Re: Lowering Questions
NJ93TY said:
CHECK THIS LINK OUT
http://www.raceprovenmotors.com/cart/product_info.php?cPath=21_97&products_id=140
I HAVE THESE ON MY 93 TYPHOON AND THEY ARE GREAT, THEY WILL MAKE THEM HOW YOU WANT THEM. 1 IN DROP, 2 IN DROP, RIDE SOFT OR RIDE HARD, WHATEVER YOU WANT. I TRIED THE DROP BLOCKS BUT I DIDNT LIKE THEM, PLUS IT PUSHED THE REAR FOWARD AN I THOUGHT IT LOOKED DUMB. I AM VERY HAPPY WITH MY FIBERGLASS ONES. DID I DO THIS RESPONSE RIGHT? IM NEW TO SYTY, THANKS
Howdy Richard (I heard you retired
)
If you select the fiberglass springs it is very important that you follow the directions carefully
(ie torque items properly, dont touch/route against hot tail pipe, use new u bolts/clamps, etc).
Ive had fiberglass springs for many years, (220 lb spring rate, 2" drop) and noticed over
the years that others who did their installs without paying attention to the details
usually encountered cracking, splitting, and/or spring failure. In addition, I was advised
not to use lowering blocks with fiberglass springs, but this may/may not weaken the
units over their lifetime.
The steel monoleaf spring require a "time" for settling, weigh more than fiberglass
springs, and can work with caltrac/traction bars and lowering blocks. The more
you lower the less "travel" you have and the harder the ride (normally) due to the
rebound rate. Too low and normal length shocks wont work properly.
Some of the SyTy members are using coil-overs in the rear (with leaf springs).
Im not knowledgeable on this setup so others may want to jump in here. Also
you may/may not notice a ride comfort change when lowering if you have a
rear sway bar and larger diameter wheels/shorter profile tires.
You may want to have members post their vehicle stance (or search
for syty pics) so that you can decide "how low to go". And as previously
mentioned, its best to remove the `93 Typhoon Load Leveling equipment in
the rear as trying to salvage this (by tweaking it to maintain proper-lowered-height)
is almost impossible and the two work-against-each other.
Take care ole friend
-Larry (and Claire) Brown
