I've been contemplating thoughts of lowering the front of my 73 but wouldn't know where to start.....so I'm asking the best method in doing so. Thank you all!
Steve
http://www.tangerineracing.com/suspensionservices.htm
Chris did this on my Koni's
Turn the adjuster screws down, nothing else required.
Wait just a second.
Modified struts are not the only way to lower our cars and should not be the first choice.
I'm sure Chris does a fine job raising spindles and other modifications to maintain correct geometry on tracked cars. And racing cars.
His racing accomplishments attest to his skill.
I'm sure he would agree that moderate lowering can be accomplished by simply adjusting the the front torsion bars and following up with a 4 wheel alignment.
It depends on your intended use.
If you just want to lower the car a little (as I did), all that's needed is to turn the front suspension adjusting screws for the torsion bars. However if you want to lower it REAL low to do some racing or auto cross, you will want to use the Tangerine Racing procedure and raise the spindles.
I'll first drop it with the torsion adjusters then an alignment which I thought of doing but didn't think it would drop it lower. I also was going to get a 4 wheel alignment anyway just to make sure things are rolling well.
I bought this car a few months back knowing it needs rust work done but I thought I'd enjoy it for awhile before I do. It'll be the donor car for the rust free body I bought around the same time.
Thanks for all the advise!!!
You can lower it to the point that the front a-arm is not quite level.
Any more than that creates geometry issues.
That is pretty low btw.
Going low can also make your shocks bottom out. . may need to remove some of the rubber cushion inside the top of the strut tower. .
A good rule of thumb is you want the tie rods to be just very slightly inclined [almost level] towards the steering rack. . no lower than that without doing the spindle reweld deal.
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