Fw: Suspension mods

["REUBEN ERICKSON" <HEYRUBE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: REUBEN ERICKSON <HEYRUBE@domain.elided>
> To: TomLentz@domain.elided
> Subject: Fw: Suspension mods
> Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 10:07 PM
> 
> Seem to have goofed address. Cargill sounds like the seed company. Is it?
> Rube
> 
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> > From: REUBEN ERICKSON <HEYRUBE@domain.elided>
> > To: TomeLentz@domain.elided
> > Subject: Suspension mods
> > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 5:57 PM
> > 
> > Tom - several days ago you asked for info on suspension mods. I started
> to
> > answer and found it was taking more time  and words than I thought and
> that
> > I had forgotten much of the stuff anyway. I had done an article in the
> > OVERHEARD CAMS  an ARA monthly, I think about 1994 to 95 in a series of
> > three articles almost exclusively on suspension. In that article you
will
> > see my ignorance and what worked and what didn't. You might get copies
of
> > the article from Jack Hagerty who is ARA tech guru. He is at - 
> > Jack@domain.elided         I also have the disk, I think, that I
> put
> > it on. Its a 5 1/4 in DOS  3.1   I can't readily read or print that
> anymore
> > but I'd be willing to send it to you if you can,  and would e-mail it
> back
> > to me for file on this machine.
> > 
> > I am converting my 74 Spider back to a touring car (was a time
trialler).
> I
> > am leaving on part of the Eriminas frame stiffner (the part that
doesn't
> > hit the exhaust), the yellow Koni performance shocks, the Shankle 20%
> > stiffer springs and sway bars front and rear, the Wilwood Superlite
front
> > brakes with hi-perf Ferodo pad, stock rear brakes with stock ATE pads
> with
> > proportioning valve completely removed (greating braking capability,
slam
> > you right into the shoulder straps - stay away from those Australian
> pads,
> > REPCO I think they are) ( Stay away from Carbon pads unless you like
> > cleaning carbon off you wheels on a daily basis). I'm leaving on the
50%
> > lockup limited slip in differential, the 6 in wide,,14 dia Panasport
> > wheels(necessary to clear the Wilwood Brakes), the 205-14 60 Yokohama
AVS
> > intermediates, the -2 deg camber, plus 1.5 caster, zero toe-in,
> adjustable
> > upper front suspension arm, stock steering wheel (don't mess with those
> > smaller ones, I tried it). And this car will not be too bad a tourer.
> > Perhaps the yellow Koni's are a bit stiff, but OK for pavement.
Remember,
> > you have choices of three sway bars in rear ...the stiff one, the stock
> one
> > and none at all. I had one configuration on the car where none at all
was
> > way to go. 
> > 
> > Rube Erickson
> > 
> 

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