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Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: dustergirl340] #673237 04/19/10 07:24 AM 04/19/10 07:24 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 694 Michigan S Super Scamp mopar
Super Scamp mopar S Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 694 Michigan	Old Scamp when it was inboard with SS springs and snubber.. 5934309-Oct08024.JPG (75 downloads) Just One Man's Opinion Mopar Mafia Racing

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: Super Scamp] #673238 04/19/10 07:49 AM 04/19/10 07:49 AM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 162 Greentown Indiana M moparmxz member
moparmxz member M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 162 Greentown Indiana	Heres a pic of my sons car in the final at Bunker Hill Dragstrip saturday.We put SS springs on and made a new hole higher than the original to keep the rearend from being way up.Unfortunately he lost in the final on a breakout hogging up to much stripe on this pass.(His screen name on here is stripehog so i guess he lived up to it well) 5934336-xProFinal41710.jpg (83 downloads) Randy Brough 1967 440 Dart S/P 6.37 106mph best eighth 3150 lbs

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: moparmxz] #673239 04/19/10 03:05 PM 04/19/10 03:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,733 Moved to N.E. Tennessee GomangoCuda master
GomangoCuda master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,733 Moved to N.E. Tennessee	My old rule of thumb for SS spring ride height.... They were designed so that an imaginary line extended along the bottom of the rocker panel passes through the center line of the axle. Check out all the pics posted and you will see that unless you change the front mount height and/or use lowering blocks the rule still holds true after all these years. It looks too high with short tires. They were designed back in the 60's to use with 29.5" tall race tires. If you use short tires and/or want your car down in the weeds then they are the wrong springs for you. I built a few cars with SS springs back in the day but my current car has had Caltracks and monoleafs on it for years. I'll never buy another set of SS springs. Never. In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: GomangoCuda] #673240 04/19/10 05:55 PM 04/19/10 05:55 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	Quote: My old rule of thumb for SS spring ride height.... They were designed so that an imaginary line extended along the bottom of the rocker panel passes through the center line of the axle. Check out all the pics posted and you will see that unless you change the front mount height and/or use lowering blocks the rule still holds true after all these years. It looks too high with short tires. They were designed back in the 60's to use with 29.5" tall race tires. If you use short tires and/or want your car down in the weeds then they are the wrong springs for you. I built a few cars with SS springs back in the day but my current car has had Caltracks and monoleafs on it for years. I'll never buy another set of SS springs. Never. Right now,I have 28"x11.5" QTP's but I may go up to 29". My dad had 28"x12" slicks oh his duster and ran SS springs. IF I had the money,I would go Cal-tracs but $700.00-$900.00 vs. $220??? Its a clear picture for me.

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: MIKES_DUSTER] #673241 04/19/10 11:45 PM 04/19/10 11:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	Any more input??

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: MIKES_DUSTER] #673242 04/19/10 11:45 PM 04/19/10 11:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 492 South Jersey, NJ D DragDart360 mopar
DragDart360 mopar D Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 492 South Jersey, NJ	SS springs rear shackle mounted through the frame springs moved 3" inboard 70 Dart Swinger, 2850 lbs SB 408, Bullet roller 264/268 @50 .636 SSDS stage 2 Edelbrock heads, 1 7/8 Headmans, 1050 dominator by Dom, 9.867 @ 133

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: DragDart360] #673243 04/20/10 12:20 AM 04/20/10 12:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	Quote: SS springs rear shackle mounted through the frame springs moved 3" inboard How tall and wide are your tires???

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: moparmxz] #673244 04/20/10 01:35 AM 04/20/10 01:35 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,080 organ M maximum entropy master
maximum entropy master M Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,080 organ	Quote: Heres a pic of my sons car in the final at Bunker Hill Dragstrip saturday.We put SS springs on and made a new hole higher than the original to keep the rearend from being way up.Unfortunately he lost in the final on a breakout hogging up to much stripe on this pass.(His screen name on here is stripehog so i guess he lived up to it well) ss springs in a nova- that's just cool! for what is the good life if not doing things thoughtfully?

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: maximum entropy] #673245 04/20/10 07:22 AM 04/20/10 07:22 AM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 162 Greentown Indiana M moparmxz member
moparmxz member M Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 162 Greentown Indiana	His car is the silver GTS Dart.lol Randy Brough 1967 440 Dart S/P 6.37 106mph best eighth 3150 lbs

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: MIKES_DUSTER] #673246 04/20/10 07:47 AM 04/20/10 07:47 AM
Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 492 South Jersey, NJ D DragDart360 mopar
DragDart360 mopar D Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 492 South Jersey, NJ	Quote: Quote: SS springs rear shackle mounted through the frame springs moved 3" inboard How tall and wide are your tires??? 29x10x15 on 6.5' backspace stock axle length 70 Dart Swinger, 2850 lbs SB 408, Bullet roller 264/268 @50 .636 SSDS stage 2 Edelbrock heads, 1 7/8 Headmans, 1050 dominator by Dom, 9.867 @ 133

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: DragDart360] #673247 04/20/10 08:37 AM 04/20/10 08:37 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,675 Akron, Ohio U.S.A. roadhazard master
roadhazard master Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,675 Akron, Ohio U.S.A.	Here's mine with the springs relocated into the frame. Took the front mounts and used them for the rear shackle mount welded to the bottom of the rear frame rail. 29.5x11.5 tire 5936397-DSCN0436compressed.JPG (50 downloads)

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: roadhazard] #673248 04/20/10 10:35 AM 04/20/10 10:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	Quote: Here's mine with the springs relocated into the frame. Took the front mounts and used them for the rear shackle mount welded to the bottom of the rear frame rail. 29.5x11.5 tire Any pictures of that???

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: MIKES_DUSTER] #673249 04/20/10 10:37 AM 04/20/10 10:37 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	I guess the question I should be asking also is,what does your car weigh and which SS springs do you have???

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: MIKES_DUSTER] #673250 04/20/10 01:43 PM 04/20/10 01:43 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,675 Akron, Ohio U.S.A. roadhazard master
roadhazard master Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,675 Akron, Ohio U.S.A.	3140# without me and I have the 002/003 spring package. I don't have immediate access to my car right now (@ a freinds garage) as I work on my '71 Charger. Just took the hanger (I may ave used the rear I did this long ago) and bored the hole out to accept the rear shackle tube then welded the tube to the bracket. Flipped the mount and welded it to the underside of the frame. I'll get some pics as soon as I can if you are interested

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: roadhazard] #673251 04/20/10 02:28 PM 04/20/10 02:28 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 261 eastern Ky H hilbillyconquest enthusiast
hilbillyconquest enthusiast H Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 261 eastern Ky

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: hilbillyconquest] #673252 04/20/10 03:23 PM 04/20/10 03:23 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 500 MD JACK1440 mopar
JACK1440 mopar Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 500 MD	2" lowering blocks 5937138-cuda6-09-1.jpg (59 downloads)

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: JACK1440] #673253 04/20/10 11:44 PM 04/20/10 11:44 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	Nice looking cuda!!!! Heres ours back in the late 80's with SS springs and (i think) 3" blocks.

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: roadhazard] #673254 04/20/10 11:52 PM 04/20/10 11:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	Quote: 3140# without me and I have the 002/003 spring package. I don't have immediate access to my car right now (@ a freinds garage) as I work on my '71 Charger. Just took the hanger (I may ave used the rear I did this long ago) and bored the hole out to accept the rear shackle tube then welded the tube to the bracket. Flipped the mount and welded it to the underside of the frame. I'll get some pics as soon as I can if you are interested Please do!!!

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: MIKES_DUSTER] #673255 04/20/10 11:59 PM 04/20/10 11:59 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,497 N.E. Ohio K KillerBee master
KillerBee master K Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,497 N.E. Ohio	Sitting Working. 28" tall tire

Re: SS SPRING CARS. [Re: KillerBee] #673256 04/21/10 12:03 AM 04/21/10 12:03 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former... MIKES_DUSTER OP master
MIKES_DUSTER OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,146 Now - Port Orange,Fla. Former...	SSWWEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT CHALLENGER!!!!!! Whats in it and whats it run??

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