| RE:Rear Suspension Fabrication |
Subject: RE:Rear Suspension Fabrication by BillH on 2008/1/26 23:54:36 Quote: The front sway bar end links on the early cars are also a huge binding point. Later years were a tiny bit better. Kevin, I assuming that the dual coils you're talking about are the ones with a short, smaller diameter wire spring sitting on top of the standard coilover spring. If not, let me know. The small wire spring is sometimes called a tender spring. It's purpose is to extend when the suspension goes into full droop, like when the car is jacked up or when you happen to get airborn on the track. These springs extend and take up the slack. Deprnding on the suspension setup, the shocks could extend more in lenght than the freelength of the spring which could let the spring sit cockeyed on the perch when it comes back down. And some upper perches are slotted to slip over the shock rod, they could fall out if the shocks were extended and you hit a big enough bump. These tender springs are fully compressed (coil bound) at ride height. You're correct about the parallel rods, doesn't necessarily help, too many other factures. |
