Hey folks, I'm doing a dana 44 conversion on my van, I have it mostly done and driveable however, the stock e150 springs caused the front pumpkin to sit right down on the crossmember (after trimming), I have no clue what I did wrong when I was setting everything up on the lift, using jacks to operate the suspension, etc..... but somehow I goofed it up and those springs compressed much further than I thought they would. I have some mystery lift springs off of the donor lifted bronco that I have on it currently and the van is sort-of driveable but has no brakes hooked up and no anti-sway bar figured out yet. The mystery lift springs off of the donor truck are 5 inches taller than the stock e-150 springs unsprung and it has the van sitting much higher than I intended it to, not a major issue and one I could live with if forced to, but, I need something in the middle of what I have with maybe a little more tension, so.... I was curious about e-250 springs.... This is a 2002 van, so, something from that generation of vans. I am hoping that maybe someone has some stock springs laying around that they could get me an unsprung measurement on?
Help save me some time/money please!!! Stock e250 spring height?
- Thread starter wyndsurfr
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Ok, so, I have found out from a junk yard excursion (sorry for posting before I thought to go poke around the junk yard) that 1/2 ton vans, trucks, and 3/4 ton trucks all use the same coil springs, or at least they are the same diameter and length (cannot say about metallurgy). F-350 coil springs are the same length but much fatter, the 1/2 ton stuff is 5/8ths inches or so in diameter and the 1 ton truck springs were about 3/4 inch diameter.... That may be what I need. Sadly, the only ton truck they had at the salvage yard was buried and far too difficult to get the springs off of and the only vans they had had no badges on them, so I'm not 100% sure what they were.
Anyhow, what I really need are some 1 ton springs to put on it and try out, I think it will keep the low (near stock) ride height that I want without bottoming out on the crossmember....
Anyhow, I figured I would post the findings here and if an admin sees this, maybe just remove the whole post since I jumped the gun by asking for help here when I should have just gone to the salvage yard first.
Anyhow, what I really need are some 1 ton springs to put on it and try out, I think it will keep the low (near stock) ride height that I want without bottoming out on the crossmember....
Anyhow, I figured I would post the findings here and if an admin sees this, maybe just remove the whole post since I jumped the gun by asking for help here when I should have just gone to the salvage yard first.
Corneilius
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Hey I don't think stock 3/4 ton coils are going to be enough, if you're on the engine crossmember now. Heavier coils will get you off the crossmember but won't give you any up travel room. Probably a small lift coil like the Moog 880 is what you'll want to run to keep it low. Or a 3/4 ton and a spacer