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4 cyl. rear srings?

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  • Start date Start date Jul 23, 2005

z2o_what

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are the rear coil springs on a 4 cyl. mustang the same as a v8 car?
 

Stang951

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No!
 

mondos90lx

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my friend actually runs 4cly springs on his 351, but its basically a track car and handles like **** on the street
 

Stang951

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Which is why I said NO!
 

z2o_what

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i know the front are different but i thought that the rear would be the same
 

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as said...no! they are different.
 

93GreenLX

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are they the same though?
 
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they are the same size and will go in but i wouldnt recomend it..now as for the front they are the same and allow for some hellacious luanches.
 

93GreenLX

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Yeah, I'm doing a 2.3 to 5.0 swap right now and am going to see how it drives before I swap them out.
 
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