Technical Front Spring Advice

I'm using the mopar wavy axle on my 32 plymouth, the spring that came with it is 33 1/2 inches, eye to eye. I'm going to have to buy a 28, 29 inch spring. The spring sets behind the axle and I don't want anything that will lower it. I'm trying to get it farther up off the ground. The car will have a 427 BBC with steel heads and I have several 1 3/4 leaves in case I have to add some. What would you all suggest to get from Speedway or any where else to fit my needs?

 

Think I would talk to the guys at Poise"s springs,and see what they think.

 

If rumors and heresay are worth anything , I've read numerous references to speedway springs referred to as "trailer " springs , for what its worth .....

 

Posies!

 

Doesn't Speedway sell Posies spring? I was thinking they did.

 

Yes they do

 

It appears they have posies " super slide" AND third own house brand " super glide". ...clever fellows LOL

 

30 years ago i was a forklift mechanic at a Smithfield Ham facility, it was Cooks Ham back then, if a product didn't pass quality control because it was trimmed wrong or didn't look a certain way, they put a sir lancelot label on it. What's the chance that's where speedway gets their springs? Not from a ham processing plant, from Posies lol

 

Better yet , where does posies get them ??

 

I don't know but I ordered one from Speedway today.

 

I dunno where they come from , how much they should cost or whether in fact they Are trailer springs or just called that...but do any of these look similar
here's the speedway spring
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Super-Glide-T-Bucket-Front-Spring-Standard-Eye-Plain,2077.html


you will have to go to the made in china site to see their one , picture URL won't copy.
https://qdherosun.en.made-in-china....ll-Trailer-Leaf-Springs-with-Double-Eyes.html

 

I hope you got a Posies spring and not a Speedway brand spring. There is a reason Speedway is the Walmart of hot rod stuff. Yes it will fit, function at some level. But you don’t buy running shoes at Walmart, it’s the same thing for some parts from speedway.

 

Try Eaton Detroit spring. They make custom springs.

 

St. Louis Spring has some pretty good prices and selection. Got the rear springs for a friends '54 Plymouth from them.

 

I bought a front reversed eye rolled and tapered spring from Posies for my '32 Roadster 14 years ago. Still works great and doesn't have the bumps for the sliders, looks like a stock type spring. I got it directly from Posies after contacting them with the details of my car. They supplied the correct spring rate.

 

Linale manufacturing in Omaha NE makes most any spring you can imagine, stock to custom. I cannot guarantee it, but they they made some of the springs for speedway motors also.

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