Can shocks with springs affect ride height?

[carguy300]

People used to install back when if there pulling a camper behind. Compensated for extra weight. I ran them on one of my 68 300's, it did raise back end up, my suspension guy adjusted up torsion bars alittle to level the car out better. I liked the it sat and rode a little stiffer but good to me. This is how it sat after adjustments.

 

[413]

I think way back 50-60 years ago they did raise the car. In the last 20 years they are not very strong springs, you can move the springs up by hand. And we are not very strong compared to the weight of a car.

 

[CBODY67]

The front is too low, which makes the rear too high. The "leverage effect".

FSM for the factory specs on front suspension ride height (NOT from measuring the fender heights).

When the front suspension is not at factory ride height, or the rear end is too high, it can affect the actual caster of the front wheels, which can affect directional stability at high speeds, a bit. It also makes the front torsion bar effective stiffness softer with less preload on the bars. Which means that the front end can bottom out on bumps/dips it should not bottom out on. Many might not care about these things, being more concerned about the cosmetics and what others in their peer group might approve of. BTAIM

 

[HWYCRZR]

would you have the ride height specs for front and back?

Also could it be the opposite, I.e. the back too high makes the front look lower than it is?

I am more into the slabs is yours 69 or 70. Not sure if I have the Service manuals for those years to give you the specs. If you don’t have a service manually you can usually find them on https://mymopar.com/service-manuals/. Should be in the suspension section