Re: tl suspension

Posted by Ross On 2010/4/1 6:21:43

Welcome welcome, and enjoy your 56 Clipper. I have the same car and like it very much.

The physics of the Torsion Level suspension are such that if you lower it very much or run the car with a forward rake the front suspension will be bottoming over every bump and you will be hating life and buying parts. The front and rear suspensions are hooked together by the long torsion bars. You can lower the whole car by installing shorter "pins" in the front suspension. These are little support struts that you can see right next to your front shocks. They connect the lower control arm to the torsion bar arm. They come in different lengths and are marked by the number of grooves that are cut in them.

How many grooves are in your front pins? They might not be the same left and right. Anyway, you can install shorter pins to bring the whole car down, and then use the leveler to get the rake that you want. I really don't recommend driving the car except on smooth roads with it raked.

Of course, you could just install some 60 series tires which will bring the car down and not give you fender rub problems. Ross