ESPO XHD stock or 1" drop leaf springs
I should explain what I have going on. Bought this 318 car which hadn't been on the road for some time 1 1/2 years ago. Added a front sway bar and cheap shocks. The original springs were sagging bad, but I didn't know how much for reference. A buddy had a set of ss springs that I tried. This raised the rear way too much. Played around with lowering blocks but still couldn't get it down enough. So I talked to Laura at ESPO and ordered a set of +2" XHD 340 springs. They were higher than I wanted also, so I had them re arched to take out about 1 1/4". Thought everything was good, so I ripped the car apart and put it on a rotisserie. Bought Bilstein shocks, PST 1.03 torsion bars, welded in frame connectors, had a 408 built. Just got everything back together and it is sitting too high yet. Not sure if other components caused this or if the re arched springs are going back to where they started. So as you can tell, I still have nothing to reference what stock height springs would be. I am going to order another set of springs from Laura as I would prefer to not use blocks if possible. I have the front end where I want it, but have about 1 3/4" of rake.
I should explain what I have going on. Bought this 318 car which hadn't been on the road for some time 1 1/2 years ago. Added a front sway bar and cheap shocks. The original springs were sagging bad, but I didn't know how much for reference. A buddy had a set of ss springs that I tried. This raised the rear way too much. Played around with lowering blocks but still couldn't get it down enough. So I talked to Laura at ESPO and ordered a set of +2" XHD 340 springs. They were higher than I wanted also, so I had them re arched to take out about 1 1/4". Thought everything was good, so I ripped the car apart and put it on a rotisserie. Bought Bilstein shocks, PST 1.03 torsion bars, welded in frame connectors, had a 408 built. Just got everything back together and it is sitting too high yet. Not sure if other components caused this or if the re arched springs are going back to where they started. So as you can tell, I still have nothing to reference what stock height springs would be. I am going to order another set of springs from Laura as I would prefer to not use blocks if possible. I have the front end where I want it, but have about 1 3/4" of rake.
