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Subject:pulling a G in a Westy-----or how to make your van handle her bes t
From:Smola, Tony
Date:Fri, 2 Aug 2002 01:07:33 -0500

Instead of all of this bickering why we don"t we just get down to basics
here

If you want the van to handle well , you've got to do the following things:

1) Ask yourself what level of ride comfort you want......I myself have stock
springs with Bilsteins and they're great
       handling is good and ride is smooth without being mushy......
2) make sure the tie rod ends are tight
3) make sure wheel bearings are in good shape and the nut properly adjusted
4) you can add thicker sway bars in the front
5) you can also add a sway bar to the rear......but you will have to add the
1-inch swaybar to the front to keep her handling right
6) you can add stiffer springs
7) you can add wider tires....up to 7-1/2 inches without having to get the
special sliding door hinge....
8) good quality ticky tires with A traction.......
9) a good computer 4-wheel allignment will help dramatically too......zoom
zoom zoom!

Malibu Tony 85' Westy 16 X 7.5 SVX alloys......3.3L SVX motor.......

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