Re: Suspension Lowering

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Either using lowering blocks or moving the spring mounts is the most common way to lower a rear axle with leaf springs. You can buy dearched leaf springs, or make an arm to replace the leaf in front and a third arm to prevent axle wind up (or two links on top) and use coil over shocks. No matter what you're going to lose some travel. Moving the bump stops will help, but make sure there is room for the wheel to go up in the well. Note that you won't likely need as much travel. In most cases if you lower the car without reducing travel some the bottom will drag occasionally. The only thing not reducing travel is good for is if you want to go with air bags and lower the car to the ground when at rest. In that case I've seen people remove all but the main leaf and use a "traction bar" in front of the axle. The bar I'm talking about bolts to the spring perch and usually the front eye mount of the leaf spring, effectively making the front of the leaf a solid arm with little (if an!
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On March 9, 2005 Dave Crooks wrote:

> Hi Armand,
> 
> I don't know how it affects the amount of suspension travel,
> but if I had a '70 AMX instead of my '69, I'd talk to Ron
> Waters about his coil over front kit:
> http://classicone.com/wsc/catalog/amc/amc_per1.htm
> Ron's a nice guy (former lister) who road races at Road Atlanta,
> so know's a thing or two!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> ------------------------------
> I couldn't help but get interested in the conversation about
> leaf springs.  Especially since I believe I will be in the
> market for them myself some day soon.
> I do not want to loose very much suspension travel but I do
> want to lower my 70 Javelin somehow some day.  Has anyone done
> this?  I did get some great information from a guy in Texas about
> how to lower the front and not loose travel but I'm still trying
> to figure out a way to drop the back and not loose too much travel.
> So far all I can come up with is to place blocks between the axle
> and spring and then move the suspension bump stop to the inside
> of the frame and raise it up some with a bracket. What do you
> guys think?  Has anybody seen the 70's Trans AM cars up close ?
> How did they drop them?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Armand
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