coil springs

[Bonnewagon]

I forgot to mention that the reason different car springs act like they are too big is the fact that the A/G body's use a shorter spindle. My TA's spindle is a full inch taller. So even a dead stock F-body spring will raise the front in a G body. See the photo in the avatar on the right? I used 79' Firebird Formula springs to get the front up a couple of inches. Same 301 motor. Now consider a heavy 650 lb Pontiac 400 spring in a G body and the car looked like it had no motor in it and the wheels curved inwards. After I cut 3/4 of a coil off,it sat perfectly.

 

[pontiacgp]

I forgot to mention that the reason different car springs act like they are too big is the fact that the A/G body's use a shorter spindle. My TA's spindle is a full inch taller. So even a dead stock F-body spring will raise the front in a G body. See the photo in the avatar on the right? I used 79' Firebird Formula springs to get the front up a couple of inches. Same 301 motor. Now consider a heavy 650 lb Pontiac 400 spring in a G body and the car looked like it had no motor in it and the wheels curved inwards. After I cut 3/4 of a coil off,it sat perfectly.

The spindle has no bearing on the ride height of the car, the taller spindle is preferred so you don't loose as much of your camber setting in cornering but using the taller spindle you need to shorten the upper control arm or you'll have too much positive camber and in my opinion any positive camber is too much. The spring and the length of the lower ball joint is what sets the ride height in the front