Author Topic: New ORP double roller spring perches (Read 2606 times)

AzPete · « **Reply #50 on:** August, 06, 2009, 07:50:01 AM »

Just curious, that control arm does not look like it came from a car that was being driven currently.....maybe from one that has been parked for some time. There is pretty old looking corrosion around the perch rubber itself.

Opentracker · « **Reply #51 on:** August, 06, 2009, 07:50:49 AM »

If you put a new rubber bushing perch in the BFing vise and try and pivot it with a 3' pry bar, you'll end up lifting yourself off the ground before you spin the perch.

Opentracker · « **Reply #52 on:** August, 06, 2009, 07:53:57 AM »

Quote from: AzPete on August, 06, 2009, 07:50:01 AM

Just curious, that control arm does not look like it came from a car that was being driven currently.....maybe from one that has been parked for some time. There is pretty old looking corrosion around the perch rubber itself.

Check out the clean threads on the shaft kit. These arms were on the road just before the photo. They came off our 66 coup.

Edit - Yes .... Cars do rust in California

silverblueBP · « **Reply #53 on:** August, 06, 2009, 07:57:41 AM »

John....question about your avatar pic; is that at the top of the corkscrew and if so, was the car outta shape? The line looks really weird!

Opentracker · « **Reply #54 on:** August, 06, 2009, 08:07:26 AM »

Quote from: silverblueBP on August, 06, 2009, 07:57:41 AM

John....question about your avatar pic; is that at the top of the corkscrew and if so, was the car outta shape? The line looks really weird!

It is Laguna and no, the car is on line. It does look a little odd I admit from the angle the photo was taken.

I have around 10K laps around Laguna and do driving instruction there for the Shelby Club. I was a track crew member there for 5 years too.

I rode down the cork screw on a office chair one day. Got going way too fast and had to bail. The track drops 30 feet from the top of 8a to 8b. I have a ton of stories about that turn.

silverblueBP · « **Reply #55 on:** August, 06, 2009, 08:20:18 AM »

I'd love to drive Laguna :toot :toot

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Opentracker · « **Reply #56 on:** August, 06, 2009, 08:26:15 AM »

My buddy Dave a little out of shape.

Propper line

Starfury · « **Reply #57 on:** August, 06, 2009, 09:06:00 AM »

Quote from: Opentracker on August, 06, 2009, 06:57:45 AM

The rubber bushing spring perches have been known to rip the bottom off the shock. Lot's of bind there.

That happened to me! I KNEW I wasn't the only one!

I had been running newer (1yr old) standard perches, almost brand spankin new Edelbrock shocks (which are upside down, so the weak point is at the perch), and stock springs. I was out running around back roads with the local car club when I cam over a rise too fast and came down hard. Heard a loud CLANG, which was repeated in miniature every time I went over a bump on the way back. Upon inspection I discovered that the left shock piston rod snapped clean off at the lower mount that bolts into the perch. I was not happy, but at least it gave me a good reason to switch to roller perches.