Thanks for the info. Too bad you don't know the vehicle the block was sourced from. In manual form it could be mounted up to a narrow 5 speed with a reinforced sump plate which would be cool as well. Were the QA1 coil overs up front for an S10? I always thought the coil overs for a Mustang II would work up front on these trucks as well.
Are there any special markings on the 2.4 blocks to indicate what it was originally from? I have only dealt with the 4g63 and 4g61 blocks in the past, not sure if the 4g64 blocks have any different markings.Originally Posted by geezer101
The front coilovers are part number GD401, summit shows these as fitting the old firebirds/camaro cars. I seen a post somewhere showing someone installed these on the truck and tried out a few different springs ending up with the mustang II spring because its got a taper to it to fit a bit better. I believe the guy in the post said it was for an S-10 but I can't fully remember, it was about 4 or 5 months ago I seen it lol. The spring part number I have is 8MB375 for the front. The mount in the lower control arm needs to be modified to fit these coilovers, the factory nuts need removing.
The Mustang II coilovers I am looking at on the internet have a lower mount that is just a bushing. So if someone wanted to try one of those then they would have to get a shaft or a spool made that would insert into the lower bushing and have a flat side on each end with a hole drilled in it to bolt to the lower control arm. I also can't find an extended length on the Mustang II stuff, the QA1 GD401 for comparison is 12.88 inches extended.
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