View Full Version : I lost my Front end travel...


ericsz
Aug 4th, 08, 10:55 AM
Ok so 2 weeks ago I took the inner fenders out and moved the battery to the trunk now and put new body bushings in the car now I lost some front end travel I have the moroso trick 214 springs in it now when I launch the car I can feel the front shocks topping out, what can I do to fix this?????? Thanks!

onovakind67
Aug 4th, 08, 11:01 AM
Did you put shorter shocks in? Does your front end sit higher? The front end travel should be the same if you kept the old shocks and snubbers, but it's more likely to rise up with the reduced weight.

ericsz
Aug 4th, 08, 12:29 PM
Same shocks front end does sit about 2 inches higher.

onovakind67
Aug 4th, 08, 12:31 PM
2" higher? That's a lot for removing 50-60# off the front end.

ericsz
Aug 4th, 08, 12:59 PM
New Body bushings too. Old ones were GONE!!

camaroman7d
Aug 4th, 08, 04:00 PM
The body bushings shouldn't effect travel but, would effect how high the body sits. You have trick springs so taking 50-60lbs off the nose would effect them more than your normal spring. Personally I would cut the springs to bring the nose back down and that will give you the travel you lost back. The other option would be to buy a new set of lighter trick springs.

40Coupe
Aug 4th, 08, 04:36 PM
cut the springs

davidpozzi
Aug 5th, 08, 12:11 AM
It's probably not the shocks, there are droop stops under the upper A arms that will hit the subframe before the shocks top out. Unless you removed them.
David

ron498
Aug 5th, 08, 12:49 AM
Same shocks front end does sit about 2 inches higher.


Um...if the car sits 2" higher now, you just lost 2" of travel.

Everett#2390
Aug 5th, 08, 04:46 AM
Cut off a coil or install a lighter spring.

onovakind67
Aug 5th, 08, 05:40 AM
If removing 60# from the front end causes it to rise 2", what would the approximate spring rate be? If you sit on the front end, does it drop roughly an amount equal to your weight divided by 30?