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65 GT350 Lowering the Upper Control Arm
« on: October 14, 2018, 05:40:16 PM »
When the upper control arm was moved 1 inch, did they do anything to the coil spring as in cut a coil off or was coil replaced and then aligned?

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Re: 65 GT350 Lowering the Upper Control Arm
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2018, 05:47:42 PM »
When the upper control arm was moved 1 inch, did they do anything to the coil spring as in cut a coil off or was coil replaced and then aligned?
Nothing extra was done to the coil. It was simply replaced. I assume they aligned but don't remember seeing a historical picture of that station
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Re: 65 GT350 Lowering the Upper Control Arm
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2018, 01:03:30 PM »

Nothing extra was done to the coil. It was simply replaced. I assume they aligned but don't remember seeing a historical picture of that station[/quote]

Bob, replaced or re-installed?  I thought they used the regular HiPo handling package spring ( RPO part) ?

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Re: 65 GT350 Lowering the Upper Control Arm
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2018, 01:04:56 PM »
re-installed .

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Re: 65 GT350 Lowering the Upper Control Arm
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2018, 01:16:19 PM »

Nothing extra was done to the coil. It was simply replaced. I assume they aligned but don't remember seeing a historical picture of that station

Bob, replaced or re-installed?  I thought they used the regular HiPo handling package spring ( RPO part) ?

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[/quote] After taking the coil out for the drop procedure the same coil was replaced or put back . Reinstalled would have been more clear
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