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Sagging rear

My Birds had this problem for a while and I'm not sure if I should just leave it alone or try to level it out. I'm sure alot of you know it's an 88 base with the 5.0. I had originally changed the coils to the Ford Motor Sport M5300 B handeling kit, which is for the fox Mustangs. They really had it sitting on the ground and made it ride extreemly harsh. I was able to find a new kit FMS M5300 E, which is for the fox Birds. The ride quality instantly came back and it still handels great and it now sits about an inch and a half to two inches lower than stock which is good. My problem is the rear really sits low and I drag quite a bit now. Is there a stock Mustang coil I can put in the rear to try and level it off? Or is there another solution for this?

Thanks for any help/ideas.
Jay

Sagging rear

Reply #1 –
i have a pair of stock rear springs from my Sport.I am using SN-95 Mustang springs all around on my car.Looks great and rides well.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #2 –
Thanks Vinn, Do you think the SN-95 rears would level it using the front coils I now have? I'm sure I could get them locally from one of the stang guys I'm friends with. Or do you think I'm going to have to use the stock rears?

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Reply #3 –
Hey Vinn, Thanks for letting me know about the SN-95 coil springs. The guy that owns the local Mustang forum I'm on also works at a Mustang parts store. You may have heard of it Laurel Mountain Mustang, well he has a project car he's working on and he's letting me have the springs from it. Another nice thing is Sharrie works close to his shop so she's able to pick them up for me. I think I'm going to finish the show season the way it sits now then in the spring start working on it again, I don't have a nice heated garage to work in or I'd be working on it during the winter. Thanks again!

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Reply #4 –
Well,there you go.Good luck and let me know how it turns out.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

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Reply #6 –
you could go with CHE rear adjustables too if you wanted to use a stang spring.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
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