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I think I found the answer. The Spitifre drums are 7" and the GT6 are 8". correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks Rich

Does anybody know the size of the GT6 and Spitfire rear brakes? I'm assuming the drums are different. I ordered some axles from Chequered Flag and he's telling me they are GT6 rear brakes. I want to order some pads and drums and want to order the correct ones. If anyone knows the diameter of both types that would be great-I can't find anything on the web.Thanks Rich

If you car bottoms out that hard on a rough road I think you will have even more problems!!

Sorry,no sketches I just kind of winged it. Pretty simple really,my whole objective to this procedure was to basically end up using the bottom of the original spring perch as the bump stop-this is as much as you can get on our cars without the shock body hitting that lower spring perch... Rich  :)

THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW.

I JUST FINISHED THIS MOD ON MY RACECAR AND I THINK IT WILL WORK WELL. THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING IS THAT I WANT MY CAR LOWERED TO ABOUT 3" GROUND CLEARANCE FROM THE FRAME (THIS IS A RACECAR REMEMBER). THE PROBLEM I HAD WAS WITH THE SHORTENED SPRINGS AND THE AVO'S  WITH THE SUPPLIED BUMP STOPS I ONLY HAD ABOUT  1.5" OF TRAVEL!! I BOUGHT ANOTHER SET OF SPRING PERCES AND PROCEEDED TO ENLARGE A HOLE IN THE LOWER PERCH TO ALLOW THE SHOCK STOP TO GO THRU IT. THEN I MOUNTED THE OTHER PERCH ON TOP. BASICALLY THE BOTTOM PERCH HOLDS THE SPRING AND THE TOP HOLDS THE SHOCK. I NOW HAVE ABOUT THREE INCHES OF TRAVEL AFTER I CUT THE BUMPSTOP DOWN IN HALF. THIS COULD BE A GOOD MOD EVEN FOR A ROAD CAR AS I MEASURED MY OTHER SPIT AND NEVER NOTICED IT ONLY HAS ABOUT AN INCH OF TRAVEL!! I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER MODS OUT THERE BUT THEY INVOLE WELDING WHICH I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO-THIS CAN BE DONE IN THE GARAGE WITH SIMPLE TOOLS. MY OTHER CAR HAS KONI'S ON IT AND THE SHOCK BODY MAY BE TALLER THAT CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS. HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE. RICH

The Shocks are from Jigsaw and are the correct model AVO's for the car. Maybe I can make the bump stop and bottom bushing very thin and that will work. How much travel do the guys with lowered springs have-is 2" enough? The shocks on the yellow car (the avo's are going on my rotary powered blue car-RotoSpit) are KONI's,I guess maybe I can look at those for a reference-I have a picture attached,but it's hard to see.. Thanks Rich

I seem to have a problem. I just installed my new AVO shocks on my autocross Spitfire. The problem is if I set the ride height where I want it I only have about an inch of suspension travel!! I have 480 lb. springs but I know the front is going to travel more than that. I was thinking about taking out the bottom bushing (under the top spring perch) to mount it solid and cutting the bump stop in half. That should get me over two inches of travel-I am concerned about solid mounting the shock to bottom of the top perch but this is a race only car and never sees the street-any concerns? I have seen the shocks mounted with heims on other full race cars and don't foresee a problem but I thought I would get you guys' take on it. Thanks Rich