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Re: Hotchkis rear springs on and early A body
[Re: Dan@Hotchkis]
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08/22/14 01:05 PM
08/22/14 01:05 PM
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Indianapolis.IN
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How early of an A body? We've done limited testing on the early cars as they become available, its just a slim segment. I have a 63 Dart GT with all of our stuff on the car, I just haven't settled on a drivetrain to stick in it to get it out and about.
Dan, It's a 65 Dart running a srt4 engine making 600 H.P. Very lite car. about 2600 with me in it.looking a several of your components. for this car.
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Re: Hotchkis rear springs on and early A body
[Re: prrc]
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08/23/14 01:06 AM
08/23/14 01:06 AM
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Santa Fe Springs, CA
Dan@Hotchkis
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The 63 you have them on what does it weigh?
No final weights without permanent engine selection. Hoping for 2700-2800 lbs.
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Re: Hotchkis rear springs on and early A body
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08/23/14 11:24 AM
08/23/14 11:24 AM
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Santa Fe Springs, CA
Dan@Hotchkis
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Thanks Dan, I may contact you if I can't find an off the shelf spring. Still going to order some upper control arms and steering rod kit.
My understanding is your springs are a 130 spring rate? and you think that would be to stiff? I was thinking more in the 160 range. But I guess that would be way to stiff after your input. Was still going to us the 114 T bars out front. But may need to re think that as well. The motor is very light at 390,lbs. My estimation is I'm loosing close 200,lbs off the front end with this motor over say a small block.
Need to get corner weights to do it right. In all reality with your weights being where you think they'll be, our leafs with a 1.06 T-bar would put you in a pretty aggressive spring frequency which may be in the ball park of what you are looking for any way. 1.14 for that light of a car is a HUGE spring, an probably overkill unless you've caged and braced the whole chassis. Remember, if the suspension can't flex the spring, it will flex the chassis.
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