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Hi Fellas, I have trawled through all the threads in Suspension and Steering and could not find anything related to my question which is :- What is the ideal set of springs for my XE. The car is a Fairmont from which I have removed the original 250 crossflow engine and auto gearbox and have installed a blueprint and balanced 250 crossflow with a fairly mild camshaft upgade from an XF and a single rail gearbox from an XD sedan. Rear end is 2.77 with drum brakes. The combination seems fairly good and while the engine is still running in I am pulling first gear 45 kmh, second gear 70 kmh, third gear 100 kmh and have had 140 kmh in top gear. This is if I push it but normal driving it is 40 kmh, 60 kmh, 80 kmh and 100 kmh respectively. All good and I am a happy chappy. I have fitted 15 inch snowflake wheels and the next step is to upgrade the suspension with new bushes and whatever else it needs. Currently the springs in it are I believe are raised height out back pack coils which are fine but I do get some body roll. These may be good for Farmer Joe getting onto the paddock occasionally but that is not me. Around town and on the highway is what I do. I am thinking that ESP spec springs might be the shot but no doubt hard to get them genuine. The choices most available are King Springs, Standard height KFFS-17 and KFRS-18, Lowered KFFL-0 and KFRL-18 or Super low KFFL-59 and KFRL-27. I want to improve the handling but I do not want to be bouncing the sump guard off speed bumps. Does anybody have experience with different spring heights and what is recommended. The car has been my daily driver for the last 18 years, I love it and do not think later model Falcons got much better based on my ownership of 15 odd Fords from a 68 XT through to an 04 BA Futura over the years. This Fairmont is promised to my son who is completely non mechanical so I need to get it right. I appreciate any and all comments. Cheers.

With the bf bellhousing you will lose your column shift linkage mount, to keep the xg column shift setup you will need an au column shift bellhousing

That should work fine

yes, i'll tell you now if you enjoy driving it AVOID super lows. (will bottom out on bump stops/shocks and bump steer). i had LOWS in most of My cars, and think they are the best compromise if you don't like standard height. i fitted the raised springs to one of My cars once, and it looked dorky.. but seemed to drive fine. i had an ESP and i reckon the springs were on the softer side, they'd probably be on par with fairmont ghia springs if you could even find them either.. new king springs if you want a firmer ride, (spring wise) new pedders springs for a slightly softer ride (spring wise) SHOCKS... you'd definitely want BETTER shocks for KING Lows, big bore ULTIMA on ebay seem the go for the budget minded, otherwise the big bore pedders or Konis etc are the go if you can afford the extra cost. the pedders being slighty softer (in My opinion) you'd get away with monroe GTs etc the pedders springs are softer and do body roll more in my opnion (this is also assuming nothings changed in the last 15yrs or so) BUSHES.. body roll is GREATLY reduced with nolathane or poly bushes especially on the link bushes. other bushes i prefer rubber, but more for longevity than performance. there will be several other opinions on this, so consider waiting for others to join in with their experience, but i used to drive between 600 and 800km a week in the XD XE XFs for 10yrs and that's what i am going on. idler arms lasted 6 months before they were getting sloppy.