I did a Shelby Drop and a coil cut to my 70 stang in which brought my front end down 2.5 inches. Now I've run into a problem. When I did the drop, I had a 302 under the hood. The drop brought my long tube headers about 3 inches away from the ground. Very nice and comfortable butspeed bumps were my worst enemy! Now, I have dropped a 351W under the hood and now my headers are just about touching the ground. I can't even go and test drive the new motor until I get the headers off the ground. My mistake in all of this is that I didn't calculate the extra weight that a 351W has over a 302. My question is:

What kind of coil springs should I look for (Race quality or stock) to make up for the extra drop/weight from the 351W?

WHERE can I look to find these coils?

If I was to purchase the coil springs, in your opinions; what would be considered a "rip-off" price to pay?

 

Get the620lb rating one inch drop coil springs. Pretty much every mustang parts vendor has them. I got mine from laurel mountain mustang.They are actually one inch lower than the stock height. You shouldn't have an issue with them and a 351.I think the were like 60 bucks.

 

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Thank you for the response. I'll check them out.