suspension change, Uneven stance!!

Have you driven it yet? When replacing that many suspension components, the new parts have to settle in and then you can see about problems. If you haven't driven it yet, that means you need a front end alignment anyway so that would be a good time to get a couple of miles on there to let it settle down. Setting it back on the ground is not sufficient enough to settle a new suspension.

...thx for the quick response..

yeah, I only took it around the block...well, I actually noticed this after I install the springs..thought it was just the factory alligning plate, coz it moved when I first loosen the nuts, and it sat outside for about a week..then now I finally got a chance to finish the suspension, and install the sturt and the camber plate..I tried to make some adjustment, but it didnt change!

I think ill take it for a ride, like you said, and see if itll settle..but, is this common?

jerk the wheel doing like 50 and hit that 90 degree turn



let me know how it handles

...well, i just took it for a 5mile ride around town, and tried swaying it, just to shake it a bit off, i think the passenger side is about settled already, but the driver side is still about 1/4" lower than the passenger side...could this be just the position of the camber plate, and can be fix by allignment? i still need to replace my rack and pinion..its leaking to the boot...after that, ill take it for allignment.

chattanooga said:

jerk the wheel doing like 50 and hit that 90 degree turn

let me know how it handles

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Why would anyone do something like that........:shrug

That makes "ZERO" sense......

and is extremely dangerous......

Please consider the consequences of the bad advice given.....:nono:

you get better traction if your left front spring is a little lower
it might be a myth


BUT, ive heard of a bunch of people doing that on mustangs
theyll cut a little bit out of the front spring and it helps traction

RLG34750 said:

Why would anyone do something like that........:shrug

That makes "ZERO" sense......

and is extremely dangerous......

Please consider the consequences of the bad advice given.....:nono:

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I just wanna see how it handles, i was exaggerating about 50mph

BUT i love to see how people get mustangs to handle

Ive always wanted a cornering/handling mustang
wasnt offending, and the point of the message was to see how the performance was compared to stock

chattanooga said:

you get better traction if your left front spring is a little lower
it might be a myth


BUT, ive heard of a bunch of people doing that on mustangs
theyll cut a little bit out of the front spring and it helps traction

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again you prove my point under no circumstance should you cut springs

it will totally destroy the handling and the engineered rating of the spring

in layman's term the car will handle and ride like a farm wagon.....

RLG34750 said:

again you prove my point under no circumstance should you cut springs

it will totally destroy the handling and the engineered rating of the spring

in layman's term the car will handle and ride like a farm wagon.....

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You ever cut the springs before?

chattanooga said:

You ever cut the springs before?

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Nope ........

i alway order the right things for my car......

Next Question......

Cutting springs is CUTTING corners, if you don't have funds for a new set don't bother, buy a tire with a thicker sidewall, haha! And if you need to know chattanooga my German Vogtland 1.6 Springs with 4 Bolt Maximum Motorsports CC Plates are smooth as butter over bumps and throw in the IRS and she handles like a beast!! I'd never drive my car as aggressive with CUT Springs!

Brutal Metal said:

Cutting springs is CUTTING corners, if you don't have funds for a new set don't bother, buy a tire with a thicker sidewall, haha! And if you need to know chattanooga my German Vogtland 1.6 Springs with 4 Bolt Maximum Motorsports CC Plates are smooth as butter over bumps and throw in the IRS and she handles like a beast!! I'd never drive my car as aggressive with CUT Springs!

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IRS is cheating


SRA is where its at man rode in a 03 cobra and we hit a big bump on the curvy mountain where i live and it was awesome.. stock suspension
so the IRS to start with is as smooth as butter.

So you cant really say anything because your starting with a 19k$ car as where us fox people have 3k$ cars lol

haha! I agree solid Axle is where it's at for Drag racing but I know of stock IRS setups handling 1.5 60 ft times at the strip, don't get me wrong this isn't the norm but if you use a softer sidewall of a full slick the axle shafts seem to get less stressed as opposed to a drag radial! Now as far as handling, there isn't a comparsion, ha! And hold up son give me some props I've had 2 Fox Bodies!:gringreen

...so, any idea why is the left front side of my car is lower than the right front side, and any suggestion on how to fix it? I tried moving the camber plate, but it doesnt seem to do anything.

Note:
I didnt transfer the stock bottom spring isolators on both side,
I only used the upper isolators.
-when I took the spring out, I lowered it from backside of the control arm, not from the balljoint.


any idea? pls?:headscratch:

I solved the problem!!!

ok..so, i couldnt think of any reason why the height would be different on both side or the car, the spring is identical, same height and part number, so it should have the same rate.

so what I did is, I took the coil out again, and reposition it so sit on the higher spot of the A-arm, and that gave me the exact height I needed... Hopefully it doesn't...

this doesnt sounds like the perfect solution, but this is the only solution I can think of that worked. :shiny:

thx for those who gave thier input on this..