suspension tuning... help me please

[CrateCamaro]

It would be easy to say that you could put a few turns of preload into the passenger side bar but im not sure that will work. Slide a links have a urethane bushing so maybe have a look and see of they are showing signs of wear and rebounding. Front suspention is where you will find the most help...make sure its loose and moves freely through its travel. I would check the front shocks out as well. If you have the factory rubber snubber in the upper front control ams take them out...that will give you some more front end travel. Do you still have rubber bushings in the front leaf spring eyes? If so change to a Moroso solid or just order a set of Calvert Split-Mono's and forget about it. I played with a set of old super stock springs for a year untill it started cork-screwing like your car is doing and then that was it....changed to the whole Calvert setup and never looked back. A comment was made about an Air Bag but thats gonna be tough in a leaf spring deal...ive never seen an air bag on a leaf spring car. Good luck and let us know how you make out.

[79transam]

ok here is my update. went out today and tried 14lbs of air, it blew the tires off, went to 10lbs of air and it started hooking. then as the day went on it started going back the other way and spinning again. it wasnt bad but it was spinning. to answer some of the questions on here. i have moroso trick front springs, 90/10 lakewood shocks in the front, the rear is the comp engineering slide a links with calvert 9 way adjustable shocks. it likes the lowest setting. the rubber bushings are gone in the leafs and it does have the alum bushings in. im thinking about taking the rubber snubbers off of the slide a links and machining a alum bushing for them. it hooks then unloads. i was gonna play with the pre load some today but since last week was rained out i had free entry into the race and not enough time to test and race.

[Ron Gusack]

Replacing Lakewood 90/10's with Calvert 90/10's help my front suspension.

[69Cobra]

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Originally Posted by ron gusack

replacing lakewood 90/10's with calvert 90/10's help my front suspension.

[Jim Cimarolli]

Also looks like you could use some more pinion angle.
The rear suspension is not separating, its either too tight or not enough pinion angle.

[K Stubbs]

I would loosen up the front end also, it looks too stiff with minimal travel. How old are your rear tires? What shape was the track in?

[Jim Cimarolli]

Originally Posted by K Stubbs

I would loosen up the front end also, it looks too stiff with minimal travel. How old are your rear tires? What shape was the track in?

Might ask "Pee Paw" how they used to make the O'l Biscayne hook up!!!!!

[BadBanana]

Everything said so far could be a problem; but I would start with loosening up the front end to give the rear suspension a CHANCE to work.
Actually, I thought it looked like there was too much pressure in the rear tires on the first pass, but that is not the complete answer.

[henrys57wagon]

On our Nova and the Camaro before that I ground off all the serrations on the A arm bushings which really loosens up the front suspension, plus using SS front springs and 90/10 shocks. Let us know what you did and how it worked out, but remember to one thing at a time.