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- My Car
- 1973 Q code Mach 1
Last weekend I put the car on jack stands and pulled the transmission to replace the clutch and the rear main seal.
Parts are on the way, but haven't arrived, so I decided to do some work on completing projects I hadn't gotten around to doing.
Wednesday and Thursday after work I changed the front coil springs to TCP's lowering spring (small block version)
Old coils were 16" tall free Height and wire diameter was .67
New coils are 13" free height and wire diameter is .77
I used an inside spring compressor and replaced the insulators and spring perches and had to unbolt the upper control arms at the shock tower to get the springs free. No other part of the suspension had to be unbolted.
Since I am not ready to set it on the ground, what are the chances that my alignment settings are good enough to test drive it before I drive it to the alignment shop?
Parts are on the way, but haven't arrived, so I decided to do some work on completing projects I hadn't gotten around to doing.
Wednesday and Thursday after work I changed the front coil springs to TCP's lowering spring (small block version)
Old coils were 16" tall free Height and wire diameter was .67
New coils are 13" free height and wire diameter is .77
I used an inside spring compressor and replaced the insulators and spring perches and had to unbolt the upper control arms at the shock tower to get the springs free. No other part of the suspension had to be unbolted.
Since I am not ready to set it on the ground, what are the chances that my alignment settings are good enough to test drive it before I drive it to the alignment shop?