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Low in the front? In the rear? A the way around? Vague question that barely passes for English. How about some pictures so we van assess the situation. Help me help you
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Tightening the torsion bars will raise up the front to an extent.
Worn out leaf springs will make the big butt of these cars too low so replace as necessary, add a leaf, or just jam some shackles on the back and get that "a$$ in the air" 70's look. But don't forget the air shocks!
Worn out leaf springs will make the big butt of these cars too low so replace as necessary, add a leaf, or just jam some shackles on the back and get that "a$$ in the air" 70's look. But don't forget the air shocks!
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Even the *** in the air 70's look looked stoooopid not to mention what it does to handling. If a simple adjustment with the torsions bars doesn't get the car sitting at stock ride height, they may be at the end of their useful life. Same with the rear springs. They do wear out over time....
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I love the ***-in-the-air look. That's how we drove them back then. And who gave a crap about handling back then? That's what the Sports and Pony car guys were all obsessed with. Muscle cars were all about speed in a straight line. 
I don't see too many of these cars rising low in the front, so I'm guessing the problem is in the rear, which usually means your leaf springs are worn out. Replace them with stock height ones or you can order ones that will raise the rear higher than stock.
I don't see too many of these cars rising low in the front, so I'm guessing the problem is in the rear, which usually means your leaf springs are worn out. Replace them with stock height ones or you can order ones that will raise the rear higher than stock.
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Usually didn't have any problems spanking guys with *** high rear ends because of their lack of traction. My car wasn't exactly a power house but it moved very well off the line. That's one of the examples of better handling.....and didn't have fancy shocks and sway bars yet it still would turn well enough that I didn't have to worry about rolling the front tires under if the speed was higher than 20 mph on a sharp corner.
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We had a shop teacher that asked us car guys why our cars were jacked up in the back. So we told him it made the gas move faster from the tank to the engine because it was running downhill.
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