RetroRacing Question: Rear coil-overs for swing axle

Post by **FJCamper** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:38 pm

I'm considering replacing our '65 Ghia's rear torsion bars with a spring plate pivot and adjustable coil-over shocks.

I have no off-road expereince, but understand the conversion to a rear spring plate pivot and coil-overs is common.

Does anyone know what shocks to use, and who has them? I see the pivots advertised in some Hot VW ads.

Is there any reason those pivots should not work on a road racing Ghia?

My reasoning here is with coil-overs, the rear ride height and roll stiffness would both be adjustable. Porsche did this on the 550A Spyders way back, getting away from the torsion bars.

Southernbug · Post by **Southernbug** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:52 pm

Hi Mr. Camper,

I'm not sure of the best shock for this swap. I've only seen the low buck shock/spring combos.

Shane

DORIGTT · Post by **DORIGTT** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:37 pm

Check out www.streetstyleandpower.com and their shock section. They've got the GAZ adjustable coil over sets for the Swingaxle and the IRS cars.

I just sent them an email today for myself making sure the price includes VAT (I hope) which means they would be a bit less expensive than what they're listing them for.

kdf · Post by **kdf** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:50 am

I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with the hot vw ads. Do you mean a similar product as these: http://geersengineering.com/Spring%20Pl ... ainers.htm ?