<VV> increasing rear (LM) ride height (air bags?)

Ramon Rodriguez III corvairgrymm at gmail.com
Tue Apr 30 23:53:38 EDT 2013


Greetings Vairfolk,

Do any of you have any knowledge of "air bag" suspension systems?  Any
other good ideas for raising the rear ride height in my 66 Corsa coupe?  If
I go with air bags I'd want the simplest most basic solution.  I don't need
to be able to adjust it on the fly... I can set it where I want and only
mess with it on rare occasion (more below).  Air shocks are not an option,
I'm putting a set of Koni's I took off another car on my car this summer.

I like to give my cars an aggressive stance (some of you have seen my car).
 This requires the rear sit higher than the front.  It seems Corvairs sat
lower in the rear than the front when new, and fourty plus years of having
the heavier end of the car sitting on the rear springs didn't help.

Up until now I've used a clamp type device to keep my rear ride height
where I want it, but this results in strange spring noises and squeaks so I
want to find a better way.

I also use this car a couple times per year for autocross events etc., and
I'm sure raising the rear is awful for handling so it would be nice if the
modification was something adjustable or something that would be quick and
easy to remove and re-install.  I imagine that is too much to ask but I
thought I'd put it out there.

I'd love a set of HD rear springs too (or convertible?) if anyone has some
lying around they'd let go of cheap.

Thanks for any advice,

Ray Rodriguez III
Certifiable Vair Nut
Lake Ariel, PA


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