Can you get a 6 inch drop using 4 inch drop springs? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

5150 · 01-21-2005, 01:11 AM

If I use 2 inch blocks also can this be done. I already have 4 inch drop springs and I don't want to buy 6 inch ones.

Also Du%%a$$ question of the day, but if I get shock relocators than my stock shocks should work, correct?

thanks,

bagged72blaz · 01-21-2005, 02:02 AM

Yes your stock shocks will work. but I wouldn't go lower than 4" drop springs in the rear without c-notch.

5150 · 01-21-2005, 02:06 AM

I just pm'd you bagged

Tx Firefighter · 01-21-2005, 09:47 AM

You can easily go 6 inches in the rear without a notch and it will never hit unless you carry the Titanic in your bed. Every guy on this board with an ECE rear drop kit will back me up on this. I've had plenty of experience with 6 inch rear drops.

BigDave · 01-21-2005, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bagged72blaz

Yes your stock shocks will work. but I wouldn't go lower than 4" drop springs in the rear without c-notch.

I did an ECE 5" rear drop on a big block long bed with just springs and shocks. Just for grins when I was done I loaded my 850 lb John Deere 42" lawn tractor in the bed and hooked up a double axle, bumper hitch trailer with about 1,000 lbs of fencing materials. I wasn't even close to having a problem and it rode great.

Shev · 01-21-2005, 01:14 PM

Don't truck and burb/blazer frames have a differnt "kick up" in the back of the frame? If I remember correctly truck frames "kick up" higher and blazer/burb frames are flatter. I know with 5" ECE springs on the back of my '72 burb it would bottom out when I hit a hard bump. Not trying to start anything, maybe hopefully just trying to shed some light on the usual "do I need a notch or not" arguement...I don't doubt on a truck you could go 6" spring and not have a problem, but on a blazer/burb it would be...

5150 · 01-21-2005, 06:29 PM

Txfirefighter, Can I get 6 inches with a 4 inch drops using 2 inch blocks?

thanks

5150 · 01-21-2005, 06:51 PM

Sorry Txfirefighter- you answered my ? in another thread.

grnddwn · 01-21-2005, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

You can easily go 6 inches in the rear without a notch and it will never hit unless you carry the Titanic in your bed. Every guy on this board with an ECE rear drop kit will back me up on this. I've had plenty of experience with 6 inch rear drops.

Even with a notch the titanic might be a bit excessive

jamis · 01-25-2005, 03:59 PM

the titanic is too long anyway, you wont get it all inside the bed

Peregrine · 01-25-2005, 08:53 PM

And I half way expected to see a photoshop of the titanic in a bed by now. I'm kinda disapointed....

Geoff · 01-25-2005, 11:19 PM

I have Eibach 4in coils and had a 1in block. If i had 2 peolpe in it and hit a good bump it would bottom out even w/stops removed. Maybe they are a softer spring? I now have a 2in block and c-notched and the shocks relocated and it rides sweet.

Mine for sure bottomed out but maybe the springs are stronger now. The eibachs are from about 7 years ago.

Just my .02

01-21-2005, 01:11 AM	#1
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Can you get a 6 inch drop using 4 inch drop springs? If I use 2 inch blocks also can this be done. I already have 4 inch drop springs and I don't want to buy 6 inch ones. Also Du%%a$$ question of the day, but if I get shock relocators than my stock shocks should work, correct? thanks, __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

01-21-2005, 02:02 AM	#2
bagged72blaz Got L.E.D.s Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Craig Co. Posts: 195	Yes your stock shocks will work. but I wouldn't go lower than 4" drop springs in the rear without c-notch. __________________ Bagged 1972 2wd Blazer http://www.earlyclassic.com/home.aspx

01-21-2005, 02:06 AM	#3
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	I just pm'd you bagged __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

01-21-2005, 09:47 AM	#4
Tx Firefighter Watch out for your cornhole ! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Azle, Texas Posts: 14,162	You can easily go 6 inches in the rear without a notch and it will never hit unless you carry the Titanic in your bed. Every guy on this board with an ECE rear drop kit will back me up on this. I've had plenty of experience with 6 inch rear drops. __________________ I'm on the Instagram- @Gearhead_Kevin

01-21-2005, 01:14 PM	#6
Shev Head Peon Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Imlay City MI Posts: 295	Don't truck and burb/blazer frames have a differnt "kick up" in the back of the frame? If I remember correctly truck frames "kick up" higher and blazer/burb frames are flatter. I know with 5" ECE springs on the back of my '72 burb it would bottom out when I hit a hard bump. Not trying to start anything, maybe hopefully just trying to shed some light on the usual "do I need a notch or not" arguement...I don't doubt on a truck you could go 6" spring and not have a problem, but on a blazer/burb it would be... __________________ '72 Suburban, factory tilt, tach, front & rear AC, front & rear disc brakes, 383/700-R4

01-21-2005, 06:29 PM	#7
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Txfirefighter, Can I get 6 inches with a 4 inch drops using 2 inch blocks? thanks __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

01-21-2005, 06:51 PM	#8
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Sorry Txfirefighter- you answered my ? in another thread. __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

01-25-2005, 03:59 PM	#10
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	the titanic is too long anyway, you wont get it all inside the bed __________________ F.A.S.T. President and Founder Fabricators for the Advancement of Sawsall Technology "A fear of the Sawsall is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." ~Sigmund Freud, "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"

01-25-2005, 08:53 PM	#11
Peregrine Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Louisville, Ky Posts: 329	And I half way expected to see a photoshop of the titanic in a bed by now. I'm kinda disapointed.... __________________ Brian 72 C10 longbed 350/th400 Let the world change you and you will change the world.

01-25-2005, 11:19 PM	#12
Geoff Geoff Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Salem OR Posts: 70	I have Eibach 4in coils and had a 1in block. If i had 2 peolpe in it and hit a good bump it would bottom out even w/stops removed. Maybe they are a softer spring? I now have a 2in block and c-notched and the shocks relocated and it rides sweet. Mine for sure bottomed out but maybe the springs are stronger now. The eibachs are from about 7 years ago. Just my .02 __________________ 68 SWB, 5/7 drop 406sbc. HR cam & dart iron eagles Th350 w/3000 stall H4 headlights and LED taillights

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