96Formula6sp
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone. So I am digging out our old lemons 1972 coronet that was last raced in 2018. We are finally fixing our small tire issue from years ago. Car was running 245/40/15 to cheat the rear end ratio and we only had 15 inch wheels. Anyways those days are over and we are going to an 18x10 with a 275ish tire. While test fitting out borrowed wheels we found that the current suspension is very close to being bottomed out while its sitting on the ground. The car does have some Firm Feel 1.18 inch race bars installed from the previous owners. This is the car sitting on an 18x10 with the suspension loaded. It seems to be sitting very high. Torsion bars have 3-4 turns in them. They were up around 10 turns. It dropped maybe 1/2 inch.
I am wondering if the previous owners did not clock the torsion bar right. As we bounced the car we found our -3 or so degrees of camber goes to almost zero. As the suspension is traveling down. So in the corners that would explain the nasty outside tire wear as we are loosing camber not gaining it. Is this something we could fix buy taking the torsion bar out. Raising the lower control arm up to the next slot for the torsion bar to go back in. This should raise the upper control arm out where its banging into the body of the car as the bump stop has disappeared. Doing this should get the upper control arm level so that when weight goes on it in the corner we should be gaining camber not loosing it. It should also give us more turning clearance as the wheel wants to run into the control arm as its hanging low. Am I crazy for thinking this or is there another way to lower these cars down. I see many other ones with the wheels tucked into the body. Some may have drop spindles but have the suspension at full droop all the time probably explains the ball joint wear as well.
I am wondering if the previous owners did not clock the torsion bar right. As we bounced the car we found our -3 or so degrees of camber goes to almost zero. As the suspension is traveling down. So in the corners that would explain the nasty outside tire wear as we are loosing camber not gaining it. Is this something we could fix buy taking the torsion bar out. Raising the lower control arm up to the next slot for the torsion bar to go back in. This should raise the upper control arm out where its banging into the body of the car as the bump stop has disappeared. Doing this should get the upper control arm level so that when weight goes on it in the corner we should be gaining camber not loosing it. It should also give us more turning clearance as the wheel wants to run into the control arm as its hanging low. Am I crazy for thinking this or is there another way to lower these cars down. I see many other ones with the wheels tucked into the body. Some may have drop spindles but have the suspension at full droop all the time probably explains the ball joint wear as well.