The FREE T Bucket plans
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| − | A popular set up in the glory days of the T bucket (60-70s). Even easier to do these days since there are so many small cars with coil springs over their struts. Go to your local auto parts store, get the new Moog coil spring catalog and check out the specifications listed in the charts in the back. Check the styles(you'll want the old style flat on each end sets), sizes (height, diameter and wire size) and spring rates (you should be looking at something the the 145-165 pound range). No more scrounging the junkyards for Corvairs to snag springs from. | + | "A popular set up in the glory days of the T bucket (60-70s). Even easier to do these days since there are so many small cars with coil springs over their struts. Go to your local auto parts store, get the new Moog coil spring catalog and check out the specifications listed in the charts in the back. Check the styles(you'll want the old style flat on each end sets), sizes (height, diameter and wire size) and spring rates (you should be looking at something the the 145-165 pound range). No more scrounging the junkyards for Corvairs to snag springs from. |
| − | These setups are easy and cheap to fabricate and can be mounted outboard of the frame or inboard depending on your choice. Tubular shocks can be mounted up through the springs (easiest and hidden) or outside. Don't get crazy and start cutting coils off the springs until you have the car nearly built so you can see how much they compress with full weight of body, fuel, battery, and YOU in place. You may think the car is riding too high but in truth it may not be. New springs are usually under $100 the pair. | + | These setups are easy and cheap to fabricate and can be mounted outboard of the frame or inboard depending on your choice. Tubular shocks can be mounted up through the springs (easiest and hidden) or outside. Don't get crazy and start cutting coils off the springs until you have the car nearly built so you can see how much they compress with full weight of body, fuel, battery, and YOU in place. You may think the car is riding too high but in truth it may not be. New springs are usually under $100 the pair." Excerpt from soon-to-be-released bucket book by Pasadenahotrod. |
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