I was thinking about using lowering blocks for the back of my truck, i would
only drop 2 inches, do you think i might have problems with wheel hop, if
so, do you think traction bars would help with that?
""Will Coughlin"" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F243KLpgTFur2iz2Mb1000088b6@hotmail.com...
> Whenever I had my blocks under my truck, I had a bad wheel hop problem.
> After the blocks were out,wheel hop is non-existent. Same thing happened
on
> a friends Dakota. Also, when you lower with blocks, you bring the scrub
> line/ ground clearance down a long way. What hotchkis uses is "stack
> plates", basically steel plates the size and shape of the spring mounting
> pads and as thick as the leaves stacked to adjust the ride height-much
> better system than a block.Sure, you can use 4-cyl or V6 springs to lower
> your truck, or you could buy some good springs that have a pre-determined
> drop to them so you don't have to guess. The tires rub with the Hotchkis
> kit, unless you "roll" the fenders and trim fender flares, so what's the
big
> deal??
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Steven T. Ekstrand" <cyberlaw@earthlink.net>
>
>
> There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the steel or cast iron
> lowering blocks on the rear leafs. I believe Hotchkis has cut leaf
> sections that you can stack on top of the leaf to drop the rear more.
> These are absolutely safe. MP makes High quality extra long u-bolts.
> Lowering the rear ins this way actually won't hurt performance it will
> improve it if it were matched to an appropriately done drop in the front.
> That's where the problem lies.
>
> In the front you can drop more by using the wrong spring. On an R/T you
> can use a V6 spring. It'll be lower. You didn't hear it from me. I
> wouldn't do it.... Your tires will rub if you have anything decent sized
> on.
>
> -STE
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