Is it me or do most Cordoba's sit low in the rear? Does that mean that the springs are shot or is that just how they are? And is there a way to raise the rear end at all to give it a more aggressive look. i know i can turn the torsion bars down but i do not know if that is good enough. Thanks

 

Put a motor in it and it will level out a little....lol. Ya I know, I am a jerk...

 

You can install new Mopar leaf springs or find a set of AALs (add-a-leafs). What is the height difference between the front and rear fenders?

 

I have air shocks in mine, the Max air ones Monroe makes and I can adjust it to wherever I like.

 

i like air shocks, and i too have them in my car

 

I can't measure the fender height yet cause i have it up on stands but i want to say when the engine was in it by eye it looked like the rear sat two inches give or take lower then the front.

Air shocks? do those take the place of the springs or in addition to the springs?

What about spring over axle conversion is that even a real concept that can be done on a passenger car or is that for off road application only. Thanks

 

The spring over axle deal would beat you to death. and the car. You can have a local pring shop or off road place rearch the existing springs, or you can have them build you a new set to your specs. and add as many leafs as you want. But Id say the first thing to do. i agree with polara, put a motor in it. an a trans too.that`ll get that front end down in a hurry. LOL Or put an airbag system in it then you can control the height I beleive that theres a co. out there doing this for mopars. ive read a few articles agout some street rodded type mopars they did this too. The fancy 22 " wheels and stuff.

 

cool thanks for the heads up on the SOA idea. I think i will go with adding leafs to get what i want. Trust me i want my engine back in there. I need to rebuild it first. Thanks again for the 411.

 

rr69, do you know anything about the air shocks? Do they replace the springs or are they in addition to the springs?

 

crm, the air shocks are simply a replacement for the oem shocks on the your car. they give you the ability to raise or lower the back end height, the higher you have it the harder the ride, I really dont like using them because they can damage your shock mounts, see the bad thing about them is when you hav ethem raised and go over a bump or rr tracks or even minor bumps in the road, they act like a normal shock that they compress . but when you clear the obsticle they dont releae, so you have the back of the car in a bind now, and the only way to get tehm to relax is to put more air into them. i dont know how man times ive had to have my shock mounts rewelded especially on my e-body cars, due to the air shocks not realeasing and then it put so much stress on the mount area that it weakens the metal then pulls the bolts right through the mounting holes. So I ither run a stock type shock with super stock springs. or the new edelbrock asi drag shocks, they give you about 2 more inches of ride height and they are stilll a normal type shock that they compres and release in street driving.

 

Cool, thanks for the knowledge. I will look into the Edelbrocks. Cause i can not afford any broken anything for that matter. Plus I do not like hard rides, especially in the Cordoba with it luxury feel and " Fine Carinthian Leather" an all HaHa.

 

LOOlyour welcome, the edy shocks are 80 a piece through summit racing. ahhh yeah ol ricardo montabon.

 

off the subject here, if you dont mind asking what time is it in Central, IN? I am a little ignorant with things outside my fish bowl.

 

Its 3 a.m. in my part of the world. Man aarizona, I watched a sheen movie fimed there, wraith. what a flick man, and partial to mopes too, had the dodg eturbo interceptor in it. mid 80`s movie.

 

Cool, Yep seen that movie really an awesome movie I loved it. I guess your some what of an night owl, or maybe an early bird. right on.

 

LOL Im alittle of both actually, with work and 3 kids I average about 4 hrs of sleep a day. ive done this for the last 11 years. kinda grow into it, besides, Illl get all the rest i need when i kick it you know.

 

Yep i truely do. Wow 11 years. I have two little ones and two teenagers to add to that i have two full time jobs one of which i am at right now. haha if anyone asks yes i am working. So i can relate.

 

If you want to add AAls, you will have to measure your springs that you have now so that you can get hte same width AAL. The shorter the AAL, the stiffer they will be. The longer the AAL, the more they will flex.

You will need to have the motor and tranny sitting in there to get the right ride height.

You will not want to go with a SOA (spring over axle) setup. By having the spring on top of the axle you have a better chance of axle wrap happening (seen a lot in 4 wheeling if not built right and strong enough). You can do it if you add an anti-wrap bar BUT, the amount of lift you will gain will be more than you will want. Not only would you be lifting the rear the height of the axle, but also the thickness of the spring pack.

By keeing the axle on top of the spring, or SUA (spring under axle), You will have more control of axle wrap.

You can also look into coil over shocks if your buget allows.

 

I have not seen any problems with the shock mounts, I usually run them at a lower psi, avg 45 or so max 70, I think they go up to 150. I would assume that you would run into this with the higher psi, but the numbers I said will result in a nice change in ride height.

 

Cool, very good then. Boy you guys sure know a lot, that's a good thing though. Thanks again!

as for the axle wrap what does that mean? the twisting of the axle or something else? Does not sound desirable.

 

It is just as it sounds, the axle wrapping up. Was happens is the suspension can only handle so much power and traction. When there is too much, the axle will want to twist, causing the suspension to twist and start bending and breaking items. It can be real bad.

 

i think the shock mounts will only get damaged if you really raise the car up
making it level or a little higher in the back wont hurt anything