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69vettester
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A couple days ago, I had plates welded to the trailing arms and mounted a Sway bar. Took it out for a 100mi of twisties, and noticed alot of improvement in the high speed corners! It used to roll or slightly shift weight in the corners, and was always a tad scary to me. Now it corners flat and no movement at all that I can tell, I was very impressed with the new enhanced handleability!
There was one bad result. Somehow mounting the swaybar moved the position of the passenger side wheel slightly, and when I checked underneath after the test drive, Immediatly noticed the park brake mount bracket had taken out a 32nd" of rubber on my 255 BFG's, Right by the bead. I ground the bracket to clear, and determined that the tire(luckily) is still within usable limits , so I will not replace it. But I definitly want to advise anyone mounting 255's on their C3's to check the clearance of that bracket initially and every time you do something with the suspension. There is no room for error with 255's and stock PB mount bracket.
Whew..Glad I didnt loose that tire on a 50mph corner.
Im moving on to some other changes, replacements and upgrades, and will post as I go along..
Take care all..Drive safe..
TC
There was one bad result. Somehow mounting the swaybar moved the position of the passenger side wheel slightly, and when I checked underneath after the test drive, Immediatly noticed the park brake mount bracket had taken out a 32nd" of rubber on my 255 BFG's, Right by the bead. I ground the bracket to clear, and determined that the tire(luckily) is still within usable limits , so I will not replace it. But I definitly want to advise anyone mounting 255's on their C3's to check the clearance of that bracket initially and every time you do something with the suspension. There is no room for error with 255's and stock PB mount bracket.
Whew..Glad I didnt loose that tire on a 50mph corner.
Im moving on to some other changes, replacements and upgrades, and will post as I go along..
Take care all..Drive safe..
TC
