Struts on '67 Mustang

[THX 138]

Has there been a through thread on putting Fox style struts on early mustang? Seems simple enough but I worry about the angles being all wrong, but then it can't be much worse than stock right?
-Tas

[Restomod]

There is a company thast makes a kit to do this with a tube K member. But in my .02 its not that great,you will still have shock towers and to me its not that stout looking like the Heidts. www.ajeracing.com

[fast Ed]

Fatman or someone else was doing a kit for putting SN95 struts and spindles on pre-71 Mustangs. Think it was something like $2000.

The Fox and SN95 geometry is no hell ... not sure if it's much of an upgrade or not.

cheers
Ed N.

[THX 138]

Fatman or someone else was doing a kit for putting SN95 struts and spindles on pre-71 Mustangs. Think it was something like $2000.

The Fox and SN95 geometry is no hell ... not sure if it's much of an upgrade or not.

cheers
Ed N.

The "engineering" on the fatman stuff leaves me leery from what people have said over the years. In any case I was looking to do anything like that myself. I was just wondering if its worth doing.

[jaybee]

Fatman has a bad name even among a lot of the street rod crowd. If it's considered poorly engineered by people who putt around fairgrounds and put most of their miles on in trailers you might ask yourself if you want to use his stuff to beat it through the twisties.

[fast Ed]

The "engineering" on the fatman stuff leaves me leery from what people have said over the years. In any case I was looking to do anything like that myself. I was just wondering if its worth doing.

Well, if you can do it yourself cheap enough, I'd go with SN95 stuff at least, instead of Fox parts. The 96 - up spindles have the best geometry, and with any of the SN95 spindles you have the advantage of numerous options for reasonably priced brake packages.


cheers
Ed N.

[wendell]

The original front clip on your mustang will take you way farther than public road will alow. Just look at track times for SVRA group6 mustangs. If you want more ACTUAL performance (not just visual performance or bench performance), spend an evening reading posts at corner-carvers.com.

[fast Ed]

I agree with that. On my 68 Cougar, with the addition of decent tires, 1" front stab. bar, upper control arm relocation, generic "620" aftermarket front springs, and Koni shocks, the car actually hangs on not bad for an old crapcan, and corners pretty flat. IMO, good tires and Konis make the most difference.


cheers
Ed N.

[THX 138]

I was worried about the stock suspension limiting the front wheel width. I figured a coil over strut would have a lot more room, no?

[Z06killinSBF]

I asked the same question awhile back...

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=628355