Doug,
The spacer does NOTHING except keep the shock from bottoming out ( possible valve or seal damage) on a lowered front end.
Understood but my question remains. The 65 GT350 has the lowered upper a's and Koni shocks. Is that combination the criteria necessary to raise the shock to protect it from bottoming out?
I'm not arguing. I'm just curious. I never heard of this before this posting.
Is this something that only racing showed an overlooked need for?
Doug ,
We're good . Sometimes I do caps to highlight important things , not yell at you! Though "I" never experienced it ( being a drag racer ) many "corner benders" added spacers to keep from damaging the shocks on lowered road race cars.
Randy
Never thought that you were yelling at me at all. I was just wondering if these spacers are even necessary unless as Bob suggests, to keep cut springs from popping out?
I am using cut springs but found the car way too low in the front with them and it necessary to shim them up. I'd have to look at what is going on in there in my case to assess the need in my application?
I can see with the cut springs why Moore used a skid plate built into the oil pan. The car is so low, the pan could use caster wheels on it. A skid pad would be the next best thing?
I have the Canton pan which tucks in behind the front anti-sway bar.
A lot of what I've seen Bud Moore do seems almost like it was to just be different from what Shelby's team did?
Not that he should have been but he was always hush lipped to me as in contrast to the Woods brothers who were very friendly and sharing.
I know that the Daytonna Coupes got tricky and lowered the engine in the chassis 1". They even used a special oil pan to accommodate that engine lowering. I never saw that detail on the R models but wouldn't be shocked if the team cars did that. Do you know anything about that?