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crazydog


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Hi everyone,

I thought I'd pass these pics on and ask for some help on a few topics.

I had been asking since October on this forum about drop spindles, rims, etc... I just rolled my Canso out of my shop today to look at how it turned out.

I went with the CPP disc brake kit with 2" drop spindles, dropped it alot. I went with Team 3 Wheels Classic V rims.

15x6 front rims with 4" backspace / BFG 195/60R15 radial T/A's

15x7 rear rims with 4.5" backspace / BFG 235/60R15 Drag T/A's

My questions are:

#1 It looks like I'll have a problem with turning sharp and going over bumps will hit the Fender lip badly, I went with 4" backspace, I don't think I can get more backspace, any ideas how I might fix this without lifting it, I like the low look.

#2 I want to drop the rear a bit, I have Caltracs on this car and with no preload on the bars I can get it to sit as low as you see it, as I preload the bars the car's rear raises. I was thinking about lowering blocks or dearching the springs, I plan on drag racing a bit and I've read tha the blocks aren't a good idea for that, any ideas here?

Thanks for any feedback



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WOW!!!!
they look sharp.. but... I think without doing some serious mods to your inner fender well. like Tubbing it, but on the front.. or jackin' it up 3"..
or.. steering stops.. but then you have a HUGE turning rad..

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it looks good, if thats what you want  

Looks like you took a lot of fun out of driving (worrying about evey bump- speed bump- curb) 

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Well that wasn't my goal and I spent alot of time trying to determine sizing etc,... that's why I threw these questions out there to see if there was any good answers.

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The wheels look great on the Canso; I'm having a hard time finding 14" TA'S.

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Hey guy I think you need to lower the rear suspension to level off out the car. That might help you..

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Update here is that I'm replacing the old original front springs with CPP original height springs which will hopefully raise it an inch or so and then doing a front end alignment. Hope to clear up some of this issue with that.

On the rear part of the car, I think I'll either get the leafs dearched or buy a new set of CalTrac split mono leafs as you can order them with lower than factory sizing, example 1 or 2" lower.



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Hey Tony that sounds like a good plan And nice car looks great

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Thanks very much, I'll let you know the outcome.


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