First... thanks for all the coil spring info and personal experiences.
I got a late start today, but did manage to install the drivers side coil spring.
On Friday a friend of mine from work lendt me his coil compression tool he uses on his 68 Camaro. After pulling off the wheel I immediately realized outside the coil compression tool was not going to work. Plan "B" was to use a floor jack under the lower A frame and chain the coil to the Lower A frame with a good size chain. I called over a neighbor who happens to own an auto garage but really I just wanted him around if plan "B" went terribly wrong.
Turns out it was really pretty simple especially since the Big Block springs that had been installed previously were shorter than stock so they basically had no tension on them and fell out. I took side by side pictures of the Big Block spring and the new 550lb Gymkhana. I'll try to post it sometime this week, but basically the Gymkhana is about 1.5 inches or so shorter, so hopefully I'll get the 3 inch drop I'm looking for... or it looks like it's "cutting time".
Just out of curiousity I went back onto Van Steele web site and did a search on the part number of the BB coil springs I had originally purchased from them. Interesting enough there is a note in the details stating that installing BB springs in your small block will lower the stance as they recommended to me. So this one's still a mystery... Perhaps they were installed improperly...? I won't be able to see the full affect of swapping to the Gymkhana's until I get both installed.
I have no intention to race this car, but I wanted it to sit lower without tearing up the Daytona front nose and side ground effects panels. I figured it's going to be a stiff ride, hopefully it wanted be too bad.
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1980 Daytona Wide Body - work in progress
