LINCSTER
February 4th, 2007, 02:58 PM
Hey there.... just thought to post a little spring info about our rides. This of course applies to the Mark VII. While doing a little research into suspensions/springs for our things, check out this web site "coolcats.net". It's main focus is to serve the Cougar/Tbird crowd, since it's a large Fox type car the K member, springs all interchange. Go to the Tech section/advance tech/suspension upgrade, great resorce plenty of info. Once you have the proper K member & lower A arm with cups/pockets/recesses for the springs you can use a quite a few options for spring rates. Standard ride.... V8 springs from a 83/88 Tbird/Cougar, also 80/82 would work. For those who want a sportier ride ....check out the 87/88 Sport V8, lower car about a half to 1 inch. Another sporty choice would be the 87/88 Turbo coupe, although made for a turbo 4 cly, its a really firm spring that also lower the car about a inch or so. On my 86 Continental I used Sport V8 springs, the front rides "firmly" it's not a marshmallow but that the way i like it. Plenty of suspension travel, no bottoming out. When it comes to handling air bags are no match for a firm metal spring. I'll update this thread when I install the rear springers. Cruise on.