I've figured out why my car rides like garbage over frost heaves.

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman) 08/23/2017 at 20:37 • Filed to: None

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It turned out to be all sidewall flex. 17" Mustang wheels can’t come soon enough.

vicali > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/23/2017 at 21:31

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2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/23/2017 at 21:35

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Wait your putting s550 wheels on it?

Are they the black multispoke ones?

CobraJoe > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/23/2017 at 22:53

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I gots to ask: How did you get it so low?

sony1492 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/23/2017 at 23:07

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Don’t you mean handles? Ride can’t really improve with less sidewall flex, it will definitely feel less yacht like with less sidewall though

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > sony1492 08/24/2017 at 08:01

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Both, actually. Even at 38 psi up front, there’s so much sidewall flex that you’d think the rebound damping was too soft unless you got out and checked. The sidewall acts like an undamped spring!

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 08/24/2017 at 08:03

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Nope, not S550 wheels. I originally wanted the SA3R-looking SN95 GT split 3 spokes, but I found a deal on a set of New Edge GT 5-spokes that could be hard to pass up.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > CobraJoe 08/24/2017 at 08:07

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It’s a 92-97 chassis, so G-body dirt track drop springs up front, and I was running 1968 C10 four link rear springs out back, but they were a bit too firm for crossing the country, so currently I’m running SN95 rear lowering springs with about 1/2" cut off the edge just so they seat properly.

CobraJoe > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/24/2017 at 09:22

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Ah, I was hoping you didn’t just chop the springs.

Personally, I loved the “drive over anything” ride height of the 1996 CVPI I used to own.

2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/24/2017 at 09:34

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Ahh. I was tired an read that as ‘17 mustang wheels over 17 inch mustang wheels. Gonna look sick tho

Captain of the Enterprise > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/24/2017 at 10:23

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How did you narrow it down to sidewall flex?

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Captain of the Enterprise 08/24/2017 at 13:38

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I can literally set up my camera at any given corner of the car, push down hard on said corner, and watch the dampers take a set no problem while the sidewall keeps flexing.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > 2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered 08/24/2017 at 13:59

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Yeah, anything S197 or S550 is the wrong offset.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > CobraJoe 08/24/2017 at 14:01

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It was nice to have the clearance and comfort of stock suspension, but it also handled like a 3800-lb bag of dildos before I did springs, shocks, alignment and end links.

CobraJoe > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/24/2017 at 15:40

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I was lucky to have the PI suspension, the stiffer springs and sway bars really did make a difference over the civilian version, and a set of KYB shocks helped out a lot too.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > CobraJoe 08/24/2017 at 16:25

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Yeah, P71 stuff makes a world of difference. The HPP-spec dampers seem to be doing fine for now, although I’m hoping to go with QA1 dampers next year.