Or, rather than reinventing the wheel, just leave it like it was meant
to be. I have not seen anyone "parroting" anything Marshall may have
said without knowing what they were talking about. Have you
owned/driven a wagon (or a LWB 126/140 etc) sedan with the properly
working SLS? Have you driven one that has had the hack job done? I
have. Big difference.
tyler wrote:
Well, were they done properly? There's no inherent reason why a wagon
wouldn't handle fine with a regular rear suspension. I'd be willing to
bet that most of these conversions use stock sedan springs/shocks from
a junkyard, which aren't stiff enough for a wagon. If I were going to
do the swap I would cut the sedan springs down and add an aluminum
spacer to get the correct ride height and spring rate, and get rear
shocks that are valved properly for the increased rear weight
(Bilstein will revalve their shocks cheaply). This would certainly be
a lot cheaper and easier than replacing an engine- and would allow one
to customize the spring and shock rate for the way they use their
wagon. There's also a good chance that an aftermarket spring company
somewhere makes the correct springs for this conversion.
Other options that would work well are nivomat self contained leveling
shocks, and air bags in the springs.
I'm annoyed that people on here mostly parrot what Marshall said
without understanding the context.
Tyler
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