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    5/02/2022 4:59 AM  #1

    Alessandro
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    From: Modena -Italy
    Registered: 7/08/2016
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    ride height

    Hi again friends , time is passing and i can think suspension are settled properly , but now has lost a little . 
    Nothing too bad , but i have very low clearance with long tubes , and rear with 4 leaf is about soft , got touched under in heavy bounce . 
    The  front coil isolator was rubber and i see it's quite damaged , would like to move with 1/2 inch isolator . 

    https://www.globalwest.net/-mustang-1-2-inch-front-coil-spring-spacer-1964-1965-1966-global-west-suspension.html

    or better this polyhuretane : https://www.energysuspensionparts.com/61704 (not 1/2 inch , sure less )

    I would like to rise just a little rear  but i don't know how to . suggestion are welcome 
    What you think about these products ? 
    thanks Again, 
    alessandro 

     

    5/02/2022 8:04 AM  #2

    TKOPerformance
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    From: Newark, DE
    Registered: 12/15/2014
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    Re: ride height

    Best way to lift the rear is with different springs.  In the '70s longer shackles were popular, but they change the pinion angle.  A lead spring works bets when a line drawn through the eyes is parallel to the ground.  Art Rasmussen, an old chassis builder, taught me that 25 years ago.  May God rest him. 

     

    5/02/2022 9:19 AM  #3

    Rudi
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    From: Stuck in the 50's Welland Ca
    Registered: 4/01/2013
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    Re: ride height

    From what I remember a coil spring spacer will give less than equal thickness raise in lift. A 1/2” spacer might only get a 1/4” lift. For me it has always been a trial and error procedure.
    It could be you have the incorrect spring rate if it’s bottoming out.
    For you being in Italy I would look at re-arching the leaf springs rather than the hassles of ordering new from overseas.

    Last edited by Rudi (5/02/2022 9:21 AM)

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    5/02/2022 11:50 AM  #4

    TKOPerformance
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    Re: ride height

    That's a god point on the leaf springs.  Any spring shop can re-arch them.  You could also add a half leaf to the front.  Makes them a little stiffer, but helps with axle wrap on hard acceleration. 

     

     

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