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drooartz

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I've got 2 choices for front springs for my Bugeye (now with a 1275 and front discs). I can clean up and reuse the springs from that came off the Bugeye, or use the ones from the '74 midget donor car.

I have a vague memory of being told to use the later springs, as the 1275 is a bit heavier than the 948? It's been a while...

Thoughts?
 
Someone posted a list of stock spring heights just a few fews ago. I believe it was Jack Laird. Difference in spring height between BE and a 74 is < 1/2". Now we won't talk about my experiences with ordering new springs from the usual suspects and turning Bugsy into an off road Spridget..
 
I would use the original Bugeye springs. Other then that the lowered 340# ones are nice. 264-605. They are the ones on this car.
 
Doesn't it depend on how many pies you eat?
:cry:
I had wire wheels (which stuck out) & my tyres rubbed on arches over the bumps (nothing like the smell of burning rubber).
My solution.... eat less pies..
no. Dump the WW, re-build the front suspension as all the rubber bushes were shot & put original springs back in.
1275 BE :driving:
 
There you have it. I'll clean up the Bugeye springs and use them in the rebuild. Just have to wait for it to stop snowing so that I can get them painted (I paint outside, and it's currently cold and snow covered out there).

Thanks for the input.
 
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