Rusty67
Dirt-Old 20+Year Member
I'm runing manual steering right now. I am waiting for an integral power steering box before I switch back to PS. Once I get that I'll also go with a hydrobooster for my brakes.
I think I'm going to give this system a go on my coupe just from the cost aspect of it alone! Course it will have to wait til after I get home from my deployment so it'll be december time frame. I like the Borgeson pump but for that kind of cost, I'd prefer to upgrade to a fox body rack.
Has anyone considered/tried putting a newer style mustang rack under there with this system. I think it would only requre a single tube crossmember to hold it. Am I thinking crazy here?
LB
all factory mustang racks from the mustang II until now are all front steer, the early mustangs are all rear steer so if you were to put a mustang rack in an early mustang your steering would be backwards, IE; if you turn the wheel to the left the car would turn right and vice-versa. there is a kit made by AJE that uses a special tube "K-member" and a fox body or SN-95 rack, struts and spindles/brakes and converts the early mustang to a front steer car but it costs about $2 grand or so.
i wouldn't consider a strut front suspension for anything but a drag car, for the street and corner carving the double A-arm or SLA is the best way to go......period, no if's, and's or but's......
They're intended for Mustang II suspensions, but the geometry is quite close to 65-73 spindles, except for the steering arms, which can be flipped for front and rear steer. The ball joint tapers are the same and the bearings are the 70 and later type.
Here are the differences:
- spindle pin .8" higher (measured from LBJ)
- about 3/8" shorter
- 11 deg KPI vs 7.8 deg stock
- pin moved about 1/4" inward, relative to LBJ (a bit more tire clearance)
- about .7" scrub radius reduction, due to the two changes above
- Steering arm is 4.89" (vs. 6.75-7.125" for 67-73 and 65-66 respectively)
- Steering arm sits way too high (2.6")
With different steering arms, they could probably be used on 65-73 Mustangs. Of course, different steering arms are not available, and considering their task, not something you make out of piece of scrap steel you found under the work bench.