67 evil eleanor

I like the worn out springs on the back with a good shock and stabilizer. I just lower the front to match. Raakkkkkeeedd. Actually I have done this on a couple of cars. They sit and drive well.

htwheelz67

I get a great ride with my 620's 1 coil cut,GW UCA's,roller perches,konis and worn out rear leafs......stance is about perfect

my 67 http://htwheelz.smugmug.com

JMD

Yea but the "80s look" cars will be slightly faster and get better gas mileage than the "stock look" cars or the "modern hottness" cars because the raked cars are always going downhill while the poor "stock look" cars are always pulling up a hill.

bluovalguy

The 80's......awww maaan. I hated the 80's, but I guess I that is where I am at

nassaubayman

I used to think my '67 coupe sagged in the butt. I replaced the leaf springs and the difference was.... no change. Here's how it looked:



Last night I finished installing new front coil springs. I ordered the 620 lb/in with a 1" drop from Mustangs Unlimited. Now my car looks like this:



Also, I'm surprised no one has mentioned lowering the car changes the handling characteristics of the car - in a positive way.

1slow67

Does it matter what size engine you have in your car? I know when my car is on a hill there is a big difference. Yet when i get it on a flat surface it almost levels out completely.

Norm Peterson

The original slightly nose-up appearance was before fuel economy meant much more than two separate words in the dictionary. If anything, the suggestion was one of power - enough being there to lift the nose and look fast even when standing still. Nose-down came later, when a few people realized that aero drag up around 100 mph mattered and you could win close races by losing some of it. It gives the car a lower drag coefficient (Cd), because Cd is sensitive to both overall shape and how it's oriented toward the wind. And success gets copied even when the copycats might not know the reason why it worked.

Handling characteristics vs ride height and rake is a hugely complex topic, so don't expect any simple, blanket answers here. Consider what happens to your caster setting if you lower the front and rear by unequal amounts. Assume that you had decent alignment before. Your caster will change by whatever change in the car's rake you make.

Rake, BTW, refers tothe side view angle of the body as a whole, not just a 'nose-down' attitude. +rake is nose-up. And that's one of the easier effects to visualize. Roll centers move, and the amount of roll moment per lateral g shifts, as do the distributions of lateral load transfer.


Norm

nassaubayman

Different motors had different springs. Big block cars had heavier springs. 6-clyinder had lighter springs.

Go to Mustangs Unlimited andcheck out all the options they have. They even have different strength springs based on whether you have A/C or not.

dr1965

I had the sag look as well, replaced the rear springs, and now it is level. 27 and 1/2 in the rear,27 inches in the front.
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RGtheKid

I wedged my fender aprons from 0-1"up frontand took an inch off the rad support, cut the rear lower portion of the fenders so they would line up. this is the same drop nose modification you will see on the bud moore trans am boss 302's. I must say i have only seen it on jackstands but it looks good. only the trunk pan, floor pan, quarter panels and taillight panel to go