[DeTomaso] 69 Goose Rear Suspension

[Dickruzzindesign at aol.com]

Daryl,
The one major adjustment that you can make to the Mangusta rear suspension is 
to compress or decompress the springs. If your shocks are threaded and you 
have two big nuts on each that are the platform that the bottom of the springs 
rest on then you can raise and lower the car by shortening or lengthening the 
springs. As the springs are made shorter the ride gets harsher and the car will 
rise. Of course the engine and transmission goes with it.

What you have to pay attention to as you adjust the rear springs is the 
impact harshness, front to rear, the balance.
Some cars originally had adjustable front and rear coil over shocks. When I 
bought my Konis only the rears came adjustable.

I adjusted the rear coils to match the fronts for impact harshness, the car 
rode and handled very well but the rear was too low. I solved this by cutting 
the eye off of the top of the shocks and welding a piece of threaded rod to it. 
I then welded a long nut to match the threaded rod to the top of the spring 
keeper. This allowed me to adjust the length of the shock without adjusting the 
spring.

I ended up with good balanced impact harshness front to rear with the rear 
shocks about an inch longer than stock.

Your car sounds a little low but if you can get away with it then fine.

All the best,
Dick Ruzzin
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