Old style tramp bars might 'fix' the problem but a word of warning, they wont pass a roadworthy in Victoria.

Get a set of trailing arms from SMCKA and fit them. They will stop the axle tramp and improve its handling.

The mounts need to be welded to the chassis and diff housing though.

G

i will price up some springs and shocks for you....and bushes...

Another warning. Quite a few years ago a mate wrote his Mk1 Cortina off at Calder after he fitted tramp rods. The rear end kept trying to overtake the front until it did and the car rolled.

Ok, price has come down a little since last time I got them.

Spings with anti rebound @150lbs $560pr
Koni Yellows $350pr
Bushes $90 set
Total $1000

Standard Kings springs (lowered) $350pr
Koni yellows $350pr
Bushes $90 set
Total $790

Standard kings springs (lowered) $350pr
Monroe shocks $140pr
Bushes $90
Total $580

No promises that the last 2 optionms will cure your tramp, you really need the anti rebound type, but up to you.

Woz

I wouldn't put monroes on a shopping trolley.
Does that bush price include the sandwich bushes?

Thanks guys for making me look bad i did not push them i simply offered them but you seem to push alot of the bad stuff about them but hey im just wandering wHAT DOES YOUR WALLET ALLOW FOR i simply offered the old school tramp rods and for the price you as the owner decide if you want them...
Its cool no GRUDGE

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I wouldn't put monroes on a shopping trolley.
Does that bush price include the sandwich bushes?

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Neither would I, I was simply putting some options up there to give an idea on cost and what you get for the $$. I don't run the sandwich bushes, I mount them solid, as it's just another place where there shouldnt be movement.

I still stand by my original post, the Dearer Kings, Konis and decent bushes would be the go to fix the problem.

Best start saving Sterling

Woz

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Also on the point of trailing arm kits, I persisted with them for many years in the belief that they were working but in the end I woke up to myself as they work to bind up against the leaf springs as I had many sets of leaf springs made up chasing to get them handle through a corner to no avail and then through them in the corner and the car instantly had mid corner GRIP without it binding up and oversteering.

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Sounds exactly the same as what my mate described his Corty handling like before he pushed it a little hard into a corner and rolled it over. He was kicking himself afterwards cause he knew something wasn't right before he destroyed the shell.

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Warren with all three sets of springs they will still axle tramp if you try as the final culprit is the Koni's as they are a twin tube shock and ramp the rebound speed too sharply because they can't flow the fluid fast enough as I did it as a test on Gary P's car and I fixed it in the end with a set of off the shelf Bilstein's which are a mono-tube which have a bigger valving and the dyno shoced they are a lot more progessive in the transition from low to high speed valving as I tried them on my own car in comparison to the MCA's and they are in the ball park and light years from the Koni Yellow as I got Murray to play with the Yellow and go to the point of drilling holes in the shaft and foot valves but could never get them to flow enough.
Also on the point of trailing arm kits I persisted wit hthem for many years in the belief that they were working but in the end I woke up to myself as they work to bind up against the leaf springs as I had many sets of leaf springs made up chasing to get them handle through a corner to no avail and then through tem in the corner and the car instantly had mid corner GRIP without it binding up and oversteering. I ended up fixing hte axle tramp with csutom made rear leaves with reverse eyes and half rebound leafs and monotube shocks
Warren if you're going to Bathurst for the easter meeting havea look at the back of Bruce Cook's YB MK1

Danny

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I can only go by what my car has done since the mods, and the tramp has gone, completely. I will make a point of having a look at that car should the chance arrive though Danny. What price are the Bilsteins now?

Totally agree on the radius arms. Bind up the rear end and create oversteer. Waste of time.

Woz