Originally Posted by
lateapex911
Good update Ron. I've been reading along, but not commenting too much. I do have a question. Not to be a jerk, but I'm confused on the sprig perch stuff. Springs are free, so you can do anything you want there, like spacers, adjusters, etc. But wholesale replacement of the perches?? I didn't think you could do that, Can you shed some light on what I'm missing?
thanks. BTW, I can only dream of building a car like you are...the right way,
5.3.b.
Spacers, including threaded units with adjustable spring
seats, may be used with coil springs.
We have coil springs. We're using spacers, spacers with threaded units and adjustable spring seats. The car has coil springs at each corner so I read this rule to mean that each corner can have an adjustable spacer. The original perches are there. However, there is going to be a spacer on the perch on a threaded rod. Sits right on top of the perch in fact.
The net result is we gain some weight, about 2-3 lbs per corner realistically, but we gain the ability to actually corner weight the car without using shims under the spring by using an adjustable spacer.
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