<VV> Attitude

[George Jones]

Or sell it, and buy an independent rear suspension late model

:-)

On 3/13/07, Smitty Smith <vairologist at verizon.net> wrote:
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> If it is low in the rear end, does that affect alignment? Does raising
> the rear end, (new springs??) require a realignment? Assuming the car is
> sagging, would spring inserts help or is new springs the way to go?
> Kerry B. 1963 1/2 Spyder convertible
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>   Smitty says:  Kerry, more important that the way it looks is, How much
> negative camber you have on the back wheels.  Early model handling at the
> limit is pretty much controled by rear camber.  Camber is controled by the
> length of the rear springs.  About 2 degrees neg camber is right for street
> use and up to 4 degrees for track use.  If you go to so called heavy duty
> springs and they shift your camber to positive, your handling will go all to
> crap.  Just a personal opinion here but if the rear camber is about right
> and you don't like the tail down attitude, then chop a coil off in front and
> level it up.
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George Jones
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'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible   http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2397326
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