This on again off again 36 Chevy coupe project is back on again. This is the project car we took over after the car was sand blasted and left in a hurricane in florida. Anyway, playing with building a watts link over the panhard bar, but looking at all the options for shocks and springs is really confusing. Why do a pair of coil over shocks for a VW bug cost less than 100 bucks and the shocks alone for a 4 link end up being close to 150-200 a piece?
A long time ago I bought a pair of Competition Engineering shocks but when I got them there was a warning for drag race only. They have a 3 click setting for firm, more firm and stiff. I put them on with the 10" springs and the springs hold up the car before the shock compresses. I moved them up about 3 inches and they are now halfway in when the car is resting on the ground. But when I lift the car up again, the spring ends up being about 2 inches away from making contact with the spring again. So I am assuming to control the top side of the rear end movement with the watts link before the spring loses contact with the bracket.
I just have too many questions that dont get answers. When I call speedway and ask their response was you need to know the length of the shock before they can tell you anything. Well, length of the shock just means where we will weld the bracket on, right? I cant even get into talking spring weights with them.
A long time ago I bought a pair of Competition Engineering shocks but when I got them there was a warning for drag race only. They have a 3 click setting for firm, more firm and stiff. I put them on with the 10" springs and the springs hold up the car before the shock compresses. I moved them up about 3 inches and they are now halfway in when the car is resting on the ground. But when I lift the car up again, the spring ends up being about 2 inches away from making contact with the spring again. So I am assuming to control the top side of the rear end movement with the watts link before the spring loses contact with the bracket.
I just have too many questions that dont get answers. When I call speedway and ask their response was you need to know the length of the shock before they can tell you anything. Well, length of the shock just means where we will weld the bracket on, right? I cant even get into talking spring weights with them.
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