Car leaning to left
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,020
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From: Nederland Texas
Originally Posted by DWncchs
Providing all springs are in good shape and car still leans.If the car is 1" low at LR then you would need to shorten the RF spring-this seems to be the most common-I think the reason is -is because they hit something with the RF and push the frame(spring) tower down which compresses this spring which pushes this corner of the car up pushing the LR down.----OK now same as above except you dont want the front of car any lower.Lengthen(shim)LF this will force RF down and allow LR to raise.
What I meant earlier about lowering the front is that without the iron heads and C/B radiator the car now sits high in front. Since it needs lowering (cut a 1/2 or whole coil), why not cut one side more than the other to raise the RR. It just got tricky, huh.
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Race Director
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 16,528
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From: Dayton, Ohio
When I have used a spacer I use this one.http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku I cut it to the right thickness and install it on top of spring up inside spring tower.If your cutting start with a 1/2.Tricky? Yes and it takes time.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 2,608
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From: TEXAS - you mean there are other states?
Is this body lean - or suspension/frame lean? The frame/suspension could be right on the money, but remember the panels can have variance when glued up. For example, measure from top of wheelwell lip to top point on top panel. Do this on each side. you can get variance here. Or the entire top panel can be lower on one side or the other.
