View Full Version : Need help with rear coil springs on a Mach1
lukem80
01-04-2011, 07:09 AM
working on my friends mach1. he just bought some 15X10s with some ET streets. I think they are 275/60/15 or i think 26X10.50 speaking in american.
anyways his dumbass got 15X10s so they interfered with the cobra rear rotors/brakes...
we bought 1inch wheel spacers and that solved that problem. but now they rub on the fender lip.
I've rolled the fender lip.. but it will still rub some when you hit a decent bump in the road.
do you think switching over to a regular 99-04 GT rear spring would lift it up enough to solve our rubbing issue or would he need to buy some 'weight jacker' control arms??? or maybe somebody makes coil spring spacers??
I thought bullitts and mach1s were lowered from the factory 1/2 or 3/4??
anyway here is a picture of it
http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr324/maybe003/IMG00242-20110103-1952.jpg
its got a procharger and a built auto with a 2300 stall. really makes me NOT miss working on my old cobra at all. complex engine/belt routing BS!!
QWKSNKE
01-04-2011, 07:17 AM
It is quite possible that GT rear springs would fix the problem as long as he is not planning on tackling the twisties with it
EZ SPEED
01-04-2011, 07:22 AM
its got a procharger and a built auto with a 2300 stall. really makes me NOT miss working on my old cobra at all. complex engine/belt routing BS!!
Grrrr !! I agree...I hate centrifugal blowers on mod motors...they are such a pain in the ass to mess with the belt
lukem80
01-04-2011, 07:28 AM
It is quite possible that GT rear springs would fix the problem as long as he is not planning on tackling the twisties with it
yeah he rarely ever drives it and mostly just goes to the track..
finding some used GT rear springs would be alot cheaper than new control arms. I think he has some badass control arms already they were tubular and painted red
what about the spring insulators? can't I get some poly ones that help it get jacked up some
Grrrr !! I agree...I hate centrifugal blowers on mod motors...they are such a pain in the ass to mess with the belt
i think he's gone through 3 belts in the last 4,000 miles. we had to get one of those laser lights from home depot to space the pulleys out just right. if he gets on it hard and lets off the gas hard the damn belt flies off still. I think he needs a better belt tension-er
I don't miss this BS at all!
TheJeanyus
01-04-2011, 08:06 AM
yeah he rarely ever drives it and mostly just goes to the track..
finding some used GT rear springs would be alot cheaper than new control arms. I think he has some badass control arms already they were tubular and painted red
what about the spring insulators? can't I get some poly ones that help it get jacked up some
i think he's gone through 3 belts in the last 4,000 miles. we had to get one of those laser lights from home depot to space the pulleys out just right. if he gets on it hard and lets off the gas hard the damn belt flies off still. I think he needs a better belt tension-er
I don't miss this BS at all!
MM's isolators will raise the ride height a little. That's what I was told back when I had my Cobra anyway.
lukem80
01-04-2011, 08:14 AM
damn look what I found!
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GLS-1202/
I knew some redneck had to have invented something that worked.
riding dirty in no time
rtusnake
01-04-2011, 10:35 AM
Quit being gay and grind the banjo bolt. I got some Gt springs if yaw wanna swap
rtusnake
01-04-2011, 10:36 AM
Btw those are a 28x10.5 tire
lukem80
01-04-2011, 10:55 AM
Quit being gay and grind the banjo bolt. I got some Gt springs if yaw wanna swap
it was hitting the block the banjo bolts into! i grind'd on it some but it just wasn't a fit. it would've cleared GT rear brakes perfectly
I told him to buy 15X8 but he wouldn't listen. now he can't take'em back since they came mounted and balanced from late model resto
he ended up ordering those redneck spacers from summit this morning so that will def fix it up
its his money so i'll let him redneck it up!
they are 275/50/15 whoops
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/WTK-92510352P/94-04-Mustang-Race-Star-Wheel-And-Tire-Kit-With-15X10-And-15X35
SlowJoe
01-04-2011, 10:59 AM
Quit being gay and grind the banjo bolt. I got some Gt springs if yaw wanna swap
you had 15/10 at one time right?
rtusnake
01-04-2011, 11:03 AM
Still do
lukem80
01-06-2011, 07:32 AM
guy ended up having Eibach springs
no wonder these tires scrubbed
atleast I got to take my aggression out on his new ET streets on a wet road lol.
rtusnake
01-06-2011, 08:14 AM
Last time you had aggression on wet roads you needed a fender lol
lukem80
01-06-2011, 08:48 AM
Last time you had aggression on wet roads you needed a fender lol
lol! drunk aggression
this ain't my car though!!!!!! :chug:
mustangmuscle
01-06-2011, 01:28 PM
Last time you had aggression on wet roads you needed a fender lol
Wow....good memory, Michael!:chug:
I had forgotten about Luke's fender-bender in the rain on DR's....:banghead:
lukem80
01-06-2011, 03:22 PM
Wow....good memory, Michael!:chug:
I had forgotten about Luke's fender-bender in the rain on DR's....:banghead:
man I needed your expert hammer skills last night getting these spacers in
rtusnake
01-06-2011, 04:21 PM
Wow....good memory, Michael!:chug:
I had forgotten about Luke's fender-bender in the rain on DR's....:banghead:
I'm like an elephant lol
man I needed your expert hammer skills last night getting these spacers in
I believe we both agree chris should leave tools alone. To expensive to buy new ones when he breaks them lol
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