1969 copo camaro front springs

[John]

Thanks for everyone's input. I know that the "goose-neck" radiators came on the "Big block with a/c packages...But when I saw a "Big block a/c camaro...even those did not seem to sit the way the copo camaros sit. My Hugger Orange Yenko camaro sits up in the front and has the (5) leaf spring on the rear. I just wondered if they would have ordered heavier springs to hold the front end up and transfer more weight to the rear for added traction...since these were meant for drag racing.

[Chevy454]

The COPO cars have the heavier springs, but don't have the extra weight of the a/c stuff to drop the nose down to where most of the other cars reside. I'd like to think that the reason for the heavier springs was due in part to true purpose of the cars (drag racing), but I wonder if an engineer just decided they should get the heaviest of the suspension components, without giving it much thought. But, like someone mentioned before, it's a pain in the butt trying to find springs that give the correct ride height, as a lot of the restored cars I see sit WAY to high (for me, anyway!). I never did care for the way my LS-6 sat (way too high) and it wheel-hopped like crazy because of this as well.

I can say, though, that a nose high attitude is a DEFINITE plus on the drag strip!

[Edited by Chevy454 (02-04-2002 at 07:06 PM).]

[JoeC]

The ride height should match the AIM specification. You can have a 400 lb spring or a 600lb spring and still have the same ride height. On a coil spring It is a function of spring winding, wire diameter size, and length of the spring. If the ride height is too high it may be the wrong spring.