Removing a Leaf

[68Formula]

I posted this in the suspension forum, but received no responses. Either it's not a question anyone wants to answer, or nobody knows the answer. Thought I'd try again here.
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I had a local shop make a set of springs a few years ago. The springs initially sat way too high and never "settled" much. I've since moved, and they do ride somewhat stiff, so I figure the cheap fix would be to remove a leaf. This should lower the car and add a little compliance.



Question is, which one? It's a five-leaf pack.

[Jim Nilsen]

Getting the springs rearched is the proper thing to do. Removing a spring on the assumtion that the ride is more than stiff enough will change when they are rearched along with the probability that removing any spring will not appreciably lower the car any at all since it is the main long spring that really dictates the height to begin with.

I hope this gets some attention from a real expert. I would like to know what they think about it to see if I know as much about it as I think I do.

[indyjps]

myself and a group of friends all drag raced first gen camaros, it was common practice to order the 5 spring leaf and add, remove, swap leafs to tune your launch, even varying the spring from side to side. We would also clamp the front of the leaves and not the rears or move the clamp location to dial it in, It worked on the strip along with a set of comp engr or south side machine bars, no one coud afford caltracs at the time. we were running in the mid 12's to low 10's on a leaf spring and hooking hard.

All of this did little to to adjust the ride height. rearching the new springs or use a set of old springs for the main leaf and newer additional leaves will change your ride ht, dont know if youll get the handling youre after.

It realy depends on what you want to do with the car, if its really just a driver, throw a quality lowering block on it, least expensive route, rearch your springs, or purchase a set of springs specifically designed for handling, there were a few sets in the for sale section recently in the $200-300 range.

From my experience removing a leaf wont get you the suspension drop youre after, it might make the springs ride less harshly.