Don't know if your serious or if there even is such an animal but that sounds like a pretty good idea.
Good luck

 

Actually......I installed 4-corner adjustable air shocks on my '34 street truck, but I did not need sensors to automatically increase the ground clearance. Whenever I carried heavy items in the bed I had a switch in the cab that would activate a compressor to increase the shock air pressure which would raise and level the truck once the bed was loaded/springs were compressed.

My Escalade has load-sensing sensors/air shocks.....they automatically level the vehicle when carrying multiple passengers (7) or when towing boats/car trailers. They automatically lower the vehicle when the passengers/trailer are removed.

The automatic lowering back to a normal ride height would be the costly part of the system.

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...........I was kidding about installing the system........(I think!)


Back to the garage to re-install the steering column.....which I started on a month/plus CAI/plus Sidepipes.......ago!

 

Of course there is such an animal! Got to get with the times

 

LOL! That's a LITTLE higher than I was imagining!


O.K. Now I'm really going back to the garage.

 

FINALLY.........after being delayed a month...............the steering column is in the car/the new steering wheel and horn button are installed (I sat in the car----the column needs to be moved to the left 1 inch)..........



Going from a 13" diameter steering wheel to a 15" diameter wheel is a B-I-G change!

I might actually get to test drive it tomorrow and try out the new wheel, new CAI, and the new side pipes!


EDIT: OOOOOPS...I DIDN'T WIPE THE CONSOLE DOWN!


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I spent half the day manipulating the steering column to center it between my knees (my right thigh was against the steering wheel and the console).....now the spacing is equal!

I also cranked the engine and let it idle about 15 minutes to test the modified fan shroud and the operation of the dual e-fans.

The infrared gun shows the thermostat opens at 190*F ....the puller fan turns on at 195*/ the second fan turns on 10 seconds later (delay relay)...

It takes about 1 minute for the thermostat housing temperature to drop down to 180*F after the 2nd fan turns on.

Tomorrow I'll set the freshly painted hardtop on the car since it's supposed to rain for the next 10 days......then a trip to the car/spray wash to clean all the oil film off the block from adjusting the lifters.

Then.....I'll test drive it on local roads and the Interstate!

 

INTERSTATE! test out the seat belts, side exhaust, steering wheel, water temp. now this is getting exciting. DG going on the road. Man your done??
RVZIO

 

Awesome news DG...
Hit I-10 and go with it !!!

 

Yep if he hits I-10 coming west you can buy him lunch and when he gets to San Antonio I will buy him dinner

 

[QUOTE=doorgunner;1590291058]FINALLY.........after being delayed a month...............the steering column is in the car/the new steering wheel and horn button are installed (I sat in the car----the column needs to be moved to the left 1 inch)..........



Going from a 13" diameter steering wheel to a 15" diameter wheel is a B-I-G change!

I might actually get to test drive it tomorrow and try out the new wheel, new CAI, and the new side pipes!

Looking good DG. I just have to ask though. Is the steering wheel upside down or are the wheels turned?

 

YES........................................ .........temporarily (I need to learn how to do ONE-DAY projects rather than 90-day"PTSD" overhauls!)



O.K............but I'm not crossing the Mississippi River until I put some local miles on the car!

Let me get my bag of Texaco roadmaps out of the attic!



It's an Aviation thing.....we would rotate each gauge in the bezels so that the needles were all pointing UP when the helicopter was at operating temperature.

I rotated the steering wheel so that the speedometer and tachometer would be easier to see while driving.

It's time to go to the garage......."unweld" the jackstands.........and put the car on concrete!

 

No maps needed .....
If ya can't get them East or West on I-10..... You don't need to go there ....LoL

 

Some good news.....

I "pried" the jackstands from the frame.......I tested the upgraded power brakes in the neighborhood/they work great---no grabbing/etc.

The "wiper tray" CAI sounds like it wants to suck the windshield out of the frame.

The new sidepipes sound gruesome during hard acceleration but mellow out to a low rumble at 60+ mph/ hearing the radio will not be a problem for my wife (I listen to the sidepipes, myself)

The speedometer which was 20 mph too fast (showed 80mph when actually doing 60 mph) is now only 4 mph slow---I don't feel like removing the speedometer to adjust the "advance/retard slider on the speedo-head/I can live with it.

The manual steering box now feels like power steering with the new 15" diameter steering wheel.

Even while driving it hard on local highways the temperature stayed at 190*F even with ambient air at 95*F.

The local highway driving is a pain but it needed to be done to test the radiator shroud/E-fans......30 mph one minute/60 mph the next minute/traffic light/repeat sequence..........

TH400........ 3:36 differential..................... 245-65-15 rear tires.............. 2900 rpm at 70 mph

I'll try to put an hour of Interstate driving on the car tomorrow

EDIT: I should have saved all that hair I pulled out of my scalp in the last three months

 

Glad to hear you're back on the road. How about some pics of this beast with her new top, shoes and stance.

 

Really glad to hear that it is a driver now, Doorgunner, Enjoy! Lou.

 

Well Men........at best.....it's pieced together! If you don't laugh at...(O.K. ....... you can laugh)......the $200 aftermarket grills are held in place in the '76 "Bubba-nose" with zip-ties so I wouldn't get a ticket for failing to use turn signals!

The black paint is literally falling off the body............

BUT.......I'll post some pics (and try to make a test-drive video )

 

Now a video would really be cool. Great stuff!
RVZIO

 

:iagree
Looks like you've hit the big time Gunner, are you selling ad space or are they just slipping it in?

 

It rained all day (which we needed).....so I spent the day cleaning out four months of serious neglect in the garage....

Now the work bench is a foot deep in tools that I gathered from under/around the car......hanging everything back onto the pegboard will be tomorrow's project.....along with timing the engine/adjusting the carb/leveling the passenger's sidepipe.

 

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