Davis, Well, it's not so much custom as it is doing the re arching and putting the spring together with good clamps. After to talking to you, and some other folks, I called the spring guy back. I'm going to use the Gremlin's main spring, then the next spring is from the Spirit/AMX, it's main spring with the eyelet ends cut off as the number two spring, then the next three springs probably from the Spirit AMX as well. A total of 5 springs. I think it will probably be real similar to your springs and I can use my existing u bolts as well. I doubt this guy could do a monoleaf set up, not without charging me an arm and a leg. This with my custom slapper bars should work I think. Have you ever seen the 4 link/leaf suspension? It's a hybrid 4 link using the leaf springs as two of the links. I have a pretty good write up on it and it sounds like a pretty slick set up. Someday, I may step up that...or in the interim, Cal Tracs... > Phil, > If your gonna have your springs custom done, If it were me, and I had that opportunity, I would have him make up a set modeled after the Dodge super stock monoleaf springs. It is a single spring made specifically for drag racing application. No traction bars needed. > I didn't have the 3-400 bucks the local shop wanted at the time so I went with ESPO's HD 5 leaf set which was 165.00 shipped. In hindsight It would have been the same money after buying the CE traction bars, so I should have gotten the custom springs. > Of course the best way would be to switch to a ladder bar/ coilover shock rear suspension. > Any way that is just my opinion. > Davis > > phl_campbell <misteramx@xxxx> wrote: > > > After talking to Davis and some others, there is a bit of confusion > to my leaf spring issue. To make a long story short, I took my > Chremlins 4 leaf springs to be re arched as the car, even with > spring shackle extensions and leaf clamps, sits nearly on top of the > tires...and the springs are flat as you look at them while the car > is stationary, no arch at all. Spring guy is using those springs > along with some other springs from a set of Spirit AMX springs and > making one good set for my race car, the Chremlin. He was > indicating that he would be using 7 leafs per side. > > Some have suggested overkill, others see no problem with it. Is > there some formula for this? Other than the weight, is there any > issues with running that many leaf springs? I'm pretty sure I'll > have the axle windup issue under a lot more control, but will I > actually be doing more harm than good? I can deal with the added > weight as it's in the rear and I have yet to pull the rear bumper. > > Your thoughts?? > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/YtqqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/