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    4/24/2013 10:07 PM  #26

    boomyal
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    Re: Not happy with results of Shelby drop!!

    6sally6 wrote:

    Me too T.........I'm already low-to-the-max. Did someone state that a 1/4" spacer would raise it up...1/2"?
    6sal6

    Have you identified 1/4" spacers that will fit the mustang springs?  If so. please post a link.  I could never find any.  ....and yes, although I do not understand the geometry, there seems to be a mulitplication of height increase beyond the dimension of the spacer.

     

    4/25/2013 8:15 AM  #27

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    Re: Not happy with results of Shelby drop!!

    Terry. What other suspension changes did you make to the car at the same time as the drop? Springs? Shocks?  What has been replaced in the suspension and what us still OEM?

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    4/25/2013 10:36 AM  #28

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    Re: Not happy with results of Shelby drop!!

    As far as I know they are stock springs.  I did not change them during the front end rebuild this winter.  Shocks are KYB GR2 but they have been on for couple years.

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    4/25/2013 10:50 AM  #29

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    Re: Not happy with results of Shelby drop!!

    terry wrote:

    As far as I know they are stock springs.  I did not change them during the front end rebuild this winter.  Shocks are KYB GR2 but they have been on for couple years.

    That is the same combination that I run.  Relocate your perches by 3/4" and you will love it!

     

    4/25/2013 12:05 PM  #30

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    Re: Not happy with results of Shelby drop!!

    terry wrote:

    As far as I know they are stock springs.  .

    If they are the original OEM springs thats probably why the drop was more than expected. The softer the spring the more effect relocating the UCA will have one ride height. The other issue is spring "memory". After a spring has been functioning in one way for a long time making a change to how it moves even slightly will immediately make it not function as well as it did. Make sense?
     

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