Rear leaf springs

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Offline bentpshrods

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Re: Rear leaf springs
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2009 - 02:41:03 PM »
      I like a car with a bit of a rake or drag racing look as HP2 says. It gives it a bit of an attitude   :ylsuper:   The tires on mine are 275/60-15 rear and 235/60-15 front. 




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Re: Rear leaf springs
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2009 - 02:54:39 PM »
bentpshrods,
Are your rear wheels 7" wide or 8" wide?
John
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Re: Rear leaf springs
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2009 - 04:59:00 PM »
Yes, but Summit also offers SUM-7074CH  which is their house brand stock height spring (which they claim is correct for your car's OEM engine and weight rating. It is a 5 leaf spring) as well as SUM-7074CH-2 which is a 2 inch drop spring, also 5 leaf. Since most stock mopar springs have very little arch in them by design, these may be down around 1-1.5 worth of arch in the installed position.

If you want to go even lower, Mopar offers their zero arch oval track springs, P4452414. These are a four leaf design, but the leaves are 9/16 thick instead of 7/16 like stock, and they have a 1.5" shorter front segment like a super stock spring.

If you want the drag racing look like bentpshrods and 71Ply then you would want to get Espo's +1 set up.

I want about 2" drop but summit couldn´t tell anything about  their lowering springs,not arc,not spring rate so I order xhd springs instead and makes som extra holes in the front end instead

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=60099.0
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Re: Rear leaf springs
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2009 - 05:37:50 PM »
   To go with the 275/60's I had to get an 8" wide rim.  I bought them from Wheels Vintique.  I think if you look at the Jegs catolog they have them with free shipping---or did have.

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Re: Rear leaf springs
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2009 - 03:37:24 PM »
Just installed new springs from Espo on my Cuda,along with new shocks.I hope this thing settles.I asked for stock springs and this thing sits about 4 3/4 inches from the top of the tire to the top of the wheel well.The tires are 15 inch 255/60.

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Re: Rear leaf springs
« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2009 - 07:28:27 PM »
Mine ESPO springs sat high when new and the car was empty.  They settled down as the car was reassembled.