This is similar to BMW. The only source for spring info is the
parts manual. That manual is not available *legally* :^) to the
public. But when you go to look up a spring. it asks for does it
have air conditioning, sunroof, radio and other minutia. And then
there isn't really a way to identify which spring is which,
outside of the tag that is shipped with the spring. The S2RB has
never mentioned a parts manual. I always carried a parts micro
fiche for the Toyotas and the Porsche I've had.
Matt Murray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick Rasmussen" <rasmussend@mindspring.com>
> The shop manuals for my 97 and for my 01 Mustang GT's do not
include any
> spring or anti-roll bar specifications at all. Nothing. The
springs have
> tags on them from the factory which include spring codes but
the manuals do
> not give specs for the springs or even say which codes are
appropriate for
> which version Mustang. Based on Ford shop manuals, a protestor
would have
> to find supplemental information to prove that I put non stock
springs in a
> stock Mustang (for example, Bullitt or Mach 1 springs in a GT).
Nothing in
> the rules says that the factory spring tag has to stay on the
spring in
> stock. But even if they were there, how would a car owner or a
protestor
> determine whether they are correct (for the car or for the
spring) or not?
>
> I admit that I didn't buy the specifications manual for the
2001, but the
> one I still have for 1988 Fords also did not include spring or
bar specs.
> I'm not assuming that the $55 manual for my 2001 will or will
not have them
> since the car isn't for autocrossing anyway.
> Dick Rasmussen
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