Super Stock Springs
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I want someone to "splain" to me the supposed magic of these springs........LOL!!! What do they do that other springs don't? Are they made of "magic" spring steel and others are just regular spring steel? Because when anybody asks about rear springs........that's all we hear is he needs Super Stock springs. I just want to know why. And because they worked for so and so is not an answer.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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More leaves, shorter front segment and don't have 40 years of wear and tear on them! LOL!
Still junky "Hencho in Mexico" quality that doesn't last...
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I want someone to "splain" to me the supposed magic of these springs........LOL!!! What do they do that other springs don't? Are they made of "magic" spring steel and others are just regular spring steel? Because when anybody asks about rear springs........that's all we hear is he needs Super Stock springs. I just want to know why. And because they worked for so and so is not an answer. The Magic, They are Biased Stiffer on the Passenger side to help the tires keep planted. And they do help. Basic knowledge to me anyways is that the axel will try to rotate Up on the passenger side. Not hard to figure out what that will do for traction. The Fix, a Stiffer bias of spring strength, or in the case of the SS springs, just a Extra spring, on the passenger side is what they did. So the Simple Magic, Passenger side More Stiffer. Got To keep that axel planted on the Passenger side., That's trying to Lift Up.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I really think Joe Dirt was a real life documentary. "How does a Positrac on a Pltmouth work? It just does..." LOL.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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If I remember right, the SS springs had leafs that were .050 thicker that stock as well.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I see a winter time pinion angle discussion brewing too lol. It was your idea so you have to start the thread.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I just wanted to see if anybody knew.............or it was just one of those "that's what you are supposed to use" situations.........LOL!!!
All I know, is that with all the recommendations on here, I wish I had a couple truck loads of the damn things........LOL!!!
Oh yeah, we just always went to the junk yard, bought extra spring packs and built our own
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I want someone to "splain" to me the supposed magic of these springs........LOL!!! What do they do that other springs don't? Are they made of "magic" spring steel and others are just regular spring steel? Because when anybody asks about rear springs........that's all we hear is he needs Super Stock springs. I just want to know why. And because they worked for so and so is not an answer. The Magic, They are Biased Stiffer on the Passenger side to help the tires keep planted. And they do help. Basic knowledge to me anyways is that the axel will try to rotate Up on the passenger side. Not hard to figure out what that will do for traction. The Fix, a Stiffer bias of spring strength, or in the case of the SS springs, just a Extra spring, on the passenger side is what they did. So the Simple Magic, Passenger side More Stiffer. Got To keep that axel planted on the Passenger side., That's trying to Lift Up. That plus, the shorter front segment gives the axle housing a better mechanical advantage to lift the body harder and plant the tires harder. And the stiff front segment gives it the strength to do so without losing motion to flex.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I had to make my version of stiff springs that would launch.. I clamped a piece to 3/8" thick steel from on the fronts on my springs on my 62 Dart... work very well.. later I changed it to spring steel and all I had back then was truck shocks... might have been the first slapper bars but these were solid
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back in the day, no one around here had the money for ss springs, so we hit the bone yards and got truck, station wagon springs, or extra main leaves and used a torch to cut to the length desired. we then shaped the cut ends with a grinder, added paint, then assembled the leaves we thought necessary to stiffen the front segment as was needed. no clamps on the rear segments, and however many as required on the front. i owned a yard from '73-84, so lots of springs were given away to friends for the purpose. it was up to them to remove what they wanted. may have been one of the original "pick your part" yards, but we didn't charge $2 to get in.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I just wanted to see if anybody knew.............or it was just one of those "that's what you are supposed to use" situations.........LOL!!!
All I know, is that with all the recommendations on here, I wish I had a couple truck loads of the damn things........LOL!!!
Oh yeah, we just always went to the junk yard, bought extra spring packs and built our own Monte this site is progressive compared to some other Mopar sites . Superstock springs, purple shaft cams, iron heads and dual plane intakes are all one needs. And the thing is it's all you need no matter how fast you want to go LOL. Want a 600hp 318? just get a purple shaft cam (hydraulic most of the time), a 340 intake, X heads and some cheap 1 5/8 headers and there you have it. Just add SS springs and you'll be in the 9s. Sarcasm intended.
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Re: Super Stock Springs
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I put them on my belvedere because I was too cheap to buy mono leafs and cal-tracs... which I probably will do in a few years.
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