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Marv D · 05-05-2012, 02:10 PM

?,, is that with you in the seat?

I'm no suspension expert for sure, especially with the leverages and way the stock suspension works. But the bias on roughly 55/45 is better than I would hope for. She's 'portly' for sure at 3950 but ought to be able to get it rotating to put that weight on the rear!

I doubt this helps, but I ran a 160"# spring and it was too soft and mushy for street driving even with a front sway bar. I found a set of 210"# springs and cut them down to the ride height I wanted. With the sway bar in urathane bushings with lots of lube, and the soft CE shocks,,, it works for my pile,, but were not talking apples and apples here either (4link and less power than you)

05-05-2012, 02:10 PM	#23
Marv D Registered Truck Offender Join Date: May 2008 Location: hells training ground (aka Ariz) Posts: 3,118	Re: need help with my suspension 1970 gmc ?,, is that with you in the seat? I'm no suspension expert for sure, especially with the leverages and way the stock suspension works. But the bias on roughly 55/45 is better than I would hope for. She's 'portly' for sure at 3950 but ought to be able to get it rotating to put that weight on the rear! I doubt this helps, but I ran a 160"# spring and it was too soft and mushy for street driving even with a front sway bar. I found a set of 210"# springs and cut them down to the ride height I wanted. With the sway bar in urathane bushings with lots of lube, and the soft CE shocks,,, it works for my pile,, but were not talking apples and apples here either (4link and less power than you) __________________ Still playin with trucks, even at my age! When you're dead, it's only a problem for the people around you, because you don't know you're dead. .....It's kinda the same when your STUPID. I just did my taxes and reviewed my SS statement. Thanks to the current administration it looks like I will only have to work till noon on the day of my funeral.