Andydodge Posted September 20, 2009 Report Posted September 20, 2009 Am considering doing the front shock upper mount relocation, can anyone give a comparision between the stock and chassis mounted shock mount setup, ie, how does it compare ride/handling wise?......btw I am not expecting Ferrari results here.......lol......thanks.....andyd 1 Quote
martybose Posted September 21, 2009 Report Posted September 21, 2009 Ride-wise it is a significant improvement. Handling, what handling?? At least compared to my commute car, a lowered and stiffened Honda Civic, my 47 doesn't handle well at all, and I'm just fine with that! Marty Quote
PatS.... Posted September 21, 2009 Report Posted September 21, 2009 The single best modification you can do to these Mopars IMHO. Like Marty says, significant improvement. Quote
Andydodge Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks for the replies, have been giving serious thought to doing the conversion, probably do the 41 Plymouth Coupe 1st.........thanks, andyd Quote
martybose Posted September 21, 2009 Report Posted September 21, 2009 Actually the only suspension problem I have now is the fact that the front suspension works real well, while the rear suspension still sort of floats, so I need to find a stiffer rear shock to balance things out. Marty Quote
Andydodge Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Posted September 22, 2009 Marty, apart from the shock mount relocation, what else have you done to your cars front end?........the 41 Plymouth Coupe that it will probably be done on is basically stock tho' 3/4 of one coil has been cut to lower the front end, I'm running 15x6 chromies with 195/75x15 Coker radials on the front........any info would be appreciated, regards, andyd Quote
martybose Posted September 22, 2009 Report Posted September 22, 2009 Marty, apart from the shock mount relocation, what else have you done to your cars front end?........the 41 Plymouth Coupe that it will probably be done on is basically stock tho' 3/4 of one coil has been cut to lower the front end, I'm running 15x6 chromies with 195/75x15 Coker radials on the front........any info would be appreciated, regards, andyd I'm using dropped spindles with stock springs, running 6x15 steelies with 205/60x15 tires. I did slightly shorten the upper arm to allow for a better range of camber adjustments. Marty Quote
Andydodge Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Posted September 22, 2009 Marty........o/k...I'll bite........lol........how'd and where did you shorten the upper arm?????......pics????.........lol....andyd Quote
martybose Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 Marty........o/k...I'll bite........lol........how'd and where did you shorten the upper arm?????......pics????.........lol....andyd No pictures, sorry. My mechanic was a ex-funny car racer that I hung around for 20-someodd years, and is a very talented fabricator. When I told him what I was thinking about he made a fixture that locked down one end of the arm and had a movable section for the other end with a dial indicator on it. He found a section of the arm that was parallel, cut it and fit it back together, tig-welded it back together, then reinforced it until he was satisfied. He did this maybe 10 years ago. Since then he retired and moved about a thousand miles, so I'm sure he doesn't have the fixture anymore. Marty Quote
Andydodge Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Posted September 23, 2009 So, the upper arm was shortened by how much and why, as I thought the camber adjustment was o/k......also I assume these were the pressed steel , original arms, not the cast steel aftermarket arms, I have the cast steel on the 40 Dodge Sedan, even tho they are for 42-54 they fit fit, the 41 Coupe has the original style pressed steel arms.......andyd Quote
martybose Posted September 23, 2009 Report Posted September 23, 2009 So, the upper arm was shortened by how much and why, as I thought the camber adjustment was o/k......also I assume these were the pressed steel , original arms, not the cast steel aftermarket arms, I have the cast steel on the 40 Dodge Sedan, even tho they are for 42-54 they fit fit, the 41 Coupe has the original style pressed steel arms.......andyd On my car even with the eccentrics all of the way in I still had positive camber on one side and zero camber on the other, so I had the pressed steel arms shortened by 1/2" so that I could get at least zero on both sides with the possibility of negative camber if I wanted it. Later on I found that I could have accomplished the same by just bending the spindle itself, but I had already done the upper arm mods. Marty Quote
Andydodge Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Posted September 23, 2009 Interesting you mention bending the spindle uprights as I have found a couple over the years that were bent and always assumed that they were damaged but could never have imagined how they could have hit a pothole so hard to do the bending.......and as for welding etc holding up, the steering arms on the Dodge have been shortened 1" by an automotive blacksmith over 30 yrs ago, he cut and reforged them and are fine.......so if its done properly then its done........thanks, andyd. Quote
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