[Shotimes] SHO Needs a spring

[Bruce Malachuk]

I was under the impression that while the rears on the 94-95 were shorter,
the reason for wanting them was because of the "gold caps" that for some
reason when modified for koni's resulted in a better fit for the insert in
the empty housing. 


Bruce Malachuk

94 Opal Frost MTX

93 Black ATX soon to be parts

93 Green MTX - black interior...a turd with wheels right now


-----Original Message-----
From: ianf@eden.rutgers.edu [mailto:ianf@eden.rutgers.edu] 
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:08 PM
To: bmalach1@nycap.rr.com; zap@columbus.rr.com; Shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] SHO Needs a spring


Bruce
You can use any housing from any 86-95 Taurus/Sable for the Koni housings.
The preferred housings are the pre-94 rear housings because they are longer
and offer slightly more travel than the shorter rear 94- 95. Koni sells
inserts for either rear housing but you must specify which when ordering.

Chris; I would not use stock struts (especially used ones) to try to dampen
eibachs. The 94-95 struts were commonly valved for very light spring rates
which won't work well with the 200+ rated eibachs.

Ian

> Newlevelmotorsports.com (I think that's it) sells the intrax springs
for
> $169.99 on ebay for the SHO everynow and then. You've got the stock
94-95
> struts, down the line you can use those housing to add koni's if
you'd like
> to match up with intrax springs. I think the intrax give a 1.5 in
drop to
> the car.  
> 
> 
> Bruce Malachuk
> 
> 94 Opal Frost MTX
> 93 Black ATX soon to be parts
> 93 Green MTX - black interior...a turd with wheels right now
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-
admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ron Porter
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 4:08 PM
> To: 'Chris "Zap"'; Shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] SHO Needs a spring
> 
> Go to shox.com.
> 
> They have the Eibach springs for $219, plus they show the Sachs/Boge
struts
> for $219 (for 4), and the KYB for $219. They don't specify if the
KYBs are
> the GR-2s, but it's worth a question to them, as the GR-2s work with
the
> Eibachs.
> 
> This looks like a relatively inexpensive way to go, IMHO. If you
don't want
> to change struts, new stock springs will work, but I bet that they'll
cost
> as much, if not more, than the Eibachs.
> 
> As long as you are pulling springs, it makes sense to change 
> struts....unless they were new within the last year.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-
admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Chris "Zap"
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:50 PM
> To: Shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] SHO Needs a spring
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
>     While getting the brakes checked out on Joy's '94 MTX, we
discovered
> that one of the front springs has broken.  I'm interested in any
suggestions
> for replacement of the springs.  I know the Eibach or Koni springs are 
> supposed to be good, but I'm guessing all 4 need to be replaced when 
> changing spring type and I think they also require aftermarket 
> shocks/struts.  If we're not going to be changing out the shocks,
what would
> be a good spring to go with, and what would the cost be?  Any
suggestions
> are welcome!  FWIW, I believe the tires are 215/55-16 or 225/55-16.  
Since
> the car isn't with me, I cannot remember offhand.  Will this make a 
> difference, since they are lower riding?
> 
> ~Chris
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