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73 Charger Rear Springs

Started by Moparbob, December 26, 2011, 09:10:49 AM

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Moparbob

Anybody know where I can get lowering springs for the rear of my 73 Charger? Ive added 2" blocks, not enough plus I hate blocks. Im going to invert the front hangers that should be 2" but I need this puppy on the ground.
Bob Norris
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God Bless America.

HPP

Espo or Springs and Things. You can speciify any ride height you want with any spring rate you want.

Moparbob

Quote from: HPP on December 26, 2011, 12:27:36 PM
Espo or Springs and Things. You can speciify any ride height you want with any spring rate you want.

Any place in the US or east coast? I need to go down about 4 inches and dont want to use blocks
Bob Norris
www.moparbob.com

God Bless America.

HPP

75 Pine Tree Road, Danville PA,  17821. Thats pure American and certainly east coast. Sure your looking at the right place?
http://www.springsnthings.com/

4" drop is a lot. Do you have SS springs under it now?

Moparbob

Quote from: HPP on December 26, 2011, 06:47:45 PM
75 Pine Tree Road, Danville PA,  17821. Thats pure American and certainly east coast. Sure your looking at the right place?
http://www.springsnthings.com/

4" drop is a lot. Do you have SS springs under it now?

Dont know whats under there but it sits like a 70"s wedge car and Im going low and wide. With 2" blocks the 275/60/15 tires are 3 + Inches from the fender well lip. I dont want to use blocks so I need an almost flat spring.

Perhaps I goggled out the wrong place
Bob Norris
www.moparbob.com

God Bless America.

HPP

The stocks springs should appear to be nearly flat. They will have about 1.5-2" worth of arch with the weight of the car on them. If you have more than that, somebody has modified them. It is possible somebody either re-arched them or put an add a leaf in them to get the height. An easy check for super stock springs, which also have a lot of arch, is to check the front hanger. SS springs have a 2"  shorter front segment so they require a 2" longer front hanger. From the spring eye to the axle mounting pin would be 20" on a SS spring and 22" on a standard spring.

Moparbob

Quote from: HPP on December 27, 2011, 09:27:27 AM
The stocks springs should appear to be nearly flat. They will have about 1.5-2" worth of arch with the weight of the car on them. If you have more than that, somebody has modified them. It is possible somebody either re-arched them or put an add a leaf in them to get the height. An easy check for super stock springs, which also have a lot of arch, is to check the front hanger. SS springs have a 2"  shorter front segment so they require a 2" longer front hanger. From the spring eye to the axle mounting pin would be 20" on a SS spring and 22" on a standard spring.

Interesting, Anyone know how many leaves stock springs are supposed to have? I know my springs have more the 1 1/" if you draw a straight line eye to eye and measure down in the center.
Bob Norris
www.moparbob.com

God Bless America.

HPP

Stock I believe you should have 4, maybe 5 leaves for a standard car, or 6 leaves for a Rallye. Some may call it 5.5 since the heavy duty packs have an extra half leaf. Super stock packs do vary more than this. Its been a long while since I counted them, but an SS pack may be between 7-9 leaves, depending on which set you have.