Z28 rear springs on 96 Firebird

[*K*night Rider]

Me and evan put them on. No kidding, it took us just about 10 minutes from jacking the car up to letting it down.

Now the rear of my car is stiffer, of course, but is also raised about 3/4" to 1"

It looks it too...i dont know if the added stability is worth the appearance alteration.

Also, how should I drive so that I can really tell a difference? Take a corner at 50 mph?

:D
Adam

[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: *K*night Rider ]</p>

[nikon]

well in a corner most of the weight is transfered to the outer front tire, our cars dont have independant suspension so I dont think your gonna see that big of a diff....I normally test my car on off/on ramps on the highway....any banked one that is really big...i dont think the jacked up rear end it worth it though :(

EDIT: Just thought of it, your car doesnt weigh as much as a Z28 from my experience with my grandfathers race-car and all the rambling he's done Ive listened a bit and I remember hearing something about spring load...your stock springs are tuned for a specific amount of weight on them at rest...Z28's are also tuned for this, however the weight is greater so it is a stiffer spring, the reason your car is higher with stiff springs only in the rear and stock in front around a corner you will get very unhappy results, you rear end will not want to 'flex' putting all the pressure on your right rear tire which obviously is too much pressure on that tire, this will result in you losing control...the Z28 springs had a different spring rate, Im betting that if you floor your car and are able to spin the tires they will bounce, regardless of good or bad shocks, because they were NOT made for your car, I recommend you either buy proper springs or put your stock springs that were designed for the weight that was supposed to be sent to them back on....Its what I would do, but its your car and life :cool:

[ December 11, 2002: Message edited by: nikon ]</p>