A long and winding tale

I’ve been cursing my Eibach’s for a while now. My first track event after installing them the car was wicked loose near the limit. Since then I’ve changed air pressures, shock settings, driving style, alighment etc. All to no avail. Why o why didn’t I spend the money and get K&W’s from the start. Dad always told me cheap was expensive. So here I am thinking of selling my Eibach’s to some poor sap ……. No I wouldn’t do that, TO THE TRASH WITH THE SUCKERS!! Get on the internet and start looking at the K&W’s again and find the disclaimer about certain body modifications. Ah, now I remember why I decided to go cheap. Dig a little more and run across this phrase “notching the frame may be necessary” Oh kriky! (I figured it out inmediately) So today I went down to the car, jacked it up, pulled off the rear wheels and sure enough, take a look at the pictures.

Now it’s hard to tell how much more room the sway bar needs. I’m thinking ½ inch. So what I would like for all of you to opine on is this. Do you think this interference problem that I’ve uncovered is the reason my car is soo loose at the limit? Or do you think it shouldn’t have a drastic affect on the handling.

Perhaps I’ve been placing the blame on the springs when all the while it was an interference issue from lowering the car. We’ll find out soon. When my BBK arrives I’ll get out the grinder and some black paint of course, and clearance the frame, or put in a dot 2 or 3 spring rubber.

So, did I find the problem? Notch the frame or replace the spring rubber.

All that have lowered your cars and drive it at the limit should verify this clearance. I have the Eibach’s and Dot 1 pads on the rear.

Les