Marcos Maniacs

Jeff,
 
The lower exterior portion of the shock body is threaded, and the lower
spring seat is threaded to allow the seat to move up or down the body of the
shock. The weight of the car is borne by the springs, so the height of the
lower spring seat determines the height of the body. 
 
The adjustment screws on the Spax shock varies the stiffness of the ride
from soft to firm
 
To lower the nose of your car the required amount, the height of the lowest
threads of the adjustable shock would have to be an inch and a half lower
than the height of the spring seat on your current shocks.  If that is not
possible, you could raise the height of the rear of the car to compensate.
Either way, you would have a car that was level.
 
Regards,
 
Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Caraway [mailto:DovenWolf@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 2:39 PM
To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MarcosManiacs] Adjustable shocks....


OK,
This is a silly question I know, but how can you tell if you have adjustable
shocks and how do you adjust them?
My Spax have little gold screws on the side near the bottom of the shock
(the end near the ground). Does that mean they are adjustable?
If I wanted to lower my nose, what would I have to do besides compress the
spring around the shock? 
 
 
Jeff Caraway
#8052 1984 V6 GT
 
 
 
 

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