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11-10-2005, 12:37 AM
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Coil Overs
Ok I have a 70 Long bed 1/2 2wd with coils in the back. I saw a kit in jegs that has coil overs, and all the brackets to bolt them in. But it said for cars 3300-4000 pounds. So that wont work for my truck will it?
So what coil overs will I need then? I can always buy the brackets and just make my own cross member for the top.
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11-10-2005, 01:27 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
Try CPP I've seen a set up for our trucks in their catalog
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11-10-2005, 02:30 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
I bought mine from CPP and it all fit together perfect. They look good too.
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11-10-2005, 03:09 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
Cpp?
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11-10-2005, 11:34 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
I would like to know what cpp is as well.
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11-10-2005, 11:40 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
You need the weight on the rear half of the truck not the whole truck.
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11-11-2005, 12:49 AM
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Gone Fishing
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Re: Coil Overs
Classic Performance Parts
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11-11-2005, 12:54 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
I did a set of QA1 coilovers from jegs. The adjustable shocks are nice. I used the 3000-4000 # kit and it works great! Dynoed the truck last week at 655 Rear wheel horsepower, and using only drag radials, it literally pulls the front end of the truck off the ground. I give most of the credit to the QA1 adjustable coilovers.
 
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11-11-2005, 02:52 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
How are those bottom brackets on there? Those are adjustable right, so I can set the ride height at different heights.
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11-11-2005, 03:20 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
"...it literally pulls the front end of the truck off the ground..." Gotta see pics of that...WOW! Great looking truck and nice work!
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11-11-2005, 10:32 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
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I bought the whole kit, and they are ride height adjustable. The lower brackets weld onto the axle housing, and the upper you have to put in a new crossmember for. It's quite tedious work getting all the geometry right when setting them up, definatly somthing you don't wanna rush through. as you can see in the pic, i also have an adjustable panhard bar too, that is relocated for the lowered truck, and moved to clear the coilovers, which is a real tight fit.
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11-11-2005, 03:40 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
I have the qa1's on my dragtruck and had them on my street truck also! I also put them on my uncle's 66!
Love them. Kevin
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11-11-2005, 01:11 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
I would recommend the adjustable pan hard bar too but we mounted my uncle's in front of the rear axle and had plenty of room!
Oborny71 Your truck looks sweet how fast is it! You should post it on dragtruk.com if its not there! I don't remember seeing it there! Kevin
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Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole! |
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11-11-2005, 08:21 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
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yeah, i don't have it posted on dragtruk. haven't been to the track yet with the new motor setup, but i'm shooting for some where in the mid 9s on boost and juice. this truck is mostly street driven Quote:
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11-11-2005, 08:30 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
[QUOTE=Oborny71]yeah, i don't have it posted on dragtruk. haven't been to the track yet with the new motor setup, but i'm shooting for some where in the mid 9s on boost and juice. this truck is mostly street driven
Sweet truck get that thing to the track and show us with details! The dodge boys started Dragtruk.com but we got to have more Bowtie's on there! Kevin
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Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole! |
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11-11-2005, 10:51 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
Sweet truck get that thing to the track and show us with details! The dodge boys started Dragtruk.com but we got to have more Bowtie's on there!
Kevin[/QUOTE] Ya she's a regular dodge fest over there, I'm saving my entry for my new mill, it will be posted up when spring returns and the track opens. Hoping to have a pic with the wheels up to go along. 
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11-11-2005, 01:49 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
Here is a picture of my CPP kit. It was all bolt in.
 
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11-11-2005, 06:07 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
How much was the CPP kit?
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11-11-2005, 06:37 PM
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An American Soldier
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Re: Coil Overs
There website list a 3" drop coil over set for $499 and a 4.5" drop coil over for $549. Too steep for me..I just put in 4" drop springs. Here's a link to a tech article about installing them on our trucks:
http://www.classicperform.com/tech_a...coil-overs.htm
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11-11-2005, 10:43 PM
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Re: Coil Overs
Can anyone recommend which kit(QA1 or CPP) is better? From what I gather CPP is bolt-on and QA1 needs more work to install. Would this be accurate?
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11-12-2005, 12:01 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
Alex,
I would go with the Qa1 for racing! If its just a street truck it would probably be fine either way!
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Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole! |
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11-12-2005, 12:15 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
DJ, Thanks for the response!!!! It will be a 1/2 ton with a pretty stout 406. Approximately 500hp. Does that change the answer?
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11-12-2005, 12:34 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
I'd lean to wards the qa1 route! I've had them on 3 trucks and the adjust ability is nice. qa1 makes them both ways so I'd get them adjustable! I also prefer the look of the more custom route. I'd get the cpp adjustable track arm bar!
Kevin
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Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole! |
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11-12-2005, 01:15 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
Thanks again...good advise.
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11-12-2005, 04:33 AM
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Re: Coil Overs
Do you think coil overs will help my traction alot? I was out at the track tonight with my truck and one run was a 20 because I spun through first and all through second. And every run I had to baby it off the line and the best run was a 16.95 with some sliping.
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