rasinig a coronet body up

[moparjohnny]

any ideas on what to use to raise suspension up a inch or two to level car off?a little larger tire in front and back. thanks

 

[darkhorse]

you can always raise the T-bars for the front. you'll need to re-align though. add some leafs to the rear. do you have a pic of the stance of the car as it is?

 

[Ron 73]

You can add longer spring shackles in the rear also, Air shocks put a hard strain on things i myself wouldn't suggest using them.

 

[Cranky]

Longer rear hangers are not a very good idea either. For a 1" rise in the rear, air shocks are really not that bad of an idea. Doesn't take much effort to raise the rear that much but adding a leaf is better or even re-arching the springs you have if they are not completely worn out. Adding leafs will make the ride more harsh if that's a concern...

 

[Propwash]

I agree on adding springs or a little bit taller shackle...As far as your tires, remember that you may be looking at changing your speedometer gear if you go that route in back. A larger rear tire will also change your RPM@Speed range your currently have. If you adjust the front via torsion bars, you will be not only changing the height but will be changing the spring rate as well, in turn the way your suspension perform's/react's up front. Adding a taller tire up front would be a much more safe/economical thing to do.

Ride height should be handled through the rear suspension, not adding shocks. Like Ron said, it add's stress to the whole system back there. Our shock crossmembers are flimsy enough.

 

[Ron 73]

How much rise would you get raising T-bars up some, Change the ride of car any?

 

[Cranky]

You can raise a car up as high as you can...higher the car, the more tension on the bars and the worse the ride is but it's not designed for that. There's a recommended ride height. Alignment becomes a problem when the car is raised too much...same for when it's lowered too much. A body cars are more sensitive to alignment issues since they have shorter upper and lower arms.

 

[Propwash]

Ron, it will change the ride of the car... The Engineer's at Chrysler had it dialed all the way around and preset for a reason. As far as how much adjustment, the torsion bar adjustment bolt's are about 2.5" long. The factory setting on both my Roadrunner and Coronet had the bolt 1 3/8" out from the adjusting bolt block to the top of the bolt head. A couple Dart's I has were at 1 5/8". Obviously there is some room to play there. I couldn't tell you what the exponential formula is for each full turn on the adjustment bolt = distance of change in ride height.

 

[Propwash]

You can raise a car up as high as you can...higher the car, the more tension on the bars and the worse the ride is but it's not designed for that. There's a recommended ride height. Alignment becomes a problem when the car is raised too much...same for when it's lowered too much. A body cars are more sensitive to alignment issues since they have shorter upper and lower arms.

100% agree

 

[bluefury]

ride heigth....

You can add longer spring shackles in the rear also, Air shocks put a hard strain on things i myself wouldn't suggest using them.​

Longer spring shackles are not a good idea. They will lessen handeling stability. I agree about not using air shocks to gain heigth.... Shock absorbers are just that.... designed to absorb road shock and control spring joust, not support weight. I've seen the upper shock mount/brace torn right out of a Mopar due to air shocks. Re-arching the springs is the most effective method of gaining heigth without sacraficing ride quality.

The tortion bars can be adjusted to gain an inch of heigth without effecting alignment or ride quality. That should be plenty of room for wider rims and tires.

 

[Ron 73]

Never thought about alignment issues, my goof, I asked because the collectors are close to ground, but im not going to change the ride quality. Thanks..

 

[moparjohnny]

what are t bars i am new to mopars? and how can you raise them? thanks

 

[Cranky]

You can add longer spring shackles in the rear also, Air shocks put a hard strain on things i myself wouldn't suggest using them.​

Longer spring shackles are not a good idea. They will lessen handeling stability. I agree about not using air shocks to gain heigth.... Shock absorbers are just that.... designed to absorb road shock and control spring joust, not support weight. I've seen the upper shock mount/brace torn right out of a Mopar due to air shocks. Re-arching the springs is the most effective method of gaining heigth without sacraficing ride quality.

The tortion bars can be adjusted to gain an inch of heigth without effecting alignment or ride quality. That should be plenty of room for wider rims and tires.

Air shocks with 10psi in them are not going to rip out the shock mount and if the upper shock mount does rip out, it's because of another problem. I can see air shocks inflated to 90 lbs doing it pretty easily buy not if they are kept within reason.

Never thought about alignment issues, my goof, I asked because the collectors are close to ground, but im not going to change the ride quality. Thanks..

Raising the front end an inch like mentioned above will be fine. I usually lowered my cars....

what are t bars i am new to mopars? and how can you raise them? thanks

Torsion bars are a type of spring that Mopars have had for many years on the front end. Its a bar that is made from spring steel. Also, many other makes have used them too including Chevy and Toyota and others at one time or another.

 

[Aussie Coronet]

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