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Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB #1997476
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Anyone know the length of the Dodge or Plymouth 2" extended front leaf spring hangers?

My buddy is trying to fit 295/65/15's in a '69 Bee and tire is hitting the wheelhouse towards the front. It appears to be the wrong front hanger.
The current hanger measures about 7" in length. We mocked washers to see if it would help.
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Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: 808CUDA] #1997629
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What hanger is he using? Mancini Racing should have the correct hanger for that car.

Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: AndyF] #1997652
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Kinda out on a limb here on this part of it but if the tires are hitting there in the front with 7" front hangars I'm thinking the springs are the wrong ones (at least the front segment is way too short for your app). When sorted out make sure the rear hangar angle is correct also. I like the bottom of the shackles a bit rearward from plumb so the springs can compress when they "work" rather than possibly raising the chassis which can happen if the shackle is forward and the rear eye swings down in an arc as it goes over center. Might not be a dealbreaker but every little bit helps but that'd be the perfect time to get it right then it is done & you dont have to deal with it again. Holler what the spring issue turns out to be


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Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: 808CUDA] #1997660
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All 69 B bodys had 22 inch front segments.All SS springs are 20 inch.IIRC Andy a member makes the mancini hangers.I know on my 65 the MP hangewrs are wrong and there are 2 one for dodge one Plymouth.I ran big tires on my 69 Beel and had lots of clearance.i diod have the OE springs though.Mancin should have the hangers listed by body and car.Rocky


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Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: 808CUDA] #1997708
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295 is wide..65 is kinda low..im surprised the fronts hit..i would question the proper spring also...it is centered on the perch..

Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: 808CUDA] #1998028
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Thanks everyone for chiming in.
Afgd lookimg at the AR front hangers, we found the hangers were mispackaged from MP. We have the shorter Plymouth hangers instead of the correct longer Dodge hangers.
We should be good with the Dodge hangers.

Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: 808CUDA] #1998624
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A,B and E body front spring segments vary in length, the same year Dodge and Plymouth B body should have the same front segments shruggy Same on the front hangars also, I think scope confused


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Re: Mopar SS front spring hangars- 116" & 117" WB [Re: 808CUDA] #1998918
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i was looking into this for my 70 b body, seems mancini lists a plymouth and dodge for super stock springs...

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Yes, the Ply and Dodge hangers are different for most years on the B body

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I was hoping Andy would jump in.he makes them for Mancini IIRC.Nice quality product.I have a set on my 65.Rocky


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Mopar spring hangers are a confusing topic. It took me several years to round up the whole collection of factory hangers so I could understand what was going on. E body is simple, A body is complicated by eye bolt sizes, but B body is totally insane. Whoever the engineer was on the B body spring hangers he loved to re-design them each year. Early B body spring hangers are a swamp which is probably why Mopar never bothered to make SS hangers for those cars. I never bothered with stuff like station wagon hangers since they are unique also. I belive I cover all of the "popular" applications now but customers get confused and order the wrong hanger on a regular basis. I have full descriptions on my website but sometimes people don't read the description or they jump to the conclusion that Ply and Dodge are the same or that different years use the same hanger etc.

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Thanks for chiming in Andy. Much appreciated. If the MP hangers don't workout we will be contacting you.







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