its just one step better with the 9 inch, just thought id let you all know. maybe high 13's now, oh yea its running a new intake carb cam and full blown msd system now. did i mention the huge disk breaks in the rear....it stops fast now. the 63 is commin along pretty slow cus im out of monney and i want the 1/4 panel fixed and thats another 7-8 hundred bucks....the six is runnin strong and it has a 2 barrel and an offy intake...got a new cowl hood for it to. ill keep you informed. lates

Whoa, haven't seen you in a while, how's it been?

-Ben

RIGHT ON! sounds like you've been making slow progress. guess what, that's the real world. but progress is progress no matter how long it takes. 9 inch huh? that's a leaf spring rear end, yeah? must be to convert a nine inch that easily.

got any photos of it all?

jason

What's up Nova? Glad to hear you're workin on the car... u and Drea married yet? lol

no not yet......soon tho soon.

yea its still leaf spring but the shocks are not perfect they bind so the 70 is getting some much needed engine work...gaskets seals stuff like that...while the ladderbars and coil overs get welded in. chassis works has good deals...it was only like 5 bills. the rear end was almost 1,700 tho...but it will never break. hehe

All of my dads 4x4s have leafs on the back. i think. are they the funny curved ,well, leafed shape springs which kind of have layers? if the ones ive seen are anything to go by, then 'spring' is a little bit of a fib. thgey make mountains out of molehills/

Leaf springs would be layers of metal strips that kinda make a arch shape.

-Ben

a spring doesn't have to be a coil shape

Yeah, thats why they call them 'leaf' cos if you look at them sideways, they look a bit like the sahpe of a leaf. though all of em ive seen arent really 'springs' because theyre just bent rusted pieces of crap which dont soften bumps at all. i guess theyd make a pretty good spring if they worked tho

yeah you're soooo right runsted steel is far less springy than regular steel

diesel, what are you talking about? you dont think leaf springs work? than why the hell would they use them? smarten up kid.

I know leaf springs work. just all the ones ive ever seen are rusted crap ones which, really, dont work.

now i highly doubt oxidation of the exterior of the metal changes the chemical properties of the steel unless it ends up rotting right through

Edited by hooyeah (Thu Jan 30, 03   8:31 AM)

oh, i get it! rusted leaf springs dont work but if you put a can of flat black paint on them they do. Thats how that works, i never knew that. lol