ride height suggestion

[boygenius]

Originally Posted by zen

still need to get the shock tower plates welded on too. that should cover it...for the underside. still have many small items to take care of up top.

Might want to leave the plates off. When I put my body back on my chassis for the hurricanes I realized that there isn't enough clearance between the towers and the body and the body won't sit flat on the pan. Or in your case you might not be able to get the plates in. I am having to jack up my body up with a floor jack and grinding the tower plates down just so my body will sit flat and then I can put my seats in...

[Jeza]

Zen

Not sure if you've got things sorted yet, but heres a link to a table that could be of use
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/foru...618&pid=100702

Table is from this thread
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/foru....php?tid=30685

Cheers
Jeremy

[Lazarus]

Zen you have the same problem i do. and it is very hard adjust with little or no help . i bought one of those tools from latest rage to compress the spring plate so i will let you know how that goes . i saw your car at toccoa and thought it to be too low for the street ,my wife even commented it was too low and i thought it was an air ride car . im not going to do anything until whitey (German Automotive) gets me some adjustable spring plates. have you driven your car on the street yet. i dont think the roads in atlanta will allow for it . you may get stuck on one of those rogue man hole covers they love to put about 2 feet over the road surface there

[Bill K.]

Zen, I can't help you on the 944 IRS. Maybe you already have, but I would suggest you upsize the torsion bars to get back some stiffness from lowering. The 24.5mm bar from the 944T worked well in my 70 bug (26 9/16" bar).

As I recall, I had the bottom of my spring plate just below the spring plate stop when all was unloaded. That got me close, but as the springs settled, one side needed tweeking to level it out. Now, I'm going with adjustable spring plates to dial in the cross weights without having to tear it apart for each adjustment.

[zen]

thanks for all of the input guys.

Jeza, good info. at least from a relative point of view. i am sure weight makes a difference. nonetheless, the most detailed info i have seen yet.

preg, i drove it for a couple of months. but only very local.

bill, that has been my plan. still trying to find some local though. no luck thusfar. my plate was in the same place you just described, but you can see how it settled out. so i know i need more if i stay with these bars. if i switch up then i'm back to the drawing board. would guess just below the stop again though.

btw, these are 944 spring plates which are adjustable. one catch while the alignment guy was working with them though. the way they settle on the stop forces the spring plate to scissor to the lowest position once you loosen the bolt (will get some pics). would take effort to pry the plate up enough and tighted the bolt down at the needed height.

lastly, bad things happen for good reasons. found when i pulled the spring plate away that the shock tower (at least the left, haven't seen right yet) that despite grinding much of the meat away, it still wasn't enough. the bolts have been gouging the shock tower. back to more grinding.