[Shotimes] Re: Front Springs

[sho2go]

While working my way through college, I sold cars for awhile, Cal
Worthington no less.  It was amazing how everything was tied together;
certain options required other options that made no apparent sense.  I
recall in one case a moonroof required HD brakes or cooling or something????
As for the heavier springs, probably for Sable which has ~50-100 lbs of
weight on the Taurus, also the wagon took different rates.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
To: "sho2go" <srfdude@cox.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: 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.