65 mustang and the AJE front strut suspension q's

[baggins]

Ok so I have a few questions regarding the aje front suspension kit for my 65 mustang. The first is, what wheel options does this kit allow me to run? Also does anybody know the height adjustability? How is the overall handling of one of these cars with this kit? Another thing is I have complete 94/95 spindles with cobra brakes and matching front struts along with a 95 GT steering rack. From what I've read this is all usable, am I correct? Any first hand knowledge or insight is appreciated- Thanks, Nick

[Bryce]

The aje kit is more for drag cars.

But I think you can use any strut mustang spindle and struts. As for wheels I would start with a SN95 wheel. THose have a lot of backspace.

[baggins]

would it be safe to say the 65 would handle similar to an sn95 car?

[Bryce]

I guess you could say that. I have a 95 mustang I can sustain .96Gs in a nice sweeping freeway on ramp. But the strut suspension has very little camber gain and I roll the outside front tire and really wear the outsides of the tire very fast. You might want to add in more static camber.

[baggins]

does anyone know if the aje k member is good for stret use?

[Bryce]

Have you called AJE?

I know what it was designed for (drag racing) and those loads are different than street or autoX.

[SVTforme]

I would be curious to see how close the hard points are on the suspension. My guess it they modeled things off the kits they already make for SN95 Mustangs, so they are likely close (at least for the control arm points). The only real difference would be how things mount to the frame - everything else is probably the same.

As Bryce mentioned above, the stock camber gain is not overly desirable for track use on stock SN95 Mustangs. Ideally you would want to dial the car in to around 1.5-2° neg camber (if the setup will allow you to). The setup also likes caster on the track, of which the stock geometry does not provide (4.5-5° pos caster is desirable). The only way to get around this is to run caster/camber plates. With the '65 Mustang - you will be constrained by where the shock towers are located. If you can - ask them what to expect for max camber and caster values.

Do you have any good detailed pictures of the set-up? It is hard to tell from their site whether the kit is designed to use 94/95 SN95 suspension or 96-04 SN95 suspension as they are significanly different. The largest concern I would have for this setup is regarding bumpsteer and whether or not they spent a lot of time on their design in this respect.

I gave up on trying to find an off the shelf kit for an SN95 setup, so I ended up making my own using a stock 2004 K-member and all the other parts for my car. As a result - I have spent a considerable amount of time researching the setup and know the ins and outs of the suspension quite well. I can at least give you my 2 cents on the design if I can see it.

[Tealm0nsta]

baggins,

did you end up ordering this kit or going w/ something else?

I spoke to AJE and they use a late model chevy lumina strut, house made spindes with adapter for the SN95 hubs. The k member and arms are not interchangeable with SN95 stuff but is very similar. Just like you i'm curious about this.