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Just dropped my motor in but still 8inch wheel gap!!!!

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Old 10-25-2003, 05:50 PM
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Default Just dropped my motor in but still 8inch wheel gap!!!!

I replaced the K member with a a BMR....just got the new motor so I dropped it in thinking the wheel well gap should drop back close to normal. DIDNT MOVE!!!! Could my shocks be frozen from the car sitting so long with no weight?
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It is more likley that the suspension is on a bind right now. All you need to do is roll the car back and fourth a few feet and the wheels whould return to the normal position. Then you will see the actual ride height of the car. After you roll it back a few feet, bounce the front of the car a few times then roll it back.

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Drove the car around still extra space in the wells, i loosened the a-arm connections, and loaded the front end, even jumped up and down on the car, tightened them back up, still too much space, what can it be?
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Another thumbs up for BMR!
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Could you possibly post a picture? Is the suspension traveling at all then returning to that height or does it just stay at that height.
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No it sits like that all the time. Ill take a pic and post it. I do have 150lbs off the front of the car.
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So, if you sit on the nose, does the gap go away?
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It will sit over an inch higher after removing all that weight.

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