camaro man
Sep 15th, 05, 07:45 PM
My suspension is all new. Standard 5 leaf rear springs and factory replacement BB coil springs in front. In the early stages of the rebuild I went with the BB springs due to having a big block. The car sits fairly level to almost alittle high in the front. I'm looking to lower the front to improve the stance. Around 1 1/2" to 2" drop would be great, but I don't want to compromise the performance on the street or strip. It would be nice to improve the performance. I know there is a variety of springs and options. There are so many I'm not sure what's best. What do you guys suggest?
CFunK
Sep 15th, 05, 08:33 PM
That is a nice ride you have there! Glad to see there are some of us '67 owners without a rear spoiler.
Are those 14" rims in the pics?
camaro man
Sep 16th, 05, 03:33 AM
15x6 in the front and 15x8 in the back. I like the look of the rear spoiler from the rear but not from the side so I went without it. The cowl hood I needed for clearance reasons with the big block other wise I would have gone without it too.
Eric Kammerer
Sep 16th, 05, 05:52 AM
I looked at the photos and it doesn't look bad to me. I think you may run into tire rubbing issues if you drop it, but you know that already.
The only off the shelf 1" drop springs I've seen (and used) are the Eibach Pro-kits. The worked well in my 68, nice stance, great spring, not too stiff at 502 lb/in, but listed only for small block. I called them, and they said the springs could be used in a big block, but I suspect they'd be too low.
The off the shelf 2" drops like Hotchkis and Global West are stiffer at 600 lb/in plus. Too stiff for my taste, and probably too much drop for you.
You can of course cut your existing springs a little at a time until you get the look you want. That's what I have done with the Moog 638s on the 69. I cut one coil off, and I think it will be where I want, but I can't give you a picture that would help because mines a 69, the front sheetmetal is off, and it has tiny little roller tires on it...
If money and an original look isn't too much of an issue, QA1 makes some nice coil-over adjustible height setups for the front, available with street, street/strip, and drag only valving on the shocks. Summit has them in the $500 range, but if you have to remove, cut, and reinstall springs a few times, it doesn't look too bad. I plan to go QA1 if I can't live with my cut springs.
Flynn69
Oct 21st, 05, 10:09 PM
Nice ...I see you have the traction bar snubbers up ,almost tight to the leaf.....I just got done cutting the nuts off of the top of the bar,with a hack saw, to put new snubbers in.
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68 SS 4 speed matching Blue Metallic Pearl
clwilcox33
Oct 22nd, 05, 07:08 AM
I think the ride hieght looks great like it is.
400bird
Oct 22nd, 05, 05:32 PM
if your not sure what drop you want go with the QA1s (easy hight adjustment and 12 shock adjustments
i have the hotchkis and am very happy with them, great handling, the hight is just right, just wish i had got the BB springs