[Shotimes] Front Springs

[Ron Porter]

Proper ride height for crash tests and headlight alignment.

Ron Porter 

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Kevin & Cheryl Airth
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:01 PM
To: sho2go; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] Front Springs


My 93 ATX came stock with "JIT" front springs. My wife's 93 ATX came with
"KMO".

Has anybody found "MUZ" load rating = 1054 lb or "SAF" load rating = 1103
lb? Both are 200lb/inch springs.
It still is a mystery to me how Ford used springs? They so many but nowhere
can I find why the small differences. If the car was not at correct ride
height from the factory would they change springs to get it level or
correct? I have a TSB with 1.5 pages listing at least 50 different spring
codes for Taurus/SHO/Sable. The cars are all identical with very small
differences in weight, why so many ? As cheap as Ford was/is they must of
had a use for all this variation.
.
.



> Actually, when Ford was putting the designed springs in, and not whatever
> was left over, I think they did pay attention to ATX vs MTX.  My MTX and
> others I've seen had the JIT springs, which while having a 200lb/in rate,
> were load rated at 954 lbs.  Others that had ATXs had KMO front springs,
> also rated at 200lb/in.  but load rating of 1004 lbs.  These would
> definitely be taller than the JITs so the added front weight would take
them
> down to the same height as the MTX springs.
> Mike
>
>

>
> > Mike:
> >  The ATX is slightly heavier but Ford makes no distinction in the
springs,
> > just the wagon .VS. sedan. If you can get the spring codes I can decode
> them
> > for spring rates.
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