Calvert set up pictures

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I didn't take your post as an insult at all. I am simply trying to help you get where you want to be and not spend a bajillion dollars doin it.

People say stuff like "I won't use the SS springs ever" really make me wonder.

They were and have been used since the 1964 SS cars came out on cars that go deep into the eight second bracket.

They are simple.

They are cost effective.

They work.

I'm sorry, I just don't see a down side there.

Are they 50 year old technology? Well yeah. But so are our cars. That 50 year old technology will still work just fine today.

I agree 100% with what your saying...... Its just like trying to convince people on this site that torsion bars and leafsprings work without the need for all this tubular coilover non-sense. Lots of people assume if its "new" its "better" and we know that's not allways the case.
 
I too have the engine and chassis manuals and yes there is a lot of good information in them and the OP would benefit from reading them.

Can SS springs be made to work, absolutely, but with some basic fab skills and a few tools for about $100-$125 you can make a set of cal trac knock offs that will be more user friendly and more consistent too. As I posted before CE 3 way adjustable shocks are cheap and will work fine for the OP. My street/strip Dart has gone 1.38 60' many times with them.

I'd like to see some of those 8 second SS cars on SS springs, I'd be willing to bet that there aren't many 10 or 11 second stock or SS race cars running them let alone 8 second cars and there is a reason. Yes there was a time when they were the way to go fast but so was heavy TRW pistons, purple shaft cams and dual point distributors.
 
I agree 100% with what your saying...... Its just like trying to convince people on this site that torsion bars and leafsprings work without the need for all this tubular coilover non-sense. Lots of people assume if its "new" its "better" and we know that's not allways the case.

I ran a street/strip '71 340 Cuda back in 1987, was totally stock suspension, all I added was a snubber and modified it to have 1/2" clearance, longer rear spring hangers to let the axle move downwards (sliders today), clamped the front segments and that car had daylight under the tyres every run footbraking with a 4200 verter, it ran a best of 11.01@123 with a 1.50 short time....old stuff worked then and it will today.....cost approx $40!!!!
 
I ran a street/strip '71 340 Cuda back in 1987, was totally stock suspension, all I added was a snubber and modified it to have 1/2" clearance, longer rear spring hangers to let the axle move downwards (sliders today), clamped the front segments and that car had daylight under the tyres every run footbraking with a 4200 verter, it ran a best of 11.00@122 with a 1.50 short time....old stuff worked then and it will today.....cost approx $40!!!!

Thanks for helping to reinforce the point. It's true, but you cannot tell people who are hung up on all the new shiny stuff that.
 
CRAP!! Second spring lost in the mail? Was supposed to be here yesterday ? Good thing I don't need it til March.
 
You'll get one in plenty of time.
 
You'll get one in plenty of time.

haven`t read where anyone discovered they are made in mexico now, (or were). will bend the pass side main leaf if you really hook them up on the drag strip. happen to have a pair that's coming off in the near future for cal trac set up laying in the floor. drivers sides are ok.
 
I went from s/s springs to a calvert setup. I found a tenth faster in 60 '. car was more consistent on launch. I noticed one thing with s/s springs and snubber, the area above the rear wheel wells was starting to buckle out!!!! I could feel it and see it!!! yes, I have subframes tied. also, had a steel plate welded to floor over snubber. with caltracs, car plants rear tires and lifts the front up lot easier and faster. also, it's adjustable!! s/s springs were ok back in their day. if you notice, there's lots of stockers, use calvert setup, and they launch hard and are fast. also, drilling front shocks help a lot for weight transfer. they do not bounce up and down going down track!! we have the frame set about a1/2 inch off the lower stock bumpers, that limits the drop. also, rancho 9 way rear shocks on rear. just food for thought! BTW, this is on 9" slicks. it's a stocker.
 
You'll get one in plenty of time.
This is the text my wife sent me at work today :

Leaf spring is here. So weird... the delivery guy stopped and was looking in his van and shaking his head. He got ready to leave without delivering anything! I yelled over to him that i was waiting for a leaf spring which is a long metal object. He looked again and then said he'd be back soon...that he had made a wrong delivery! Sure enough, 5 minutes later he returns with the leaf spring! Glad i was watching.

LOL, someone else got it and lost it.
 
haven`t read where anyone discovered they are made in mexico now, (or were). Will bend the pass side main leaf if you really hook them up on the drag strip. Happen to have a pair that's coming off in the near future for cal trac set up laying in the floor. Drivers sides are ok.
this was my first clue. LOL
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haven`t read where anyone discovered they are made in mexico now, (or were). will bend the pass side main leaf if you really hook them up on the drag strip. happen to have a pair that's coming off in the near future for cal trac set up laying in the floor. drivers sides are ok.

The simple solution there is to use the Mancini version.
 
Mancini version= tweaked mopar version and less money
 
Everybody I have talked to says that the springs that were failing were a bad run. Supposedly they are fixed now.

Supposedly
 
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Dood, your springs will be fine. Use them and be happy.
 
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