1. That's to be two inches lower than stock? 2. What's going to keep the new spring from falling out?
The older springs may be I6 springs, and are spongy. What is LB rating for those? Mustang 620 drop springs? If so, should lower the front a inch or so. Or atleast, that is what I recall from when I did mine long time ago.
Like Levi mentioned, if those are 620 lb Mustang springs, 6 1/2 coils and approx. 12" they can be installed without spring compressor. With the car already blocked up and suspension arms hanging freely, you can just push down the upper arm and cut down spring will fall in place. I installed/removed these same cut down springs several times. They will not fallout, weight of car keeps them in place....unless you are airbourne, but then the shock still keeps everything in place. One of the mods that racers did back on those earlier 65/65 Shelby's was to install "limiting" cables between the upper control arm and outer cover, so when those cars got "airbourne" during racing or when front end was jacked up for servicing, spring would not fall out! The one in picture should be OK, just double check shock when doing a bounce test, that shock does not bottom out when spring is compressed. Otherwise you may have to add spacers to upper shock mount to prevent this. So far, I have never had an issue with my cut down 620 lbs. springs. If those are not 620 lbs. rated springs (lighter rating), then may bottom out the shocks.......
more than likely they are around 620, can do a quick test, if both those springs are still out, just try and compress them. put on gloves and push down on the longer stock spring, it should compress fairly easy. then try the GW ones, if they are 620 rating, believe me, they will barely move!
holy smokes, just saw one of your pics of broken upper control arm! What happened there?!? so is that the spring that came out of that side?
Ok dynet, This car I got has a fun history! I live up here in the sierra mountains and after nineteen years of my neighbor Old man Burt that own the car and only owner for that we would bs and laugh, but that was back in my dragbike days... He always said if he got his Toyota he would sell me the car, for that I stumbled across the mav man on the internet and said oh wow; now ive watch this old man with chains in snow with the car where my 4X4's would get stuck on our road lol. Always cruzing he would and see him pulled over for speeding at age 77 and more year to fallow... He was a cool old guy and passed four years ago, me being fresh out of neck surgery would walk to his place and back.. I found that his grand son got the cabin and car and for I asked what he was going to do with everything! He said the car was going to go to the junk yard and I said no I want it for he said its yours!!! cool right? I learned that he drove it from California to Oregon twice with that broken a arm! To answer your question yes that's the spring and a arm!! Ihave purchased all new front end parts and rear, and for that I have too Tuesday of this week to get it all done before my next surgery on my neck!!!
The weight of the car essentially rides on the front springs and leaf springs. The shocks control the rate of movement up and down.
