Hot Rods Rear spring

ive been having issues with my rear spring on the roadster(29 on a 32chassis)! Can't get the t spring to work( stiff) to wide to work the schakels. Thinking of going to coil overs. Any body give me suggestions on which coil over spring weight. Thanks

 

Here are a couple of posts I saved.




I hope they may be of some help to you.
Remember it is spring rate but also angle of setup.

 

Brian did a huge tech thread years ago that I saved for future use and it is a good long read but it may enlighten you as to what is available and how he handles the ride in his builds. Here is the link to his thread

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/how-to-build-an-early-hotrod-frame.150434/

 

If you are looking for a softer ride and want to keep using a rear spring, there is a lot of info on using the '35-'40 Ford front spring on the rear. I did that on the '29 on a '32 style frame I'm building. Depending on what stage your car is at, it may be more work than you'd care to tackle.

 

More details and pics would be good to look at Jim. I would be interested as others I am sure.

 

Stock t-spring? What bushings are you using?

 

Stock spring. Shackles are straight up . Tried removing leafs and cutting some for a better ride. No luck with that. Need a spring that would be narrower eye to eye than I have. I have a q c so I need a spring to stay out of the way of that .Bushing are speedway

 

Thanks to all who have answered . Great info

 

Robert,if you end up going with coil overs check out the QA-1 shocks,they have a knob for adjusting the ride quality,I recently replaced the ancient TCI coil overs on my sedan and the ride is greatly improved. HRP

 

A HAMB member makes model t rear springs with model a specs. I see them advertised in the classifieds

 

The '40 front spring is too flat to work with your quick change.

 

That would be me!