Limiting from suspension travel
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Car: 84 Z28
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Limiting from suspension travel
What methods has anyone used to limit the up travel in the front suspension. I have quite a bit and when it comes to the end of travel just as it jerks the front wheels up it transfers a shot to the rear and in slow motion you can watch the left rear tire take a real beating and wrinkles up more than I would like. So,,, I would like to experiment with limiting the travel.
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Car: 87 IROC L98
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Axle/Gears: Ford 9"/31 spline spool/4.86
I don't limit mine. If I was racing in something like Super Gas where you want to keep the front end down as much as possible, I'd install limiters. I need the weight transfer.
It sounds like you need to fine tune your rear suspension first.
It sounds like you need to fine tune your rear suspension first.
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I run chains on my front end. I have a chain from the frame to the A arm with about an inch of travel. You can see in my sig pic how the wheels don't drop when it leaves.
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thank 1bad406 I thought maybe you had by your pic. Where did you chain from and too. I was looking around and there is a few holes in the K member. A likely spot on the a arm looks like where the sway bar used to hook in. I haven't looked real hard as to whether it could come down from the spring pocket.
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Originally Posted by 84406
thank 1bad406 I thought maybe you had by your pic. Where did you chain from and too. I was looking around and there is a few holes in the K member. A likely spot on the a arm looks like where the sway bar used to hook in. I haven't looked real hard as to whether it could come down from the spring pocket.
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