JasonWW

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I found a recent thread on them here:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/899950-racecraft-spindles.html

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That is beautiful, I wonder how that would look on lowering springs for reference.

JasonWW

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Too low. Consider that you have 4" of compression travel with the stock springs. Lowering springs typically drop the front 1"-2". These spindles drop it 2". So you would have 1" of travel to zero travel left.

These need regular height springs in order to maintain the factory geometry. Or, there are a number of ways to increase ride height on a spring that is too low such as spacers.

RAGENZ28

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Still not done jason? I am already cutting mine back apart to redo the whole car lol, check out my post in the drag section, BTW what's new on the car?

JasonWW

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For starters, I'm never done.
I've had a blown engine so I haven't driven it the last 7 months or so. That's a long story. I just now got it running again.
I've ditched the stock lights permanently and will be making new projectors for it. I plan to add an independent rear suspension using a ford 8.8, air ride and a few other things. I plan to tub all 4 wheel wells so I can drop it to the ground. The drop spindles are going to be crucial for that to happen.

This is the look I'm after.

WS6_MAC

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Keep up the good work and creative ideas!

99Bluz28

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Great thread! You always seem to have very creative ideas that I find quite interesting. Keep it up!

RAGENZ28

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Should have hit me up I pulled my motor out to make room for the new BBC

This is what mine looks like at the moment.

dragonrage

That's disgusting. Please trade in your car for a Civic.

99Bluz28

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What would be really cool is to be able to drive it on the freeway like that, with no clearance issues!

JasonWW

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Damn RAGENZ28, You hold the record of most chopped up.

JasonWW

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Define clearance issues.
That pic would have the k-member touching the ground.

Now these 2 are possible.




Just extending the side skirts down makes the car look a lot lower.

To really get low you'd need to raise the k-member along with the engine and trans. A tubular k-member and dry sump system won't work because you'd still have the flywheel hanging low. It looks like you could fit a curved pan into the cowl for intake clearance, but as for as raising the trans tunnel, the A/C components may be an issue. I haven't really looked under the dash real well. Aside from raising the engine, another way to get low is chopping the top. That would probably be easier. I have a thread on that if your interested.

JasonWW

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If you have any more pics of the front end, post them up. This is like X-ray vision.

InsaneAuto86

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I am looking at ditching the Strano springs and getting racecraft drop spindles, re-using the stock front springs... Any thoughts? Main focus is weight reduction and some handling.

JasonWW

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Keep the Stranos and buy an adjustable spacer to get the perfect ride height. $30 each.




It's only hard to lower a car. Raising it is easy.

InsaneAuto86

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The ride height is fine. I just feel that after-market spindles will drop considerable weight. Using a stock spring would give me better weight transfer, a more comfortable ride, and lowering the car 2" would result in better handling... Right?

JasonWW

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I don't think I understand where your coming from.
Why are you so concerned about weight?
Why do you want weight transfer?
Why do you have Strano springs if you want a more comfortable ride?

I can say that lowering the car 2" will have only a minor effect on handling. It's still going to be the shocks that effect it the most followed by the spring rate.

Keep in mind the tire will be able to go higher with the drop spindles so you'll need to limit suspension travel. Adding packers will probably be the best way to do that. The stock suspension has roughly 4" of compression travel with the limiting factor being the shock and bumpstop. With these drop spindles, this will be reduced to 2" of travel in theory, but now your actual limit will be the tire touching the wheelwell. So if your tire had say 3/4" of extra room before touching the metal with the stock spindles, then you would now have 2 3/4" of compression travel in total. A stiffer spring and matching shock may actually ride better than the stock springs because it will help keep you from hitting your new bumpstop limits.

JasonWW

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I've come up with some new designs. I'll post them shortly.

InsaneAuto86

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Drop spindles? In my prev post, I was concerned with ditching the stock iron spindle and going to a drop spindle. I was asking which would be the better set-up, strano springs/koni shocks and stock spindle, or stock spring/koni shocks and drop spindle? There seems to be a considerable amount of weight savings going to drop spindles.

JasonWW

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You never answered my questions.

Keep in mind the only drop spindles available ($550) require new brake parts and you lose the ABS/TCS.

Here's something interesting:
Pic was slightly inaccurate, I'll post up a proper one shortly.

This shows how limiting the stock shocks are and why they ride like crap with lowering springs. I still have 1.5 inches above the tire.
I'll do the same test with my koni next. I know it gives you a little more compression travel (tucks the tire more).
Then I'll show you a $0 cost mod to get 1 1/4 inch extra compression travel without touching the bump stops or changing the ride height regardless of the shock your using. What this will do is give you a smoother ride and more cornering grip.