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mkmskm · 07-03-2012, 08:59 AM

Anyone built a Rootlieb speedster kit with fenders and the reversed eye front springs? I've working on one, engine is done, working on the front end and the frame I bought needs a new front spring and I was wondering if it would clear the fenders OK with the lower spring.

fordcragar · 07-03-2012, 09:45 AM

Here is some general info on springs. From stock, a reversed eye spring should drop your car about 2 inches. Aside from that, the arch of the spring is going to determine how low or high the car sits. Posies has some information on their website:
http://www.posiesrodsandcustoms.com/images/pages115.pdf

Hope that this helps.

gz · 07-03-2012, 11:16 AM

Having used a Posies reversed eye front spring, with the standard pack of springs they supply, the drop is really closer to 1-1 1/2". The SoCal Speed Shop front spring which I recently installed on car has a lower arch and drops a full 2". Of course, you can remove leafs from either to increase the drop. The SoCal spring does not have those goofy modern looking "bumps" and the rough square cut ends that the Posies spring does (so it looks "period") and the SoCal spring is about the same price. For a stock A front axle, you'll want the SoCal spring with the part number SOC63004 (they make a few different widths). So Cal Speed shops number is 909-469-6171 in Pomona, CA.

columbiA · 07-03-2012, 11:23 PM

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For a speedster,you could use a "T" rear spring as it has narrower leaves than an "A"It would require spacers on each side of the shackles & spacers welded on each inner side of the rear cross member.

07-03-2012, 08:59 AM	#1
mkmskm Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 202	Reversed eye springs Anyone built a Rootlieb speedster kit with fenders and the reversed eye front springs? I've working on one, engine is done, working on the front end and the frame I bought needs a new front spring and I was wondering if it would clear the fenders OK with the lower spring.

07-03-2012, 09:45 AM	#2
fordcragar Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Yakima, WA Posts: 479	Re: Reversed eye springs Here is some general info on springs. From stock, a reversed eye spring should drop your car about 2 inches. Aside from that, the arch of the spring is going to determine how low or high the car sits. Posies has some information on their website: http://www.posiesrodsandcustoms.com/images/pages115.pdf Hope that this helps.

07-03-2012, 11:16 AM	#3
gz Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,666	Re: Reversed eye springs Having used a Posies reversed eye front spring, with the standard pack of springs they supply, the drop is really closer to 1-1 1/2". The SoCal Speed Shop front spring which I recently installed on car has a lower arch and drops a full 2". Of course, you can remove leafs from either to increase the drop. The SoCal spring does not have those goofy modern looking "bumps" and the rough square cut ends that the Posies spring does (so it looks "period") and the SoCal spring is about the same price. For a stock A front axle, you'll want the SoCal spring with the part number SOC63004 (they make a few different widths). So Cal Speed shops number is 909-469-6171 in Pomona, CA.

07-03-2012, 11:23 PM	#4
columbiA Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 1,746	Re: Reversed eye springs Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) For a speedster,you could use a "T" rear spring as it has narrower leaves than an "A"It would require spacers on each side of the shackles & spacers welded on each inner side of the rear cross member.