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Subject: [oletrucks] Re: lower 50 chev at low buck cost
From: "Joseph Szwed" <szwedj@viagate.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:33:31 -0500
We used to have a race car with leaf springs in the rear.  Instead of
removing complete leaves,
we would cut 3 or 4 inches off the back of each leaf.  This would soften the
springs up and
still keep them from wrapping up under throttle.

>Rear-
>To get the rear down I have done three things so far.
>To lower the back I first removed 3 leaf springs from each side, number
>4, 6 and 7 (1 being the top spring). The problem with this is the leaf
>assembly becomes less stiff and since they are so long that they might
>twist up when the throttle goes down, to prevent this I plan on building
>traction bars.

Joe
50 Chevy
51 GMC

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