Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

Out of curiosity, what motor are you going to be running.

And something you might want to think about is running a 4L60E it will give you overdrive, and it will seriously get you an improvement in fuel mileage.

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

its an all roller, 11.3:1 compression, 355 stroker.
ported heads and intake, 750 carb, scat lightweight crank
eagle rods, speed pro pistons, comp extreme energy .550 hydraulic roller cam.
full msd ignition, electric water pump and march performance belts and pulleys soon to come.

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/o...6/IMG_3551.jpg

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

Daaang! Whats your estimated HP/TQ

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

Here is one of my trucks when i had some 15" rims and tires on it. The fronts were 225/60/15 the rears were 295/50/15. Rims were 8" wide front and 10" rear. The drop was about 5" front, 5" rear. I was happy with this combo.

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

On my other truck i ran a 225/50/15 front and a 265/50/15 rear. I had a 7/12" static drop and my front a-arms were about half an inch off the ground. It wasn't the best setup, but i was low, until i bagged it. I don't miss those days.

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

Id guess mileage isnt the main concern. Looks like a fun engine

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

Before I bagged my 76 Blazer, I ran a static drop for about three years with drop spindles and I cut one loop off my coils. Cutting one loop gave me about 2 1/2 inches more drop. I was running factory 15x8 chev rallies at the time with 245/60/15 tire on the front and I had about 2 3/4" inches of road clearance to my stock control arm. It was a little scary for city rut driving, but I left my factory bump stops in which prevented too much travel which would have caused the control arm to bottom out. It actually rode fine considering minimal susp travel, and I didn't have a major tire wear issue from being a little off camber.

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

i dont know for sure on that but its an almost exact copy of the motor in this thing, its my dads friends race car, he helped me build my motor, lets just say alot because this car runs 8.20s on the 1/4....

http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/o...6/IMG_3563.jpg

Re: is cutting 2 drop coils a bad idea?
 

hey slammed'87 both those trucks look nice. i think im gonna go with the same size tires u had in the first picture.