Re: [T3] Hydraulic Clutch, Carbs, raise it up.

["Daryl Koch" <pbulman@nycap.rr.com>]

He has one thing that we don't have.  An ability to count the pebbles in the
road.

Daryl - 72SB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Hydraulic Clutch, Carbs, raise it up.


> Nice car!  Love those wheels.
>
> But you have NO suspension in the front, might as well bolt it right to
the
> body.
> You will end up bending one of the lower torsion arms this way if you hit
> any kind of rough roads, you also shock load all the bearings and bushings
> in the front end and these are no longer available.  Front end parts are
> getting too scarce to risk on radical lowering unless your building a
> trailer queen or show car that doesnt get driven over rough roads.
>
> Keith
>
>
>
> type of shocks
> > > are you using?
> >
> >    It's riding on snubbers in the front:
> >
> >      http://herbie.ddv.com/~fess/type3/issues/ride_height/
> >
> >    Shocks Looks like KYB grey in the back, and black empi in the front.
> >    Tires are 135R15 in the front and 165R15 in the back.
>
>
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