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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
Looks like he might need a longer or heavier spring.
About 2" longer. I have had QA1, AFCO and now Santuff on mine. The spanner always ended up about 4 1/2" from the bottom.
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
That just ain't right.
Why? I'm not getting any binding or am I missing something?
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 02:38 PM
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Why? I'm not getting any binding or am I missing something?
After your new springs settle, and you need to restore your ride hight, you don't have enough adjustment left. But, if your happy I'm happy.
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
After your new springs settle, and you need to restore your ride hight, you don't have enough adjustment left. But, if your happy I'm happy.
Ok well ill have to call mwc and get it straightened out.
Thanks for the input
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 06:52 PM
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camaro can you upload pics of how your car sits now?
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 07:02 PM
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camaro can you upload pics of how your car sits now?
Yup I had it about 2.5 inches of wheel gap with my drag set up but looked ugly as hell with my 18s all around so I dropped it to make it look good on the street. Here's what it looks like
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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that's with 4 3/4in on the springs, so i guess 5 1/2 will get me where i need to go
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 11:31 PM
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Ya def especially since they need to settle in a little. Ill keep you posted on what I need to do if I need longer or heavier springs like what was posted earlier
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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 11:56 AM
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I too have installed front and rears from MWC,this is the first set of drag shocks I have ever owned. Quality looks great and as far as adjustment goes, I started with the base lines per their instructions and managed some good results thus far. I went with the 300lb springs as this is a track car only. Keep in mind I'm doing test and tune right now and have had
1.7 off the foot
1.6 off the brake

Not the best but I'm learning.
I will try and get some pics or vids up. Who do I host those with??
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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by bigbrdf250
I too have installed front and rears from MWC,this is the first set of drag shocks I have ever owned. Quality looks great and as far as adjustment goes, I started with the base lines per their instructions and managed some good results thus far. I went with the 300lb springs as this is a track car only. Keep in mind I'm doing test and tune right now and have had
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1.6 off the brake

Not the best but I'm learning.
I will try and get some pics or vids up. Who do I host those with??
Are you spinning the tires?
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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 12:42 PM
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I was on one of my faster runs, i was running 15lbs of air and was gonna drop it down for the next run. I was shifting around 5k also so I wasn't letting it wind up. Hit all 3 gears in 1/8 for a fastest of 7.2 @93
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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 01:18 PM
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Well, I was running 1.78 with stock suspension now i added lca, phb and front coil-overs so i hope to at least get it down to 1.6 or 1.5
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Old Jul 14, 2013 | 05:14 PM
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Ill find out sat the differences .....cut 1.54 with eibach pros in front and hoosiers so ill see what mt pros and Vikings can do
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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 08:26 AM
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Any updates, were the springs too short?
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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 09:37 AM
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They are supposed to be 14" long. If somebody thinks they need 300 lb springs, I have a pair of AFCOs that were under the front of mine one weekend. I would take $40.00 + shipping for the pair.
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Old Jul 17, 2013 | 02:02 PM
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Been driving the past week adjusted after a few days and have about 5-6" of adjustment left I should be fine I dont want 4wd ride height anyways. Ill be at the track sat doing license passes so ill see how much better I can 60' but that's a great deal someone should grab those......
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Well I took the the spring out and measured and yup its a 14in spring, then I look on the side and it says 14in spring 300lbs. So now that i wasted a little time ( if i would of look at the spring in the first place) the best ride height for me with a 245/45/17 tire was 6in on the dot. I will add pics if any one wants to see it.
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Oh yea thanks for the help Camaro9969, I will have some drag times this Friday if weather is nice. Hope to cut at least 1.5x or better on a 295/45/17 MT street II
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Originally Posted by old93camaro
Oh yea thanks for the help Camaro9969, I will have some drag times this Friday if weather is nice. Hope to cut at least 1.5x or better on a 295/45/17 MT street II
Anytime
I can't believe you took it all out sorry man! But glad your all set. Take it for a bumpy cruise so it settles a little and adjust again
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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 05:58 PM
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Would you guys care to share what compression and rebound settings your are running or what you started with?
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