How To: rear springs

[YelloEye]

d00d.....I want your swing arm lol

 

[Cobalt Tom]

d00d.....I want your swing arm lol

QFT...was thinking the same thing

 

[ls1fbody]

why? it's a stock LSJ TWB (Twisting Beam)

 

[YelloEye]

Thought you had a modified one...or is it just the weld in bar thats different?

 

[ls1fbody]

It is modified, i just wanted to test you and see if you could tell the differences from the pictures haha

 

[YelloEye]

Lol what all is changed on that arm from stock?

 

[ls1fbody]

There is an adjustable sway bar inside the stock one, you can see the bolt on the closest trailing arm that acts as an anchor for the adjustment portion on the other side. It allows me to add a left or right preload. Also, the whole thing is modified to lower ride height 1". It has spherical body mounts instead of the squishy stock rubber bushings, and revised shock mounts. If i had the coin i could run a true coilover setup in the rear.

 

[YelloEye]

I'd love the spherical body mounts and revised shock mounts lol.

 

[ls1fbody]

the shock mounts do nothing for the separate spring and shock setup, but the clearance to run a coilover there is the true gold.

Haven't been able to test the rear yet, but according to Powell it keeps the roll center from shifting which is good for high speed stability and weight transfer.

 

[YelloEye]

I figured thats what the change in the mount location was.

 

[ls1fbody]

Unfortunately this axle was the reason i had to abandon my coilovers, At full ride height in the rear i was still tucking a quarter inch of tire.

 

[ff_drift_lol]

and...the problem with that is?

 

[YelloEye]

Unfortunately this axle was the reason i had to abandon my coilovers, At full ride height in the rear i was still tucking a quarter inch of tire.

Jeez lol whered the mount point get moved to? And how come the original mount point wasnt preserved?

 

[ls1fbody]

The springs were binding and with the 19's there was no clearance. I'll probably go back to coilovers in the future for show applications. I didn't mind it being low, but i wanted the ability to go higher if i needed, and i couldn't.

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Jeez lol whered the mount point get moved to? And how come the original mount point wasnt preserved?

it wasn't removed, just modified. I couldn't tell you to be honest, i looked at both axles sitting next to each other, and they look damn near the same. I would have to get out a measuring tape and start crawling all over that to figure it out haha