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Thanks, I am really happy with the stance and how it now drives.
It is very controlled and not harsh or jarring at all with good suspension travel up and down before getting near the cut down bump stops.
The thing to keep in mind if someone wants to go fairly low with the Vansteel Coil-Overs you will need to discuss with Dan about the shorter shock bodies in the kit.
Also the Vansteel delrin diff crossmember mounts help with alignment of half shafts etc once you drop the ride.
I already have a fan controller but I decided "soft start" was a good thing to add.
The more I looked at the more I liked the idea of using an Ardurino to control the PWM modules.
So first step was to mount up the Mazda PWM control modules and I decided to do this under the centre of the fans/radiator
Bent up an aluminium mounting bracket to hold the 2 modules I will use.
The bracket mounted under teh car.
There is only one PWM module mounted so far as I had one of the units I purchased fail while testing (in fact it was a dead short on first test. Have ordered a new one and some pigtails that should arrive soon.
Once i wire them in they will give a soft start to my existing fan controller.
In the meantime I am teaching myself how to program the Arduino using code from DblTrbl as the starting point.
That is some great info! Your tires are the same diameter as mine, your car's ride height is exactly how I want mine. How much did the shorter shock bodies cost? Did you use the standard coils/shock bodies up front from Van Steel?
I went a different direction.
I purchased a radio delete plate, and will be pulling the radio, speakers and all the wiring from mine.
Different strokes....
I went a different direction.
I purchased a radio delete plate, and will be pulling the radio, speakers and all the wiring from mine.
Different strokes....
certainly an option as no matter how good your stereo sounds while testing on the road with exhaust, windows down , rear window out there is so much other noise 😀
That is some great info! Your tires are the same diameter as mine, your car's ride height is exactly how I want mine. How much did the shorter shock bodies cost? Did you use the standard coils/shock bodies up front from Van Steel?
the new dual adjustable coil over bodies were $400.
up front I am using the same dual adjustable QA1’s but with global west arms. It is documented earlier in the thread. Have a look at page 1 where there is an index. ( I need to update it again for latest pages)
$400 for the pair? No bad, maybe I will need them maybe not. I will go read this whole thread, as I am pretty much going through every system on my '74 coupe, and this is a great reference. Thanks so much for documenting it for us!
$400 for the pair? No bad, maybe I will need them maybe not. I will go read this whole thread, as I am pretty much going through every system on my '74 coupe, and this is a great reference. Thanks so much for documenting it for us!
You may not need then Richard. Do your ride height testing with the springs removed and jacks to lift the arm. That way you can see if your comfortable with the amount of shock travel in both directions and bump stop clearances.
Glad documenting helps others, it also helps me as when i need to re visit anything and my memory needs assistance
That's the plan. When the weather cools down in the fall(it's 85 degrees here at 7pm!) I am installing a Maxjax lift in my climate controlled garage, work on the car is on hold till then. I just discovered Viking coilovers, made in USA and half the price of QA1s. I am going to do some research on that. Sorry to jump in on your project thread, thanks for answering my questions!
That's the plan. When the weather cools down in the fall(it's 85 degrees here at 7pm!) I am installing a Maxjax lift in my climate controlled garage, work on the car is on hold till then. I just discovered Viking coilovers, made in USA and half the price of QA1s. I am going to do some research on that. Sorry to jump in on your project thread, thanks for answering my questions!
Great post!
I just bought the identical car to this. I will take delivery in a couple of weeks. Over time I am going to carefully go through all this info since it will save me a ton of time in the future.
Great post!
I just bought the identical car to this. I will take delivery in a couple of weeks. Over time I am going to carefully go through all this info since it will save me a ton of time in the future.
Nice looking Vette BigBen, I am sure you will be counting down the days, hours and minutes till it arrives.
Great idea.
