Wagon springs not giving you enough rake?

[Grand Marquis GT]

Would this be a worthwhile switch for me and a more drag-racing oriented car?

I think you are soon going to be looking at the wonderful world of drag shocks. lol...

[DuceAnAHalf]

Would this be a worthwhile switch for me and a more drag-racing oriented car?

Yeah it would. you can get a wide selection of spring rates, plus you can adjust the ride height to adjust weight distrubution.

Pick you spring rate and heigth.

[phayzer5]

I'll be doing a fuel cell in the trunk eventually to supply the new motor so ill have plenty of room underneath for rear susp mods

[DuceAnAHalf]

I'll be doing a fuel cell in the trunk eventually to supply the new motor so ill have plenty of room underneath for rear susp mods

Dont really need any extra room for these, they will actually apckage smaller than the originals. Now no fuel tank will make a lateral location device much easier to install

[DuceAnAHalf]

Here are my new springs. The springs are Carrera coil-over springs 10" tall and a 425# rate. Current rear springs are about 170#. stock front springs are around 440#. The adjusters go up to 7".

[mrltd]

Very nice. Will be interesting to find out how it handles.

One of the things that has been bothering me is the 1000lb/in front springs and how much understeer they will be giving me. I would have to upgrade the rear ones accordingly, and the rear springs already seem a little harsh to me as is.

[DuceAnAHalf]

I was going to get some 2 5/8 steel tubing and have the inside threaded for the adjuster to thread into. the 2 5/8 od 3/16 wall tubing is not normally stocked and would have to be ordered, instead i got some 2" OD steel tubing. This tubing will be welded to the perch and the adjuster will slide over it. there is a little slop in the fit, but ill put some tape on the steel tube to prevent noise. The adjuster is about 7" im going to make the steel tube about 6" to support the spring as much as possible. total cost for abour 20' of cold drawn steel tubing, $3.54

[mrltd]

20 feet? or 20 inches?

Sounds pretty cool. You could always slit some of the tube and use it as a spacer..

[DuceAnAHalf]

sorry 20 inches.

What do you mean by using the tube as a spacer?

[mrltd]

use some of the scrap to fill in the gap between the tube and the sleeve...instead of tape.

[DuceAnAHalf]

The gap is tiny. id say around .030" or so.

[mrltd]

yeah, that's small....maybe a old innertube....

[DuceAnAHalf]

possibly. Depends on how much noise it makes, my car is so loud i might not even be able to hear it.

[mrltd]

yeah, true. Not like it's a daily driver.

[mrltd]

Get it working yet?