2003 Mach 1 Springs

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2003 Mach 1 Springs

Reply #15 – July 06, 2011, 01:16:06 PM

Quote from: DVP;362922

All of those dead coils in the stock spring help keep the height. I think the rear sits about right, if you can get the front low enough to match.

I bought these on Ebay today (Selling used 1979-2004 Mustang H&R Front Lowering Springs. In good used condition.

Drop rate of about 1.5" and spring rate of 900 lb/inch.)

When they get here I'll decide between them and the Machs .

2003 Mach 1 Springs

Reply #16 – July 09, 2011, 03:37:00 PM

ricktjr... Can I see a picture of the front before you take them out ?
Are you useing Isolators ?
Also, I think its wise to say if the car is just sitting around it will be about 1/4 higher than when you drive the car for a week or so.
I had a friend swap SN95 springs and cut the front one coil. It looked even for a week in his drive way (without driving it). Then he drove the car for a week straight and it settled down 1/4"
Is your car a V8 or what?
Just in case. If you decide to get rid of the rears I'll be waitting :) I got dibs on the Coil Spring Specialties or the Mach 1s

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Reply #17 – July 09, 2011, 06:42:47 PM

Here ya go . No prob on the springs bro . I have polyurethane isolators on the front and rear . I might just put my 98 mustang spindle/brake setup on while I'm at it . Not sure yet .

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Reply #18 – July 10, 2011, 01:01:38 AM

With the back so low these (Mach Shocks ) fit .

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Reply #19 – July 10, 2011, 04:00:03 AM

ricktjr, it looks like the motor is out of the car. Is it? You didn't answer my question about if its a V8 or not. EDIT: I see its a 5.0 in the first post (sorry)
I was going to buy those H&R springs you got off ebay. I emailed the guy a few days ago. Its funny how we were thinking the same thing for the same application. Can't wait to see them on the car. Just curious what a 1.5" Mustang drop does on the Cougars & Tbirds.
Like I said I had a friend cut one coil out and it was too low after a week of driving. Then another guy did a 2/3 cut out of his fronts from a 94-04 Mustang GT with stock rear height as well and it looked good. The back was alittle lower than what yours is currently. This Tbird is a 4 cylinder so I don't recommend a 2/3 cut for your Cougar. The stock backs should do the exact same thing to your Cougar from what I've read (with Isolators ! ). I don't know for certain because I have a Tbird. I just read they do the same thing on both birds and cougars.

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Reply #20 – July 10, 2011, 08:08:06 AM

my car sit's to low in the back and way to high in the front also..... I'm going to have to do some spring changing myself

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Reply #21 – July 10, 2011, 09:03:53 AM

There was no way I was going to be able to use my Mach springs without also going to the CHE Adjustables

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Reply #22 – July 10, 2011, 11:57:10 AM

Yes 2tbirds it does have the motor in it it just looks goofy because the back is so much lower than the front . I hope the front spring swap will change that . Bigbada1 I should have purchased the CHE adjustable lowers when I got the non adjustable ones . Oh well I might end up with an extra set of lowers . Either way my little spring experment is turning out to be more fun than I thought it would be.

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Reply #23 – July 12, 2011, 01:30:30 PM

The new springs are even shorter than the machs !! around 11"(give or take) compared to around 13"(give or take) .

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Reply #24 – July 14, 2011, 01:53:26 PM

The new (SN95) spindle seems to fit and now I can put things back together .

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Reply #25 – July 14, 2011, 08:51:36 PM

Well I now have one quarter of a 5 lug swap done lol . Actually I still have to mess around with the tie rods and I might end up switching up both inners and outers to SN95 specs because I think the Fox parts are going to be a little too short. I know the pic's terrible I'll try for a better one after work tommorrow. Also the pic is deceiving because i switched tires to 225/50r15s which are shoter than the 245/6015s (23.85/26.57)

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Reply #26 – July 15, 2011, 02:16:09 AM

Pretty sure that Sn95 inner tie rods won't work on a Fox rack...and an SN95 rack won't work with a stock Fox steering shaft...I was looking into all this myself...too costly and no real gain, unless you're building an all-out race car...

I've got SN95 spindles on mine, with SN95 balljoints, a Fox rack and inner/outer tie rods...no problem with the length. Remember, if you lower the car, basically, you'll gain a small amount of tie rod end length, or at least, that was my experience, I think it amounted to about a 1/4" on each side. I switched from the stock Sport springs, to TC springs (no difference, really) and then to '97 Stang springs...seems like it has came down a little bit..hopefully a little more.

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Reply #27 – July 15, 2011, 05:09:27 AM

Thats still too high in my opinion. When I seen the coil spring specialties on there I thought they may have messed up and made the spring too long. Now I'm thinking what in the world is going on? I mean, shouldn't it be sittling alot lower than that?
I've seen late model T.Cs with one coil cut out of SN95 front springs and the tire sits just inside the fender. Shouldn't the same apply on the Cougar?

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Reply #28 – July 15, 2011, 04:31:10 PM

Quote from: 2tbirds;363483

Thats still too high in my opinion. When I seen the coil spring specialties on there I thought they may have messed up and made the spring too long. Now I'm thinking what in the world is going on? I mean, shouldn't it be sittling alot lower than that?
I've seen late model T.Cs with one coil cut out of SN95 front springs and the tire sits just inside the fender. Shouldn't the same apply on the Cougar?

I agree completely . I'm going to do the other side and takev it from there .

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Reply #29 – July 18, 2011, 10:53:06 PM

Here you go this is how we do it. It increases the spring rate a lot and it lowers the car 1-1 1/4"

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