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In a message dated 8/24/06 8:47:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
topnotch@nycap.rr.com writes:
<< I was looking more at the distance between the lower snubber and the arm,
the stance itself looks good but there is something fishy about the relation
of suspension travel and stance.
My Notch and Square both have the same distance between the snubbers and the
arms, yet the Notch is very noticeably higher in the front than the Square.
I really need to park them side by side on a FLAT surface and get out a
ruler and really get some concrete numbers.
Just need flat Concrete.... >>
I think Dave Hall has the actual VW measurements hiding in his archives. I
know he posted them once, and I used them to determine that my car sat 2 inches
lower in front, and a 1/2 inch lower in the rear. The front was from me, but
the rear is age (sagging). But then on mine the front snubbers are missing due
to the drop. Like you though, I'm running the stock sized tire (at least for
now, due to age not wear), so this made the measurements more accurate, and I
was using a flat concrete surface, so that helped a lot. It might give you that
little bit of a warm feeling knowing if you were right that it's supposed to
sit that high. But I still think we should have dropped it while it was in the
parking lot at the host hotel. : ) I think the info Dave has is for the early
cars though, so you might be on your own with the late car. Something to
think about, the Square is a late car, and has the extra tube behind the bumper,
along with maybe a couple of extra pounds of weight (not counting what you
normally carry around), so it should sit a little lower. By the way, did you use
a Squareback front beam on the Notch? Or just the sway bar?
Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Square, now a 2 seat Roadster, pics can be seen at;
http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2977 and now running the old Notch motor with
D-jet FI . : )
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