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Old 6/7/12, 06:47 PM
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btw Steve,
I cheaped out and just ordered H&R springs and nothing else for the suspension. After wheels, tires, and brembo upgrade, I couldn't afford a complete suspension setup right now.
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Let me know how it goes. I know on the Z the Swift springs are popular with the stock dampers since they are pretty decent, but the Mustang is just terribly under-damped stock. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on just swapping the springs alone.
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I had BBK springs on my 99 V6 and it was fine. If not, I'll just have to order the konis
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Haha, I also had a 3.8l. '02 auto. I was a little ricer kid with Spintech side pipes and Dale Earnhardt #3s on the quarter windows. :bowrofl:
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all I had on mine was the springs. Mine was a manual, I justified the V6 because it had more power than the old 5.0

It was satin green clearcoat metallic. I have never seen another one of that color on the road.
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How much space do you guys have between the sway bar and the watts link? If my suspension is unloaded they touch with a lot of pressure (had to put the red bar on with suspension loade) and loaded there is about 3-4 millimeters. Looks awful close
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It is very close indeed.
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Well I got everything installed and the watts link set up. I don't get any clunking angling up my driveway or going over a speedbump with one wheel off and one on, but I do get it if I go over a big bump or a speedbump too quick. Need to check and see if its the bumpstops hitting or the watts link. Springs and dampers feel great. Much stiffer and a lot less break dive. Got it aligned to -1.4 camber for the street. Hopefully it stops raining for 5 minutes so I can drive around some!
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Originally Posted by mtnbikefuel80
Well I got everything installed and the watts link set up. I don't get any clunking angling up my driveway or going over a speedbump with one wheel off and one on, but I do get it if I go over a big bump or a speedbump too quick. Need to check and see if its the bumpstops hitting or the watts link. Springs and dampers feel great. Much stiffer and a lot less break dive. Got it aligned to -1.4 camber for the street. Hopefully it stops raining for 5 minutes so I can drive around some!
More than Likely it's your rear bump stops. With Steeda sport springs and Koni yellows I have about 1.5" b/w the stops and frame. You can look through your wheels and see the gap.
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Originally Posted by devildog1679

More than Likely it's your rear bump stops. With Steeda sport springs and Koni yellows I have about 1.5" b/w the stops and frame. You can look through your wheels and see the gap.
Yea I cut off the first level of the rear bumpstops. I'll throw some grease on the top to check. The ride is great tho now. Stiffer but not uncomfortable. I can definitely tell a difference in how the rear axle articulates angling up the driveway. I thought I had the rear axle centered but it's a quarter of an inch off towards the driver side so I'll have to fix that. Didn't get a chance to drive in the dry much as its been raining a lot here lately. Can wait to really test it out!
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Originally Posted by mtnbikefuel80

Yea I cut off the first level of the rear bumpstops. I'll throw some grease on the top to check. The ride is great tho now. Stiffer but not uncomfortable. I can definitely tell a difference in how the rear axle articulates angling up the driveway. I thought I had the rear axle centered but it's a quarter of an inch off towards the driver side so I'll have to fix that. Didn't get a chance to drive in the dry much as its been raining a lot here lately. Can wait to really test it out!
I need to cut mine a bit.
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Originally Posted by mtnbikefuel80
How much space do you guys have between the sway bar and the watts link? If my suspension is unloaded they touch with a lot of pressure (had to put the red bar on with suspension loade) and loaded there is about 3-4 millimeters. Looks awful close
There is a "Shelby" version of the Fays2 frame that is shorter and clears the stock swaybar at full droop. You can get it from Fays2 or from Shelby.
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