Is that Jon Voigt's car??Not on BAT but a listing popped up on FB marketplace that made me think of this thread. If it was a woody convertible or wagon I might consider it. 78k mile K-car
Is that Jon Voigt's car??Not on BAT but a listing popped up on FB marketplace that made me think of this thread. If it was a woody convertible or wagon I might consider it. 78k mile K-car
To make you feel like you're accelerating all the time?Why did the rear end sit lower than the front for the “race suspension”? GT500
Wasn’t this covered in My Cousin Vinny?To make you feel like you're accelerating all the time?
My totally uninformed, random actual guess would be to limit suspension travel for a non-independent rear suspension and keep the back end better planted since it's lighter. I don't know if that actually makes sense, but it might.
Does that thing have posi-traction? And was it ever metallic mint green?Wasn’t this covered in My Cousin Vinny?
Well that picture is a car with no motor in it. However, they did sit lower in the back, depending. Sometimes it was because the rear suspension was failing..they were leaf spring cars. Bushings in the shackle wore. Leaf springs sometimes sagged. But generally, lower in the back meant more weight on the back..primitive weight balancing. Better acceleration and cornering, since they were already very front-heavy. Which is why, if you have an old pony car, you probably want a small block version if you actually value handling..To make you feel like you're accelerating all the time?
My totally uninformed, random actual guess would be to limit suspension travel for a non-independent rear suspension and keep the back end better planted since it's lighter. I don't know if that actually makes sense, but it might.
Which syncs with my guess.generally, lower in the back meant more weight on the back..primitive weight balancing. Better acceleration and cornering, since they were already very front-heavy.
Which syncs with my guess.
Ha! An unintentional pun at that!Where's the disgusted pun groany?
Yeah, what you really want to do to fix it is move the motor and tranny back about a foot or 2. Then you can drop the front back to normal. They were..primitive.. Like leaf spring suspension with a snubber to basically bottom the suspension in corners or when launching. At that point it's a go-kart. Plus in those days front-high was a thing. Like, fashion thing. People saw all the Factory Experimental cars at the drag strip and they had it for drag launches. And people liked to emulate that. Not smart really for normal driving..but wouldn't be the first or last time car companies did stuff because people thought it looked cool.Well the expert guy in the GT 500 barn find video says they came that way. The woman who owned it with her husband couldn’t see the road in front because of that angle. So they “fixed” it. Which reduces value.
Ding, ding, ding! Winner! I had friends who messed (and I mean messed) with their suspensions simply in order to achieve that front-high, accelerating look. It was a thing, just like the nose-down, ass-up, cat-in-heat look of cars in the 1990's.Plus in those days front-high was a thing. Like, fashion thing. People saw all the Factory Experimental cars at the drag strip and they had it for drag launches. And people liked to emulate that. Not smart really for normal driving..but wouldn't be the first or last time car companies did stuff because people thought it looked cool.
Yeah..I dunno about 100 percent..but..probably not the best plan in my opinion...So, 100 percent stupid. Like huge rims and really low profile tires on suv’s.
100%? Depends on what you're goal is with it.So, 100 percent stupid. Like huge rims and really low profile tires on suv’s.
100%? Depends on what you're goal is with it.
Dumb and dumber? But meets the goal.100%? Depends on what you're goal is with it.