> I tried a different approach to the wheel hop problem. I used the
old
> Chrysler trick of clamping the front of the spring. You clamp the
front
> of the springs so they can't move in relation to each other
> and remove all clamps from the springs to the rear of the axel. It
kind
> of creates a trailing link effect.
I went one better than that: took a pair of the right-length leafs from
an old set and clamped one upside-down on top of each main leaf between
the axle mount and the front spring mount. You want to talk about S T
I F F . . . I think it turned the whole back half of the car into
unsprung weight!
Ramon
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