Re: [Amc-list] Early 60s Ramblers tires and wheels, front suspension

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I firmly believe that even a pathetic suspension can get you through a corner well if you have a mechanical ability and don't upset things. I believe most accidents happen on corners because people over reacte, jerk the wheel etc, I fyou head into a corner knowing it well and know how to proceed, even a piece crapw ill make it through in one piece, uh, unless it's a realpiece of crap and something breaks!
  My wife has been driving for 35+ years and she does not do it well. She does not wreck often or in a major way, She typically just makes me car sick by tossing the car around and stabbing the gas pedal and brakes. Not the most pleasant sensation. I tend to drive as much as possible to not have to ride with her!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

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From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> What I think is sort of funny is watching people trying to keep  up with my 
> lifted '87 Comanche. It's only 2wd yet, but 3.73 gears, 33" tires and a high 
> miler 4.0L that still boogies through the curves (it's almost like it 
> accelerates on it's own into them and only once came up short on a corner 
> that had gravel when I had wider tires on)
>    The cloverleaf offramp from I-405 S onto I-520 E (the way many take to 
> Microsoft in Redmond) has a 20 mph speed posted but I regularly can more 
> than double that if traffic is light and good weather (I'm about to do that 
> now on my way to work). More than once I've seen high $$$ rigs skid and hit 
> the guardrail in front or behind me, sometimes at less than 20.
> 
> 
> From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)
> Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Early 60s Ramblers tires and wheels,
> front
> 	suspension
> 
> i've got factory hd springs [with probably one broken leaf right
> now]
> and kyb gas-a-justs and 205/70r14s on 6" rims on my american,
> along
> with 16:1 -manual- steering from an amx.  i don't consider
> myself
> particularly strong [6'3"/185lbs] but i can one-hand it at just
> about
> any road speed.  perhaps i'm just the right size to have good
> leverage
> on the wheel...  it's a delight that few corners call for more
> than
> 1/4 turn of the wheel, meaning i don't have to move my hand[s].
> i don't recall what the alignment specs are right now, but i've
> had +1
> deg. with good results.  i have polyurethane bushings on the
> strut
> rods only.
> 
> i don't know if it's me or the car, but there's a couple of
> corners i
> take regularly that i can do a lot faster and crisper than most
> folks
> that hog my bumper.  i can tell how cheesed off they are by how
> fast
> they race to tailgate me again.
> 
> did i mention i try to not use my brakes?  that's got to cheese
> them
> off too, when they find out i'm going to take the corner faster
> than
> they're prepared to, and experience the 'oh ****' moment...  i
> haven't
> seen anyone actually go off the road but i've seen more than a
> few
> seriously cut corners behind me.
> 
> btw the rest of my drivetrain is a stock 199 with hei ign backed
> by a
> t14 and stock 3.08 axle.  i need to recurve the dist but haven't
> gotten around to it yet.
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> Andrew Hay
> 
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