Front coil springs

[chero69gt]

  I was just wondering if anyone would take a wild guess at how much i would
need to cut off of my front springs to drop the front end one inch?
I know it shouldn't be done, but being a hot rodder, I will probably do it anyway, lol.
I was thinking about sawing off half a coil, sound about right?

                                Thanks,  Roger

[wighty]

Hi Roger,
For what it is worth, I have a pair of springs off of my 57 that I cut one coil from and then formed the last coil to match the A Arm spring pocket.  I also powder coated them black.  I changed my suspension to air ride and so don't need these springs any longer.  This will give you more than a one inch drop so they might not work for you.
Dennis

[Alex L.]

i think about 1/2" of spring height should equal about 1" or wheel height. This is judging by where the spring is located on the A-arm.

[Ford Blue blood]

Roger there is no reason not to cut the spring.  Use a cut off wheel, not a tourch.  Also remember the more you cut the stiffer the spring becomes.  A coil spring is nothing more then a torsion bar curled up and the shorter a torsion bar is the stiffer it is.

[chero69gt]

 Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Dennis, thank you for the offer but I'm really not
trying to go quite as low as the springs that you have.
I think I will just use a cutoff wheel and start by taking off half a coil.
I will post picks of how it turns out.

                      Thanks,  Roger