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Chances are that if the car has air shocks, the rear springs have seen better days. I have the same problem with my 67. There was a real nice article about suspension improvements for classic cars in the Feb 2002 copy of Super Chevy. The example used was a 67 El Camino and it was based on an Edelbrock package. I plan to go for it. The Edelbrock website has a Suspension Application Guide identifying all necessary part numbers. If your interested and can't find the magazine, let me know and I'll copy the article and mail it to you. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:06 AM Subject: [Chevelle-List] Air shocks Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List ------------------------------------------------------------ I recently bought my '71 Chevelle and even though it sits tucked away in the garage for the Minnesota winter I am always thinking about it. In fact yesterday a friend brought over what he said was "all we need to time the car" but all he brought was a timing light. We set the timing but I still have a problem where the car turns over slowly when hot. I then read in the service manual that you can set the dwell without a meter by turning in the dwell until the car bogs then opening a half turn so we did that and of course rechecked the timing and it was at 0, so reset that back to 8� and the motor seemed to sound better but still does the slow starting. Any ideas on what is causing this? On the rear the car has air shocks and I want to take them off. What would be the best replacement system for the rear? With hardly any air in the shocks the car "wheel- hops" all over the place with even minimal acceleration. Sorry for these newbie questions but I haven't worked on these cars since I was a teenager and although it is coming back to me slowly I feel the need to clear my thoughts with you guys until I build more confidence. Thanks in advance for the help. -- Jeff Fischer Lake Elmo, MN '71 Chevelle SS, 454, 4 spd, matching numbers (In process of restoration when spring gets here) :) http://people.mn.mediaone.net/addss/chevelle.html ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
