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Super heavy duty rear 245 springs?

D.E

D.E

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Mora, Sweden
I've got this set of rear springs for a 245 that I got included with some parts car years back. When I measured them with a caliper and tape measure, here's what I got:

Free height: 425mm (16,6")
Coil thickness: 14,8mm (0,578")

From what I can gather, regular wagon springs are 13mm thick and 407mm tall while overloads/caravan springs are 14mm thick and 410mm tall.

So what've I got?

I once put them on a stock 245 with new cheapie gas shocks and they raised it noticably. It also became super stiff, bouncy and generally horrible. :lol:
 
The old school IPD overloads that actually work when you're packing some weight.

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=211056

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Sweet, thanks. I doubt they're iPD's since they didn't sell anything here until a few years ago but I'm sure they are equivalent parts from a different vendor. Probably the same factory, Lesj?fors or whatever.

Because threads are useless without pics, here's a picture of my stupid stiff jacked up old 245 on Sellholm coilovers and these springs.

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It has since been sold and is now on cut springs...
 
D.E said:
Sweet, thanks. I doubt they're iPD's since they didn't sell anything here until a few years ago but I'm sure they are equivalent parts from a different vendor. Probably the same factory, Lesj?fors or whatever.
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I'm pretty sure the old school IPD springs were made by AFCO.

At least that's what the box said when I bought some back in the day....

:grin:

D.E said:
Because threads are useless without pics, here's a picture of my stupid stiff jacked up old 245 on Sellholm coilovers and these springs.

9668F6D6-FA4A-4B6C-8D8B-6FC80282D08A_zpsetdnztto.jpg


It has since been sold and is now on cut springs...
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So 6-24 months left till it hits the crusher?

:oogle:
 
I plopped them on my daily/worktruck 245 yesterday and it raised the rear up 2”. :omg: Went for a test drive and found it to be extremely bumpy and with dangerous driving characteristics. If I take a turn in spirited fashion, the rear will start ”skipping” and getting all sorts of out of shape.

I suspect I’m all out of droop and bottoming my shocks. What can I do? I measured some 740 shocks and found them to be ~1” longer at full extension but that’s not a lot. What do you guys with lifted 240’s run?
 
Most 80's ford full sized car rear springs will work also. Work meaning will bolt in and fit. Stiff for sure. I put some cut ones in my 90 745, it was fun for a while till my back said no more.
 
D.E said:
Haha. Actually, here it is in June 2015 on cut springs. So it could still have two months to live. :lol:

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Dude!
Love your setup!
What I did was to make make adjustable rear spring perch while keeping Bilstein HD's with "overload", or whatever they call them, wagon springs. So when I need to haul something, I jack the car and raise the springs about 2/2,5 cm, and when I don't need to haul anything, go back to stock ride height.

Works great so far.

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