[FJM04MACH1]

I looked under my mach1 again and my rear spring's top 6 coils are compressed together, there is space between the bottom coils, but there is no space between the top 6 coils. I already stated that my car is real low. I think the shade of blue on the springs might be Eibach drag springs. Is this normal for springs to compress like this? I would appreciate your comments.

[stlwagon]

That doesn't seem right. Even the drag-launch springs aren't compressed that much.

[laser-red-gt]

thats alot, i had c springs on other car and they only had 2 almost 3 coils compressed.

[tripleblack]

Originally Posted by FJM04MACH1

I looked under my mach1 again and my rear spring's top 6 coils are compressed together, there is space between the bottom coils, but there is no space between the top 6 coils. I already stated that my car is real low. I think the shade of blue on the springs might be Eibach drag springs. Is this normal for springs to compress like this? I would appreciate your comments.

That's too many for an unladen car sitting at rest. The spring doesn't have anywhere to go to handle weight transfer during operation.

I wonder if they could have been installed upside down? Progressive springs might do this in that case.

(Progressive rate springs are designed to get progressively harder to compress as the load increases during active driving and their total length becomes shorter. Regular rated springs have a linear reaction based upon their design).

They could also be progressive springs designed to work that way, though they would be the first I've seen that act that particular way (progressive springs usually have the strongest spring action at the bottom, and the softest at the top, but I've not seen any with 6 coils compressed fully in that situation).

[FJM04MACH1]

Thanks for your comments. It did not look right to me either.I am going to take the car to my son's shop and let him see what he thinks might be wrong.If i find out what's wrong i will let you know.

[tripleblack]

Originally Posted by FJM04MACH1

Thanks for your comments. It did not look right to me either.I am going to take the car to my son's shop and let him see what he thinks might be wrong.If i find out what's wrong i will let you know.

I think we're all curious, by now!

If it turns out to just be some normal situation for that particular brand of springs, that will be interesting.

I think we're all just a mite paranoid - tales of torched springs echo in my head when I hear stories like yours.

[Tony98GT]

i've always wanted to do that to someone like a cop car heat up the springs and when they get to their car in the morning it'll be slammed!!

[FJM04MACH1]

Well my son jacked my car up ,got under it said he didn't see clamps on the springs and they did not look like they had been heated either . He said they looked like crap to him.He advised me to take them off.Would i get a nice soft ride if i replaced them with GT springs? I don't do any racing, i drive it back and forth to the golf couse only.Please give your opinion on the GT springs.

[tripleblack]

Originally Posted by FJM04MACH1

Well my son jacked my car up ,got under it said he didn't see clamps on the springs and they did not look like they had been heated either . He said they looked like crap to him.He advised me to take them off.Would i get a nice soft ride if i replaced them with GT springs? I don't do any racing, i drive it back and forth to the golf couse only.Please give your opinion on the GT springs.

Take it back to stock Ford Mach 1 springs and keep it original. The suspension was designed for them, and all the tuning was done with them in mind.

It also means the car will be worth more as an all original vehicle down the pike.

It will still run great.