springs vs sway bar Options

[lonnie152]

74 car 2.0

bought pair of 140 lbs. progressive rear springs. car is fitted with stock front and rear sway bars. is spring rate so high that rear sway bar is not needed or desirable? running 195/60/15 tires

thanks.

[LS6/914]

Lonnie, it seems that if you are specific to vintage TSD rallye especially on the forest roads, stock ride height and suspension travel would be a concern. ( I rallied my 65 GT350 in the PACNW) I will never forget a friend in college with a 240Z at a weekend rallye teasing me about my lowered road race setup. He promptly smoked me through the open time trial. Hmmm 914 rallye, Larry

[lonnie152]

larry-NW Classic Rallye is limited to paved roads and similar to the Mille Miglia, Copper State 1000, etc. It does happen, however that we do occassionally find ourselves on paved forest service and/or private roads and speeds there can be brisk.

On the Rallye some 5 or 6 years ago, navigating an 64 cobra through an uneven paved forest service road, i remember very clearly being passed, with blinding speed, by a mini moke. We were in a very original 64 ac cobra (289 ) which kept bottoming out on the exhaust. The moke, sporting a built 1275, very trick 5-sp and weighing in, at most, 1400 lbs. happily bounced down the road, at speed.

More often that not however it is the driver or rather his skills or sometimes his wallet, which dictates the advantage. three years ago, while on a special stage in the Rallye, i remember very clearly being passed (with some authority) by Monte Shelton, the sponsor of the NW Classic Rallye, who ownes Monte Shelton Motors, and is a very accomplished driver in his own right (i believe it was this same year he competed in the Rose Cup Race in his 935). Monte was drive his slightly modified/uprated Super 90, i was drivng my restored 1966 Corvette big block vintage Race car...to add insult in injury two years ago, i had the corvette at the Forest Grove Concours, competing in the Race Car Class, one of the judges was of course Monte, who reminded of the rallye a year easlier.

sorry, did not mean to go on, but your point is very well take, just becasue you have a big gun does not mean you know how to use it.