C3 Drop Spindles
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C3 Drop Spindles
I have a 1978 corvette pace car and i am looking to lower the front ed about 2 inches. I dont want to cut my springs and the price of coil-overs is a little steep. I have heard mention of some drop spindles being interchangeable with the c3. can anyone confirm this, and or give me any other ideas on how to get the front end down. Any input is very appreciated.
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how about a new set of springs and only 1"
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...formance-63-82
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how about a new set of springs and only 1"
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...formance-63-82
https://willcoxcorvette.com/corvette...formance-63-82
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You can lower it or have a nice ride. But not both. Lets say you start out with 6" of suspension travel and you want to remove 1/3 of that. Unless you use stiffer springs its just going to bounce out on the Rubber stops. Just look at a so called tunner car with massive negative camber bouncing its way down the road. The easiest way to lower it is to just heat up the coil spring until it sags.
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You can lower it or have a nice ride. But not both. Lets say you start out with 6" of suspension travel and you want to remove 1/3 of that. Unless you use stiffer springs its just going to bounce out on the Rubber stops. Just look at a so called tunner car with massive negative camber bouncing its way down the road. The easiest way to lower it is to just heat up the coil spring until it sags.
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Vansteel at one time looked into doing 2" drop spindles- but ran into too many issues...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ndle-poll.html
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No demand for dropped spindles. 550# coils work great or get 460# coils and cut 1/2 to 1 coil off.
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The bigger question would be, if you drop the front two inches, what are you going to do with the rear suspension to get the proper stance and do it safely?
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It is a sports car, but in stock trim with stock wheels it's frankly not a very invigorating one anymore. If you don't drive it like that, and just cruise around - the stock springs may be the optimal ride choice for you. Like others have said though - cutting springs removes suspension travel which is certainly a component of ride compliance.
Good luck!
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Hey Brother,
great to see you here. Thought you might have sold by now. Things are good. Irma kicked my *** a little at our place down in Turks.....but nothing that insurance can't fix, gonna fly down on the 6th.
I installed a TRW 360 and went with the HD's also in back. Only issue was the typical ride height adjustment, which I did with the 10" C4 bolt. I used nylocks and cut about an inch off the bolts once i had it where I wanted. If I'd been buying from a vendor I'd have requested the spring be shortened just for piece of mind......but I picked it up from a forum member in Texas, so I played the cards I was dealt.
Hope all is well with the family, it would be great to see you maybe on the final fall cruise up into the Muskokas.
great to see you here. Thought you might have sold by now. Things are good. Irma kicked my *** a little at our place down in Turks.....but nothing that insurance can't fix, gonna fly down on the 6th.
I installed a TRW 360 and went with the HD's also in back. Only issue was the typical ride height adjustment, which I did with the 10" C4 bolt. I used nylocks and cut about an inch off the bolts once i had it where I wanted. If I'd been buying from a vendor I'd have requested the spring be shortened just for piece of mind......but I picked it up from a forum member in Texas, so I played the cards I was dealt.
Hope all is well with the family, it would be great to see you maybe on the final fall cruise up into the Muskokas.
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On my modded 66, i just cut one coil from the springs, free,
It then looked right to me, this was a daily driver and i dont recall any bottoming out or bouncing on the bump stop,
It then looked right to me, this was a daily driver and i dont recall any bottoming out or bouncing on the bump stop,