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Re: Mk3 changing

To: Grant Buss <buss3@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: Mk3 changing
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 07:35:52 -0700
Grant Buss wrote:
> 
>     We have just finished putting a transmission and overdrive from a
> 1500 into my son's '68 Mk3. No real problems, that we know of yet. We
> had to put a 1500 flywheel and the front plate on the drive shaft. About
> 4 inches had to be cut from the tunnel. The drive shaft was shortened 4
> 1/4 inches.
>     Now that is done, I remember someone had an article about changing
> the rear spring. I have a rear spring and dif from a 1500. I am not sure
> if I have the rest. Can someone please let me know where to find that
> article?
>

Why would you want to put a weaker spring that has the propensity to sag in 
place of a perfectly good fixed spring?  If you want to solve wheel hop,
you can add my camber compensator kit designed by Kas Kastner and avoid the 
body roll problems inherent with the swing spring from later cars.

Joe

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