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Originally Posted by chiphead
How do you choose springs when going from a drag set-up to a road-handling setup? I'd like 9-10" in the back and 8.5" in the front with it all sorted out.
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From what I've seen, every car is a bit different, so it's difficult to make a blanket statement for ride heights. 1 inch drop springs can do a lot of different things depending on what springs were in there to begin with, and how worn and sagged they are. Most aftermarket springs advertise a 1 inch drop, but I'd bet that they all sit different.
Anywho, my recommendation is to try to find some pics of cars that are running the suspension setup that you're interested in.
Relevant ride height specs for my car:
67 LeMans
SPC springs
Front: SPC upper/lower control arms, full stack of SPC spring shims, 0.5" taller lower ball joint, Bilstein HD shocks, Hellwig front sway bar
Rear: UMI boxed LCAs, UMI rotojoint UCAs, 69 Chevelle 12 bolt, Hellwig pro-touring sway bar
Wheels/tires: Trans Am Race Engineering Superlites, 17x8, 4.5" backspace, 0 offset. BF goodrich SportComp2s 245/45/17 25.7" diameter
Last pic wheels and tires have same specs but are Cragar Soft8s and Firestone Firehawk Indy500s.
