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    notching shock towers (dennis112 accufab question for you too)

    No kidding. They worry about the windsor fitting.:rlaugh: The Cleveland will go it with no shock tower work so what's the deal.:shrug:
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    lowering rear of car w/o blocks (long)

    It does soften up the spring rate so be carful how much you cut off. My $100 - '68 Ranchero was a option car with heavy duty suspension, it has 5 leafs from the factory. Way too much IMO and sat way too high and rode way too stiff.
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    lowering rear of car w/o blocks (long)

    Each piece is 8.5" long and yes, it can be done to a street car. Both of the cars I've done it too are street cars.
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    Fiberglass Fenders

    We use a lot of fiberglass on our track cars. The fit and finish is not critical for us. If it was, boy, you would have a lot of work ahead of you. Our '65 coup runs a glass front end as does our '66. I can pick up the hood with one finger, very light. They look great going down the track...
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    lowering rear of car w/o blocks (long)

    Good point. Some grinding to smooth them out would be a good idea. The little slippy things could be made out of a lot of different material and are also a good idea. Some leaf springs don't have them but most do.
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    lowering rear of car w/o blocks (long)

    I've been trying something new with the leaf spring rear. Just for fun, I cut some off the back of each leaf on my new $100 car. It's a 68 Ranchero and it sat way too high in the rear. I'm to busy to take it apart so I thought, why not cut some like we do on the front. It worked. These...
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    In a 66, does a set of 65 motor mounts drop the engine at all?

    Some how-to info. We run both on our cars. Modifying the engine mounts FORDMUSCLE.com webmagazine - Engine Torque Strap
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    Bump steer or... ?

    I go with that too, I bet it's an alignment problem. We run the same settings on all of our street cars. 0 - camber 2deg. pos. caster 1/8" toe-in If the car was set to factory settings, that is for sure your proeblem. John
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    New Rims touching the upper A-arm.. what should I do?

    I put a brace on the top and bottom. Either one will do it, both is overkill. Your not removing that much metal, no brace or a small brace of some kind would do it. It's just cutting off a bit of the ball joint dome so the bracing may not be needed at all. The brace I made for the top was easy...
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    New Rims touching the upper A-arm.. what should I do?

    Here is what it looks like. I have bracing on it both top and bottom.
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    New Rims touching the upper A-arm.. what should I do?

    I would grind back the ball joint dome. The rim isn't going to hit the ball joint, the sheet metal of the arm is in the way. Removing some of it won't hurt a thing. I would do that before putting in any kind of spacer.
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    ? for Opentracker

    My friends get the stuff for free, my kids have to work for it. I was just about to look for a new empolyee. I'll sign the papers as soon as they get here.:banana:
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    ? for Opentracker

    Thanks, a good friend of mine got these arms as a Xmas gift last year.
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    ? for Opentracker

    It's a custom made shaft from 4140 chromoly. The stock shaft won't work with our bearing kit or any other that I could find. I spent over a year in development of the roller UCA's and the design of the shaft was most of it.
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    ? for Opentracker

    What it takes is a set of used/new perches that have a true 7/8" OD shaft. The original Ford perches have a 7/8" shaft and some of the aftermarket ones do. It's hard to tell some times without taking it apart. I found one set of aftermarket perches that have a tubular/hollow shaft, boy, talk...
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    ? for Opentracker

    You could if you put a Ford Shaft in them. The AMC bolt spread is wider. No one reproduces them so they are not easy to find.
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    ? for Opentracker

    They are $50ea. and you can use them for a lot of other stuff. These are AMC parts I put the bearing kits in. I also put our roller perch kit in a set of AMC perches.
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    ? for Opentracker

    You can make it work with that bearing. The bearing isn't the hard part, making a weld in sleeve with groves for the clips is. We have just the bearing kits for $50ea. They come with the bearing, groved weld-in sleeve, spacers and clips. The bearing we use is a 5/8 spherical, teflon lined, self...
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    Opinions on polyurethane bushings?

    Good point - Dust boots are a good place to use poly.
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    Adjustable strut rods

    The poly/rubber combo works because the poly won't compress like the rubber does under braking. That's the upgrade you get with poly, less caster loss under braking. The rubber in the rear lets the strut move up and down with the suspension without breaking. On the 67-73 cars it is also...
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