BY the way ,CometGT1974 Didn`t you post here one time saying that your front springs were clamped to lower the front end? I cut one coil off of my factory A/C,v-8 Grabber springs and still had to clamp them to get the ride hieght were I wanted it. Now with the new engine in the car I went riding around(playing) tonite and the front end does`nt seem to raise up hardly any when I get on it (with 90-10 shocks ) But maybe its because the street tires dont hook AT ALL . Anyway I kicked it in low gear from a 20 mph roll trying out the new Victor jr. heads and all it did was break the tires loose and go to red line (Quicker than I expected!).
Yes MAV, you're right, I did have my front (original V8) springs clamped to lower the front of the car!! It did the job but killed the weight transfer of the car, when I put the new motor in, put the fiberglass hood on and switched to skinny bumpers the front of the car went back up so I had to cut about 2 whole coils out to get it back down, which is how the car sits in the picture below( I took the clamps off when I cut the springs). Since last summer I have changed the entire suspension setup, now I have a set of six cylinder springs for a 70 Maverick. The new springs will transfer weight much better but the car will sit a little bit higher. I want to keep it as low as possible WITHOUT having to cut them. The trick for drag cars is to have as many coils as possible compressed so you have more stored energy (potential energy) to release when the car leaves the line. For my particular setup the spring rate will not be as important since I will be controlling the spring rate with the new QA1 12-way adjustable shocks. But as far as ride hieght goes, I like em low to the ground but on a drag car sometimes it's a compromise....
Will, No it will be driven on the street as well, Granted not allot but some. The stance will change a little bit as there is no motor or tranny in the car yet. But I'm still hoping to keep the look.
It will come down some....still have to put engine and tranny in it and then I will adjust rear end height.....
MAV My ride height will be just a little higher that yours....Glad to hear you like the Victor Jr heads...I have the same ones. did you do any porting or just bolt them on?
Just bolted them on. I am going to build a 393w for it next year and I plan to have the Victor jr.s ported by Killians Head porting service before they are put on. I plan to have my car in the low elevens on pump gas (no nitous) and also be very streetable and reliable...Thats the plan anyway
Hey fordracing that is a good looking ride I to have a thing for Black cars but I will tell you this I will never have another one, just for the fact I get tired of cleaning it all the time. I can't complain about the body work on mine my dad and I spent a lot of time on and went through alot of wet paper . Good luck on the rest of your project. Here is a pic of mine
Squeal1, I hear you on keeping it clean but when it is clean they sure do look nice!... Looks like you did a great job on your car....NICE WORK!
My daily driver is black, or should I say grey, as it is so hard to keep clean. Black will be the last colour I ever pick again!
Just an opinion but a clean and straight black car is hard to beat but I think the next one I build will be white
