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Old 05-19-2015 | 12:05 AM
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Maybe someone can chime in and give me some insight. Hopefully. I have an 01 Camaro makes 565/517 through a built 4L60e. 5.3 w/PTE 7475 etc. front is all MWC components and Viking coilovers. rear is a 9", Founders control arms, SFB, and torque arm. torque arm is moved off of trans, Comp engineering ce2700 shock set on 50/50, and eibach pro kit springs. Car weighs 3520 with me and is on MH 275/60r15s now. Its slowly getting better, but still not how id expect it to hook from a 30 roll or dig. LCAs are in the lowest holes on the rear brackets, torque arm is at its highest point, pinion is -1 from driveshaft, etc.

Is it the progressive stiff rate of the springs? like 110 to 170lbs/in progressive. I have a set of v6 96 camaro springs im thinking of putting in without the rubber isolator to keep ride height similar. Ive been making adjustments and a tire swap to get where I am, but I feel at his power level, its should be much more plated. Thanks
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Bring the torque arm down on the mounting point. Having it up is being counter productive to the LCA's being in a lower position in the brackets. I would bring that down before making any other changes and see how much that helps
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Maybe someone can chime in and give me some insight. Hopefully. I have an 01 Camaro makes 565/517 through a built 4L60e. 5.3 w/PTE 7475 etc. front is all MWC components and Viking coilovers. rear is a 9", Founders control arms, SFB, and torque arm. torque arm is moved off of trans, Comp engineering ce2700 shock set on 50/50, and eibach pro kit springs. Car weighs 3520 with me and is on MH 275/60r15s now. Its slowly getting better, but still not how id expect it to hook from a 30 roll or dig. LCAs are in the lowest holes on the rear brackets, torque arm is at its highest point, pinion is -1 from driveshaft, etc.

Is it the progressive stiff rate of the springs? like 110 to 170lbs/in progressive. I have a set of v6 96 camaro springs im thinking of putting in without the rubber isolator to keep ride height similar. Ive been making adjustments and a tire swap to get where I am, but I feel at his power level, its should be much more plated. Thanks

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I had it lower before, but the lcas were wrong and it was on 26s
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So I lowered the front of the torque arm, and put stock springs in the rear without the isolators to keep the height similar. Still just skates the rear end around from a 40 roll in D3. Maybe its down shifting to 1st? Or converter seems to flash to 5k+ so it spooly right to 500+ftlbs? IDK Im a bit lost



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