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    #16
    Originally posted by Ivan D
    SVT87, as I said at LeAnn's get-together last Friday, a pair of TRW CC819 springs will take care of the rear sag, although seing how high your front end is I'd suggest cutting off like half a coil from the front springs too. Also about those flow restrictors for the heater core, I was looking at my coolant temp. sensor housing, and seems like we have to either make some custom ones, or have Ray weld us some kind of a reducer in the hose-fitting end of the darn thing... Second one will probably be easier, I might try it next week or so, depending on time availability.
    I think I'm going to see if Moog sells a set of rear springs that will match my fronts as far as stiffness and ride height. If cutting a coil on my current front springs didn't involve removing them then I'd do it, but the fact is that they were a horrible biyotch to install, and going through all that hassle just to fix my ride height is not worth it. Besides. with the car riding so high I no longer scrape my sidepipes going up steep driveways, and I don't need jacks or ramps to change my oil

    Regarding the restrictor, I already have one. It's a rare old Ford part made for 1982 Econolines or something. It's smaller than the hose diameter, but I just clamped the heater inlet hose really tightly around it and haven't had any problems. If you want the part number or to check it out sometime let me know. I take night classes at LTU on Tues and Thurs

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      #17
      Meh, your sidepipes are easy to take care of, when you put the new springs in the rear you'll never have problem with that. I however have 4"-diameter glasspacks running along the tranny, that makes the exhaust like 2-3" lower than stock, and my tired old springs don't help it from scraping one bit.

      I work at the Taubman building Monday and Tuesday till 7:30, stop by some day when you have time, I wanna see that Econoline restrictor.

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