Ride quality even worse than expected. Advice welcome.

MopaR&D said

@MRGTX I was meaning to reply before but forgot, I would recommend doing away with the lowering blocks in the rear and instead flipping the front spring hangers. It won't sit quite as low as it would with the blocks but I personally really don't like the idea of lift/lowering blocks, IMO not the correct way to change ride height with leaf springs. Seems like moving the axle assembly away from the leaves would change how the rear suspension works, in a bad way.

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While I agree it would be better not to have to use blocks, flipping the hangers isn't "free". It raises the front of the spring with respect to the rear, which also changes the squat characteristics of the rear suspension. So unless you also raise the rear hangers you're changing suspension geometry.

Plus, I think you're overstating the downside of the blocks. Yes, they also change things. But Ford 4WD trucks came with 4" blocks right from the factory for years. And then there's this guy-





Sure, there are probably other reasons that the Gurney car has blocks and obviously there's a lot going on with that rear suspension. But a 1" block isn't a big deal.