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11-07-2006 01:07 PM #4
Okay Faith, I notice Mr highboy is riding nice an low.
Next thing I notice in your photo of the Harmonic balancer of your engine, (engine wheel), that directly under your spring you have 2 steel packer pieces.
Now 3rd photo the first leaf on your transverse spring, the eyes, that is the shackle end of the spring are reversed.
Now the combination of these to things lowers the the whole front of Mr Highboy, and that consequently you run out of "Suspension travel".
OPTIONS.
My first recommendation, would be To :
Flip the bottom spring leaf so that this raises the front suspension. Only the bottom leaf, so you have to pull your spring apart. Put it all in and back together.
This should give you at the very least another 2 inches in height, so therefor more suspension travel.
This will also by triangulation decrease your shock angle.
Adjust heights by placing packer pieces on either the top or bottom of the spring.
Before doing all this measure from the ground to the bottom of the chassis rail front and back inbetween the wheels. What you are doing is a preadjustment check.
After your "fun weekend", of parts adjustment, remeasure your ride heights again, they should increase on the front and slightly decrease on the back.
You are doing this to check how Mr Roadster sits on the road and the look of his "attitude". It will be easier to step back 20 feet and see how he looks.
If he looks good go for a slow Test drive and see how he handles, you are checking for bump steer, braking, handling. Then go for a wheel alignment.
If he looks bad, like he is down in the rear. Still go for your test drive. If satisfied, then start doing some engineering to raise up his rear, I we will tell you later when you give us some photos of the rear suspension. Once you get that right. Then go for the wheel alignment."aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines"
Enzo Ferrari





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Yep. It’s pretty sad.
Dead!