[V8] Suspension questions

[Tony and Lillie]

Having only done 5k springs, I'm not sure on them. However, if both sides 
are the same size, it shouldn't matter. But...........anyone else have any 
experience on this? Also, I have successfully used a special (HeHe) pipe 
wrench in the past to tighten the strut holddown nut. Just make sure to get 
it fairly tight. For a point of reference most lug nuts get torqued to 
80-100 ft-lbs, so maybe that will help.

Tony Hoffman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Intemann, Paul (GE Trans)" <Paul.Intemann at ae.ge.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:59 AM
Subject: [V8] Suspension questions


> OK fellow listers,
>
> here's a how-to question for all of you that have performed an 
> H&R/Bilstein
> suspension upgrade on your V8's.  Got my "kit" from ECS on Friday and am
> puzzling about a couple of things. First ... the stock springs are
> non-progressive (equally spaced windings) while the H&R's windings get
> tighter towards one end.  The literature included with the springs sheds
> absolutely no light as to "which end goes up/down" during installation.
> This may seem like a no-brainer to most/some of you but since this is a
> first time procedure for me I don't want to have to end up doing it 
> twice!!
> Second ... the Bilstein Sports come with a fastening nut which keeps the
> cartridge in-place inside the strut tower.  The instructions specify a ~90
> ft-lb torque for this nut using the "specialty" wrench ... needless to say
> no specialty wrench was included in my shipment.  Looking at the cut-outs 
> in
> the nut the wrench is probably no more than a C-wrench but obviously the
> diameter of this wrench is of some importance.  Anybody else run into this
> during installation ... or were you lucky enough to have received this
> wrench as part of the Bilstein shock package?  Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Happy Halloween!!!
>
> Regards,
> Paul
> Cincinnati, Ohio
>
> '90 V8 auto
> '91 V8 5-speed
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