Could be worse, mine sags slightly to the RIGHT, and I wiegh 296! (I am
6'3" - perfect size for a Spit - not) Figure that one out! And no - it is
not right hand drive. I also have air shocks - they made a huge difference
overall, but I did not bother with the second air valve. I have decided not
to worry about the sag. I wonder though, given the "Swing Spring" has
minimal roll stiffness at the rear, perhaps the problem is actually being
caused by something in the FRONT suspension??
Kevin Rhodes
Freddy the Spit
At 11:51 AM 10/27/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Shane,
>
>I replaced the rear spring in my '77 and it looked great, for about a
>week. The left side sag came back just as bad. I put in air shocks and
>again it was nice, until I drove it for a while and once again the car
>had this left side tilt. Finally I put in a second schrader (sp?) valve
>setup, so that I could balance between the two sides. With me out of
>the car I adjusted the pressure to be 50# on the left and 35# on the
>right and have not had the sag return. I don't understand why some
>Spits show this leftist tendency. Does anybody out there know?
>
>(It couldn't be that I weigh in at 196, could it?)
>
>
>Thanks,
>Paul Mostrom
>'77' Spitfire 1500
>
>'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sizemore, Shane [mailto:shane.sizemore@medaphis.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 8:04 AM
>To: 'spitfires@autox.team.net'
>Subject: 2 Questions...
>
>
>I have a couple of questions that may have been answered earlier...
>
>One: If you are going to repaint your block, what color should you paint
>it. What would look best? I sand-blasted my valve cover and painted it
>high heat Chevy orange. It looks very smooth BUT the block is a nasty
>black.
>
>
>
>Second: Will installing a new rear leaf spring (or re-arching the old
>one) get rid of the rear driver's side SAG???? My car has the Corvette
>Gabriel air shock conversion now, but the sag is still there.
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>
>Shane Sizemore
>1979 Spitfire
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