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123escorts

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hi guys new to the site and to off roading iv been playing with old fords mainly mk1/2 escorts for a while but fancied a change for a while so iv bought a old SWB ford mav.... well what id like to know is iv read a lot on here about body lifts and swapping rear springs for LWB ones to get jack up the ride height which i can handle but im a bit stuck on the front my old mav is low in the front so how can i cure this???....if i knew how id upload a pic of her!!!..lol..:nenau
 
ahhh an easy one sir, you need to adjust your torsion bars, welcome to the club :thumb2
 
is it just a case of jack it up wind the adjusty bits up meassure the threads to makesure they are the same length then lower it down???
 
under the truck you're looking for this

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the top nut is a locking nut so just loosen that off a bit then adjust the bottom nut couple of turns at a time measure from bottom off wheel rim to top of arch, do same on both sides
 
cool thanks mate!!!!......next daft question of the day...how much lift can i get doin this????....
 
i'll have a crack at that when i get a chance......then its a body lift and some bigger wheels!!!!!
 
4" on the torsions is way too much it will cause them stress i'd say a max of 2" really for any sort of clearance you want bigger boots on my old truck i had a 2" suspension lift on the rear raised the torsions 2" and did a 2.6" body lift then threw some 33's on it

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4" bloody bonkas :eek: 2" max, but what you should be doing is getting the front about 20mm lower than the back (assuming the back is unloaded):D
 
i'll try and upload a pic of how it is now.....and you guy can tell me what ya think....would new front shocks help????.....im used to lowering things not jackin em up!!!!..lol...
R1cho....hell yeah buddy!!!!!!.....thats what id like in the end.....did you have to mod the rear prop???
 
Shocks wont lift it but the torsion bars do. Just think of them as a long drawn out spring. So just spanner it up and it'll be like Richo in a jiff. Prop will take2" lift piece of piss :sly
 
think iv created a album now with a couple of pics of it.....just dont know how to post them in the thread???......
 
yep front end is too low :lol get ya spanners on it
 

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