Firmest front springs for a first gen?

[Raffaelli]

 1994 Lumina Z34. Already have the rear end taken care of, and I wanted to beef up the front. Anyone know of the firmest springs I can get for the front of that strut design? I think I read something a while ago about 1996 Monte Carlo 3.4 front springs would be it. Suggestions?

[55trucker]

There are no longer aftermarket *performance* springs manufactured for the 1st gen W's, if you've got the FE3 suspension under the car then you've already got the stiffest springs available.

I take it that you want lower the front to match the dropped rear's ride height?

[Raffaelli]

14 minutes ago, 55trucker said:

There are no longer aftermarket *performance* springs manufactured for the 1st gen W's, if you've got the FE3 suspension under the car then you've already got the stiffest springs available.

I take it that you want lower the front to match the dropped rear's ride height?

Not lower. Just have the best/highest spring rating chevy offered.

[55trucker]

The springs are not a *Chevy* thing....all 1st Gen W's with the FE3 got the stiffest coils available. What's under your Z34 is also under a GP with the FE3 suspension.

[Raffaelli]

14 minutes ago, 55trucker said:

The springs are not a *Chevy* thing....all 1st Gen W's with the FE3 got the stiffest coils available. What's under your Z34 is also under a GP with the FE3 suspension.

I gotcha. Just was wondering if there was something beefier for the W-Body I should look for.  

[Amanita]

I did a bit of digging on this a while ago and unfortunately if you want to change anything about the suspension rate in these cars now past what FE3 gives you'll either need to contact a spring shop or figure out how to fit coilovers on the car. There were custom coilover mounts available here but the last batch sold out years ago. I'm sure there are springs out there that fit the car and provide a stiffer rate than stock but as far as I'm aware nobody has come across ones that fit.

Edited 6 hours ago by Amanita

[55trucker]

Spring shops can only install what's available in the aftermarket, & FE3's are not one of them. The springs availability is *generalized*, only the basic spring would be available. 

[Amanita]

2 hours ago, 55trucker said:

Spring shops can only install what's available in the aftermarket, & FE3's are not one of them. The springs availability is *generalized*, only the basic spring would be available. 

I should have specified contacting a spring shop that specializes in making custom coil springs like this website https://www.coilsprings.com/classic-car-coil-springs

No idea what numbers you'd have to give them, I wish I had a spec sheet from a discontinued aftermarket performance option for reference but I imagine those are very hard to come by.

Edited 3 hours ago by Amanita

[SuperBuick]

Automatic equipped FE3 springs from a 3.4 DOHC car seem to be the stiffest.  The manual trans springs are slightly less stiff (as compared side by side, and they have different part numbers).  In other words your automatic Z34 has the stiffest ever available factory.

[55trucker]

1 hour ago, Amanita said:

I should have specified contacting a spring shop that specializes in making custom coil springs like this website https://www.coilsprings.com/classic-car-coil-springs

No idea what numbers you'd have to give them, I wish I had a spec sheet from a discontinued aftermarket performance option for reference but I imagine those are very hard to come by.

W body spring codes

*paste this into your web browser address bar*

my fronts are FYB, the rear is RFK 

*let's try this again.......this should work*

 

Edited 1 hour ago by 55trucker

[Amanita]

8 minutes ago, 55trucker said:

file:///F:/Work%20B/Emmy's%20Pontiac/Service%20Manual/W-body%20spring%20codes.htm

*paste this into your web browser address bar*

my fronts are FYB, the rear is RFK 

 

That's a file local to your computer, we can't access it

[55trucker]

4 minutes ago, Amanita said:

That's a file local to your computer, we can't access it

amended

[Amanita]

10 minutes ago, 55trucker said:

amended

This is pretty cool, I'll have to check which mine have later.