Slamming feeling after going over speed bump?

[mullinax95]

Where I work at there is curbing that is what they call "Florida curbing". It is got a slope to it and isn't square in shape as regular curbing. And when I come off of it the car seems like it just bottoms out in a instance. And it also slams over speed bumps to. Is the shocks to short or something because I don't thing it is hitting the bump stops because I am going over them pretty slow. I can see that the shocks are old and need replacing but I was just wondering what you might think. I want a nice comfortable ride oppose to handling curves and such. But before I do that I need to know what this bottoming out or something is first.

 

[dgc333]

It is likely bottoing out. The stock spring rates these cars came with are very very soft for the size car compared to what you get in a modern car. Factor in worn shocks and it doesn't take much.

I swapped in the .890" big block bars into my Barracuda while it still had the \6 and even those bars were not to stiff. I now have a 360 with those bars and KYB gas-a-just shocks and the car rides firm and controlled andit doesn't bottom out.

 

[mullinax95]

It is likely bottoing out. The stock spring rates these cars came with are very very soft for the size car compared to what you get in a modern car. Factor in worn shocks and it doesn't take much.

I swapped in the .890" big block bars into my Barracuda while it still had the \6 and even those bars were not to stiff. I now have a 360 with those bars and KYB gas-a-just shocks and the car rides firm and controlled andit doesn't bottom out.

Ok time for me to learn something. Ok if I just change out to KYB shocks will they take of the problem or should I do something else first. I don't have money to buy bigger bars right now if need be. But the slamming will shake your teeth loose. I had KYB shocks before and seemed to ride a little on the rough side.