Re: front springs

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

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" Mark; Congrats on the 4.0 swap. I am assembling parts
" to do that myself but will stick with a carb intake.
" Anyways, I have a set of 69 Jav V8 springs sitting
" next to a set of American I6 springs. They sure look
" the same except the Jav springs are about 2" shorter.
" I test fitted the isolaters from the American and they
" fit the Jav springs perfectly. I dont know what the
" will do on the car, but if anyone has some input lets
" hear it. When I get a week-end to spare I will swap
" them to check out the fit......Russ

but v8 springs are considerably stiffer; you'd expect them to be
shorter so that they give the same installed height.

having said that, i thought i saw specs for early jav rear springs
that showed 1" less arch than american ones.  i've wondered if it was
a typo, but maybe stock jav springs are an easy way to lower your
american?
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