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Number: 3987
From: "Sandy Block"
Date: Wed Nov 19, 2003  1:39 pm
Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: ebay: Springs and bushings

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[ASC McLaren ] Re: ebay: Springs and bushings

You get me all excited......and THEN, No Name??-- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "Brent Abrams" <babrams@l...> wrote:
> Maybe the original owner of a certain super low mileage, museum
quality, all
> original '86 Coupe will be able to do an inspection of any spring
tags that
> might be on his springs next time he takes it out for it's yearly
service
> and the dealership puts it up on the hoist.
> I think it's safe to say that I don't have to mention the owners
name. ;-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom G" <speedracer815@y...>
> To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 9:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Re: ebay: Springs and bushings
>
>
> I don't envision it happening before spring, but I
> have the Motorsport springs in question on my '96
> Cobra. When I start getting into the suspension on my
> '85 Coupe I can take some measurements and determine
> if they are the same spring.
>
> As for bushings, it seems we've come to focus only on
> the rear upper control arms. Is there any possibility
> that front control arm bushings were changed?
>
> Due to the way the stock suspsension was designed to
> work I would be extremely surprised if the rear lower
> control arm bushings were changed. Stiffer bushings
> here generally hurt performance.
>
> In part I think it's important to know who made the
> changes. If they were made at Dearborn I'm sure they
> must be Ford parts, if ASC did it, they could
> potentially be anything.
>
> Tom Gentry
> Life is too short to miss the details!
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