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I do have a set of drop shackles floating around in the garage. I’m supposed to buy my wife an espresso maker for her birthday this week; maybe I’ll grab a flat bar bender in a few weeks, lol
AMC Diplomat
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I'm also curious if the slight diagonal of the leaf springs, where the fronts are closer together than the rears, has something to do with the ISO setup
Mikes5thAve
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From The 1970 Hamtramck Registry Home Page
"To reduce road noises and axle vibrations before they can be transferred to the leaf springs." Similar to what it says about the front bushings.
"To reduce road noises and axle vibrations before they can be transferred to the leaf springs." Similar to what it says about the front bushings.
That makes sense. After deleting the rear ISO and putting aluminum mounts up front, my car definitely felt more like a stripped down Honda Civic with stiff suspension that’s riding a few inches off the road. Feel absolutely everything; but the improvements in handling at modern speeds make it well worth it overall, for me anyway. All those rubber bits are what give the cars the gentle, soft pitch and roll boat ride that everyone loves so much.
I’d bet FirmFeels big front sway bar and rear sway bar would make the factory ISO suspension feel just right.
Nope, honest question. Never owned an AHB. I know most of the differences, but not all of them.
Any particular reason to justify the trouble over using the non-fleet model shackles considering their ease of availability?
Cutting a few pieces of 3/16" or 1/4" flat stock seems to be easier than sourcing those. Or just buy the kit from FF.
It's ALL in the shock selection. You don't need to be riding on a rubber biscuit. The rubber ISO setup is just going to introduce more deflection as the axle tries to roll forward on the springs. I speak with firsthand experience with this. You can solid mount everything sans the springs and have a better ride with high quality shocks than the factory setup.
I’m sure; I’m still running the cheap set of KYB gas adjust shocks, lol they’re stiffer front and rear than the front shocks on a Freightliner, Cascadia semi truck…not even kidding.
I ran those on all four corner for a couple of years. I feel for you. I've got front Bilstein shocks and Edelbrock IAS rears just sitting on the bench if you want them. Better than the KYB shit. To run the Eddies you'll need to switch to B body shocks plates though.
AMC Diplomat
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Meh. I can't think of much other than if you have an AHB car and can't find the regular hangers and are stuck using the AHB shackles.
There has to be an engineering reason why, but at this point it's probably esoteric. I'm switching over to them for my 8 1/4 swap but only because they came with the axle
mopar master
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I've been highjacked lol.
AMC Diplomat
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Sorry! My fault
I’ll likely take you up on those. It just reopens my first original wound with this car; buying the M-body ISO delete plate kit instead of the b-body kit, lol. Oh well, live and learn.
Aspen500
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Had those on my car for a few years and agree. Every little expansion joint jarred the car (felt like no suspension). Swapped them for Monroe and like a whole different Aspen after that.
mopar master
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No problem might be something I need down the road
mopar master
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Soo back on the wheel adapters has anyone done it. Newer Mopar lx rims.
AMC Diplomat
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There's a thread on that: Chrysler 300c LX Wheels on F body
5x4.5 and 5x114.3 are exactly the same. Not all LX wheels are 5x115. Find a set that's 5x114.3. Don't run 5x115
Here's another thread: Anybody try the 18" metric Charger\Challenger wheels?
Ultimately though, if you decide on spacers and adapters, and you don't make any improvements on wheelbearings or suspension, and decide to strain 40 year old components, you'll end up looking just like this trick sicky dope
5x4.5 and 5x114.3 are exactly the same. Not all LX wheels are 5x115. Find a set that's 5x114.3. Don't run 5x115
Here's another thread: Anybody try the 18" metric Charger\Challenger wheels?
Ultimately though, if you decide on spacers and adapters, and you don't make any improvements on wheelbearings or suspension, and decide to strain 40 year old components, you'll end up looking just like this trick sicky dope
AMC Diplomat
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That's frigging hilarious! I'd love to see someone run those and see what happens as they rotate!
