Rear suspension setups

rumblefish360 said

Drag race springs for light weight cars around that 3K weight, correct? They were designed for the strip and a tall tire. The way things used to be done.

Lowering blocks are probably the easiest and quickest way to effectively drop the rear ride height. But I’d call up springs and things or ESPO.com

Nice wheels!

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I had a set of one inch lowering blocks on my '68. They increased the leverage the rear end housing had on warping the leaf springs while under hard acceleration. The motor generated enough force to permanently bend the front passenger side spring segment into an almost "S" shape. A replacement spring and the slapper bars took car of that from happening again.

The car did corner slightly better with the blocks installed though. I ended up taking them out once the springs settled a bit.