Lowering Spring Plates

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Adam Wright
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Lowering Spring Plates

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Anyone ever see anything like this before?
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No, but I bet that worked wonders for the toe-in.
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If i'm looking at the picture right it looks like the dog leg bends are wrong. in on one side and out on the other. just a side note I installed some VW adjustable spring plates on mine. I wanted to lower it about an inch or so now I can adjust it were I want it. i did rotate the torsion bars 1 fine click up. i don't have it on the ground yet to see what its going to do i should have it on wheels next week.

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Martin Benade wrote: Fri May 17, 2019 10:09 pm No, but I bet that worked wonders for the toe-in.
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Like about that?
For that to correct the toe, I think the lower plate has to be the right side, and has to be rotated quite a bit on the T-bar.
If it is left side, you'd have raised the car and given it a lot of toe-out.
Not sure and not willing to spend the skull-job on it this evening.
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Aren't they tempered steel? I'd be concerned with welding them lest they be prone to cracking. Can't you accomplish the same effect by clocking the inner & outer splines?
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I think it was a bad idea gone bad.
Shortening the wheelbase, increasing the toe-in, offsetting the centerline.
Welding spring steel.
What could possibly go wrong?
 

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+1. Funny they are not presently being used.
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#8 Post by Greg Scallon »

I think the offset you guys are seeing is an optical illusion and they are actually all in one plane, same as stock. It looks to me like they've simply been cut and re-welded. Adam?

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#9 Post by Vic Skirmants »

Norm Miller wrote: Sat May 18, 2019 12:10 am I think it was a bad idea gone bad.
Shortening the wheelbase, increasing the toe-in, offsetting the centerline.
Welding spring steel.
What could possibly go wrong?
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#10 Post by Jacques Lefriant »

If they are shorter than stock it may be an accommodation for 901 short wheel base trailing arms
 

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Looks like the surgery was performed on early spring plates. '53 plates have the three-bolt pattern while '55 plates have four-bolt pattern (not sure when the change occurred).
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#12 Post by Martin Bruechle »

Is this the set that was for sale on Samba or Pelican ?
The seller was re-listing them for months, can't find them for sale now.

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This is one change I would never make. The cars are 60 years old, buy a 911. ……………….Jim.
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What you are looking at is a dune buggy deal. I recently purchased a 901 transmission that was butchered to fit and off road buggy. al zim
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#15 Post by Tim Berardelli »

Adam,

Looks like you have two very unique "door stops"

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