at a corner of the car and lift the back end of the car to the
desired ride height.
....Is this wise? I doubt the body shell is strong enough to actually carry
some of the weight of the car (which is what you're doing), long term.
....Aribert_Neumann@magna.on.ca wrote:
>
> My first LBC was a 78 Spit with the traditional yielding of the transverse
leaf
> spring. I purchased from my then local LBC supplier (English Only, in
Detroit,
> since moved elsewhere and/or out of the LBC business) a set of coil over
shocks
> to replace the factory shocks. These shocks lifted the rear of the vehicle up
> about 1/2 in. above nominal ride height (when new)
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