What rate springs are you BBF guys running up front on a BBF Fox body?

I've got some 14" 175lbs up there now and with most of the mock done I have the adjusters bottomed out and still can't get the car down in the nose enough to make it look good?

Is the 14" spring too long? Should I try a 12" Or should I try a set of 150lbs springs?

12 inch springs

Watch just putting the 12" springs on a 14" shock. You may get the ride height you need but run out
of compression distance also.

JMO.

Travis

Don't change them until after it is driven a couple weeks as they may settle to where you want the ride height.

Just how low are you trying to go?

jbozzelle wrote:I've got some 14" 175lbs up there now and with most of the mock done I have the adjusters bottomed out and still can't get the car down in the nose enough to make it look good?

Is the 14" spring too long? Should I try a 12" Or should I try a set of 150lbs springs?

can you take a picture and let us see how the car is sitting?? I'm going through the same thing!!

150 at 14"

14"@ 135lbs.

I didn't take any pics before I took it all apart to give the oil pan to a friend so he could make a local race. I'll have it all mocked up again in the next week or two.

Maybe I'll just need to swap to a softer spring. It compresses a little with what I had mocked up, but not enough. The problem I have is I'll need to remove the springs just to get it at the "desired" ride height when I get the engine/trans installed and all lined up with the pinion to weld in the plate mounts.

I'm currently running a 165/15 tire up front with a 32x14 out back. I'd like the front low enough to have the top of the tire inside (above) the top of the fender opening. Maybe almost have the top of the wheel even with the top of the fener opening. But I think the headers will keep me from achieving this.

Heck I can almost sit mine on the ground with 14" 175 but I'm all iron

jbozzelle wrote:I didn't take any pics before I took it all apart to give the oil pan to a friend so he could make a local race. I'll have it all mocked up again in the next week or two.

Maybe I'll just need to swap to a softer spring. It compresses a little with what I had mocked up, but not enough. The problem I have is I'll need to remove the springs just to get it at the "desired" ride height when I get the engine/trans installed and all lined up with the pinion to weld in the plate mounts.

I'm currently running a 165/15 tire up front with a 32x14 out back. I'd like the front low enough to have the top of the tire inside (above) the top of the fender opening. Maybe almost have the top of the wheel even with the top of the fener opening. But I think the headers will keep me from achieving this.

this is my car with two different setups. the first picture is a nitrous sbf and the headers are about 2inches from the ground and the second is how it is set up now. These are both with the same springs QA1 14" 175lbs and stock spindles. and we can go plenty more lower if we want

I'd like mine to be that low or maybe a tad lower. Myheaders are up against the floor so I don't think that will be my limiting factor...

I should have the space in the shop next week to mock up again. I'll get this updated with some pics when I do.

jbozzelle wrote:I'd like mine to be that low or maybe a tad lower. Myheaders are up against the floor so I don't think that will be my limiting factor...

I should have the space in the shop next week to mock up again. I'll get this updated with some pics when I do.

on the first picture we had the floor hammered with a large sledge to fit the headers up more and they were against the body pretty tight. that was 4 inch headers though. they received a custom flat rubber coated bottom after a few missed suspension tunes.

I have a feeling I'm going to need to cut the floor and fab some pieces to cover the collectors before it's all said and done with mine. I'd rather have them tight then hanging low though...