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MAGONSTERZ68
08-18-2017, 06:14 PM
All,
Ive got hotchkis rear 3" drop leaf and it sits 3/4" too low in a 68 Camaro convertible.
Has anyone ever used a taller rear shackle to tune in ride height and are there any negative or positive effects to doing so for a daily driver that will see road coarse and drag strip twice a year?

Skip Fix
08-19-2017, 06:59 AM
Actually Herb Adams(GM engineer F body stuff before much out there) years ago sold a slightly taller shackle for second gens to increase "anti-squat" as well as moving the front spring perch bolt hole up 1". It does change pinion angle slightly though.

Negative effect if they are not sift enough might have some flex. Factory second gen shackles are not just flat steel for that reason.