Old Feb 13, 2013 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Marc sierra
Fitting the Escort struts to a Sapph would increase the ride height on a Sapph though.
I've yet to see how it's going to pan out with the ride height.

I was wanting to find some lowering springs for a V6 xr4x4, when I dug into it all the part numbers where the same for 4 & 6 cylinder models - I would expect the V6 springs to be a different rate for the extra weight of the engine, but not, even one supplier told me they are all made the same!

Anyway, I stick the BOA in my Saff using all the Granada 24v stuff minus the shocks and springs - I found the Escos struts local, cheap and only done 40 thousand miles, at that time I couldn't find any cheap second hand XR struts so slapped them on with standard sierra pinto springs Just to get it rolling again as it's in a friends garage getting welding etc and he wanted it to be moveable.

I think dojj has since said about the ride height, but i'm hoping if I get some decent springs and the weight of the engine might balance it out - shall have to weight and see.
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