I COULD tell you how to fix that there front end problem but I don't have
an engineering degree (one semester more and I would have) and I'm not going
to try and find documentation for you either. You ask for advice and
opinions and when they are offered up you come back with PROOF IT!!! I wish
you continued LUCK because that's just what I think you are........Lucky,
that your car continues to go for you.
Safety Fast,
David Deutsch
Charley & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> Have been waiting 'til I got done with my front end rebuild before
> answering your post about front springs. I rebuilt my '69 B's front end
> on a different crossmember because the one on the car was damaged,
> looked like a PO had driven it ove a hard stationary object and crunched
> it in the middle.
>
> I used Moss's 263-375, 480 ft lb/in "Stock" springs and V8 wishbone
> bushings. All the other springs they offered lower the car. I wanted
> to raise it. I had previously installed new 6-leaf rear springs and the
> car was a bit lower in the front as a result. I hoped new springs in
> front would level it out.
>
> My old springs are the same uncompressed height as the new ones. I
> hoped the new ones would be stiffer, resulting in a higher ride height.
> Nope, the car is still ~ 1.5" lower in the front. Now I have to figure
> out how to raise the front end. I'm still scraping the exhaust system
> upon entering my driveway and other spots. Grrrrr
>
> Wonder where I can get longer springs or shims, or????
>
> FWIW,
>
> CR
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