need suspension tips

Oldschoolpony · 06-02-2002, 02:16 AM

Help. My cars rear wont dip.!!!!!! Suspension set up is as follows:

Upper and lower battleboxes.
SSM uppers and lowers
90/10 fronts
50/50 rears
Eidbach drag launch spring kit.

PROBLEM: Cars has very little drop in the rear. you push down on the hatch and car drops like 2 inches .. Looks like a low rider, I cant get the weight transfer thing right !!!!!!!!! any ideas? does eidbach have drag springs for hatchbacks, vs coupes?

1988 GT.

Oldschoolpony · 06-02-2002, 11:28 AM

Oldschoolpony · 06-03-2002, 01:41 PM

Drop, squat, dip, Weight transfer.........

blue00gt · 06-03-2002, 03:40 PM

It sounds like your setup should be good for launches from the drag racing specific parts you listed. What happens when you try to leave the line? What kind of tires are you running? Removing your front swaybar would probably help some if you haven't done that (I wouldn't drive it without the swaybar on the street, though).

gtsr515 · 06-03-2002, 06:20 PM

Pull your front sway bar and she'll launch, Sir! you have all the good basic stuff, are you expecting too much?

Have you removed the quad shocks?

Oldschoolpony · 06-03-2002, 06:44 PM

Ok, running Hoosier Quick Time Pro D.O.T drags. On Weld Draglites. tire size: 27x 11.5 x 15 @ 11 PSI. Anything over 4K launch lites them up, not only in 1st. but 2nd also. I can launch at 3600-3700 rpm, but max torque is at 4500.(according to DYNO sheet)

Running a World class T-5 with hanlon 295z gears, and all parts from hanlon. Auborn pro with 456 gears

Chassis. 8 pt cage with cross bars in rear. Full sub frames done by Chassis Designz. Everyone says the car sit too low. but I have the eidbach launch springs. And yes, sway bar is off, and running draglites 4" wide up front. Only thing under the hood is a carbed motor and alternator. I just bought a rolling chassis ( a coupe) and the rear sits noticably higher than mine. Wondering if i should try the springs from it.

I've also been told to install a line lock to really heat up the tires. I drop it in 3rd gear in the water box and get about 3 to 4 seconds of burn out if i try and apply brakes, car swings left or right.

Oldschoolpony · 06-04-2002, 01:17 AM

any ideas? anyone?

Oldschoolpony · 06-05-2002, 01:14 PM

??????????????

USMC302 · 06-05-2002, 02:18 PM

try going with a trunk mount battery kit, I don't think you mentioned if your quad shocks were removed. Also Do you have an aftermarket pinion snubber installed? How old/new are your springs?

Oldschoolpony · 06-05-2002, 11:53 PM

Battery is going into the back, have the moroso blue box with vent.(legal for hatch back ) Springs are basically brand new, 12 runs on them. Pinion snubber??????

tell me more of this pinion snubber.

Ohh, and with the SSM's and lakewood shocks, there is no quad setup, there is no quad shock.

LOL< New problem, look for other post

06-02-2002, 02:16 AM	#1
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	need suspension tips Help. My cars rear wont dip.!!!!!! Suspension set up is as follows: Upper and lower battleboxes. SSM uppers and lowers 90/10 fronts 50/50 rears Eidbach drag launch spring kit. PROBLEM: Cars has very little drop in the rear. you push down on the hatch and car drops like 2 inches .. Looks like a low rider, I cant get the weight transfer thing right !!!!!!!!! any ideas? does eidbach have drag springs for hatchbacks, vs coupes? 1988 GT. __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

06-02-2002, 11:28 AM	#2
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	' ' __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

06-03-2002, 01:41 PM	#3
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	Drop, squat, dip, Weight transfer......... __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

06-03-2002, 03:40 PM	#4
blue00gt Mustang Addict Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: McKinney, TX Posts: 1,294	It sounds like your setup should be good for launches from the drag racing specific parts you listed. What happens when you try to leave the line? What kind of tires are you running? Removing your front swaybar would probably help some if you haven't done that (I wouldn't drive it without the swaybar on the street, though). __________________ Strike down the unroadworthy! 2000 GT Atl. Blue: '03 Cobra motor - 465rwhp/473rwtq, T-56 6-speed, full MM TA/PH & tubular K-member suspension, Saleen body, 17" Torq-Thrust II's, M/T ET Street radials, and lots more '94 Rio Red Cobra: All the bolt-ons, 3.73s

06-03-2002, 06:20 PM	#5
gtsr515 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Sunny, Hot, Sebring, Florida Posts: 725	Pull your front sway bar and she'll launch, Sir! you have all the good basic stuff, are you expecting too much? Have you removed the quad shocks? __________________ Remember...2nd place is 1st place for losers!

06-03-2002, 06:44 PM	#6
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	a little more info Ok, running Hoosier Quick Time Pro D.O.T drags. On Weld Draglites. tire size: 27x 11.5 x 15 @ 11 PSI. Anything over 4K launch lites them up, not only in 1st. but 2nd also. I can launch at 3600-3700 rpm, but max torque is at 4500.(according to DYNO sheet) Running a World class T-5 with hanlon 295z gears, and all parts from hanlon. Auborn pro with 456 gears Chassis. 8 pt cage with cross bars in rear. Full sub frames done by Chassis Designz. Everyone says the car sit too low. but I have the eidbach launch springs. And yes, sway bar is off, and running draglites 4" wide up front. Only thing under the hood is a carbed motor and alternator. I just bought a rolling chassis ( a coupe) and the rear sits noticably higher than mine. Wondering if i should try the springs from it. I've also been told to install a line lock to really heat up the tires. I drop it in 3rd gear in the water box and get about 3 to 4 seconds of burn out if i try and apply brakes, car swings left or right. __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

06-04-2002, 01:17 AM	#7
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	any ideas? anyone? __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

06-05-2002, 01:14 PM	#8
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	?????????????? __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

06-05-2002, 02:18 PM	#9
USMC302 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Gallatin, Tn Posts: 1,326	try going with a trunk mount battery kit, I don't think you mentioned if your quad shocks were removed. Also Do you have an aftermarket pinion snubber installed? How old/new are your springs? __________________

06-05-2002, 11:53 PM	#10
Oldschoolpony Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Gainsville,Fl Posts: 229	trunk mount. Battery is going into the back, have the moroso blue box with vent.(legal for hatch back ) Springs are basically brand new, 12 runs on them. Pinion snubber?????? tell me more of this pinion snubber. Ohh, and with the SSM's and lakewood shocks, there is no quad setup, there is no quad shock. LOL< New problem, look for other post __________________ http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1546

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