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Mar 21, 2007 12:31:28 GMT
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350 |
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Mar 21, 2007 12:36:09 GMT
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Sounds like the drop has wazzed up the geometry at the front, i'd get the tracking and camber checked, or do a bulk buy of Uzbek Liquorice remoulds.
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Mar 21, 2007 12:36:57 GMT
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You will have changed the camber. You'll get odd squeal and odd tyre wear. You can dial it out a bit by adjusting the caster sometimes but this is why they sell offset upper arms and adjustable strut top mounts... Putting the camber back...
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Mar 21, 2007 12:38:24 GMT
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will it improve once ive dropped the back to the same level?
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350 |
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Mar 21, 2007 12:41:25 GMT
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will it improve once ive dropped the back to the same level? No it needs to be adjusted wait till its finished and then have it looked at |
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Mar 21, 2007 12:43:56 GMT
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maybe! You have also to take into account the thing is 5 decades old more or less so stuff will have settled in all manner of ways. Its McPhearson strut isn't it, I never got the cmaber change issues on them, except for a couple of Capris I never really messed with McP struts.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 21, 2007 12:44:27 GMT
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oki doki. ill drop it then take it to my speedshop and have him tinker with it. i need the choke sorting anyhow so gives me another good reason  |
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Your car is not 'epic', this thread is not 'epic'....the OCEAN is epic, the UNIVERSE is epic.... please stop misusing this word!! It would appear Hotrods are the new VWs - aint fashion funny! '69 BUICK LESABRE 350 |
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Mar 21, 2007 13:25:03 GMT
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Going on the front suspension on mine the tracking has probably gone out. When I lowered my 100E and Anglia on stock suspension it made the front tyres point inwards at the front.
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Mar 21, 2007 14:26:07 GMT
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I don't think I've ever had a screeching issue after lowering a car. I've had bumps, crashes, grinds, binds, thumps, hums, drums and scrapes - but never screeches.  |
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Mar 21, 2007 16:43:09 GMT
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I don't think I've ever had a screeching issue after lowering a car. I've had bumps, crashes, grinds, binds, thumps, hums, drums and scrapes - but never screeches. lofltits.... !! how about a trail of oil after holing the sump on a speed bump !? |
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Mar 21, 2007 19:14:32 GMT
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I don't think I've ever had a screeching issue after lowering a car. I've had bumps, crashes, grinds, binds, thumps, hums, drums and scrapes - but never screeches. pmfsl. ;D mine only ever screeches when I'm going slow on super smooth tarmac thats been in the hot sun for hours. however, living in the north of england this happens very rarely, cos it p155es down all the time. ;D  |
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Mar 21, 2007 20:45:41 GMT
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lofltits.... !! how about a trail of oil after holing the sump on a speed bump !? Truthfully no, the whole speed bump wrecking lowered cars thing is over-publisised IMO, most cars I've had have sumps on (or near as) the axle line, meaning that the sump goes up with the suspension. Exhausts however are another matter and tyres seem to be the major expenditure on properly low cars in my experience. |
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Mar 21, 2007 22:02:35 GMT
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I get lovely lightshows from my exhaust touching the deck at speed on the Alfa, looks great when going for a late night touge-style run over the hills  Never screeches, however. |
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Mar 21, 2007 22:30:34 GMT
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Exhausts however are another matter and tyres seem to be the major expenditure on properly low cars in my experience. agreed. also tie bars and driveshafts on my merc, due to the obtuse angles that they're working at. this is a front tyre after about 4 months on my car.   |
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