mk5 cortina extended front shock absorbers

[Wildcat]

Hi

can someone tell me if i can buy longer front shock absorbers for my 1980 cortina?  i need to increase the ride height of the car at the front and probably higher rear springs as well

Raymond

[colr6]

Monroe do a special table to check shock for custom applications, do a search on cortina shock length and it should come up. Put your required compression and extended lengths in and see if anything available.

[notenoughtime]

GAZ Shocks in Basildon can make them for you 

[notenoughtime]

What you doing anyway

[Wildcat]

It's a wildcat kit car and the sump sits 4"off the ground.  Also, the suspension is very stiff, I wonder If a larger diameter spring would make it a tad less bumpy on the road.

[colr6]

It’s not something I’d have thought you’d suffer with, considering it’s based on the cortina suspension. They do tend to be on the whollowy side anyway.

[notenoughtime]

A longer shock won’t help you need springs 

the wildcat is fibreglass so should be lighter than the cortina and sit higher for this reason 

[Wildcat]

I have seen springs which lower the suspension, but none that raise it.  I have also seen rubber spirals which fit around the coil diameter, but I imagine this would make the suspending even harder.

[notenoughtime]

Maybe just try new springs standard height 

get some pics up