Dan95-5.0 said:
Stangfreak95- do those struts and
control arms make that much of a difference to bring the front end up?
For me it obviously did a huge difference. I knew
suspension is very expensive when you want a good setup and I didnt have money left after H/C/I and all the rest. Funny thing is that I have the cheapest lower and
upper control arms propably out there on the market but they did their job so good. I have the X2C Motorsports. (similar to the Mac). Also have the Kenny Brown full lenght subframe connectors that I also recommend.
And about the struts...Well I simply had some street/strip ones. The Lakewood 70/30. Also I still have the battery in the original spot. Propably would of lift more easy with the battery in the trunk. The front swaybar was also removed for more weight transfer. And there's also a few tricks that you can do like loosing the shock tower bolts so you can lift even more but I never bothered with that stuff cause I didnt think it was too safe and I wasnt gonna risk all my $$$ invested for that. So my wheelies were done 100% safe, not-tricked, and on motor.
Basicly IMO (
) if you want to be succesful in lifting the front wheels, (of try) you need:
* Good subframe connector to get the chassis more stiff
* Upper lower and
lower control arms
* Move battery to the trunk
* Get good front struts that do good weight transfer
* Skinnies to get a lot of weight off the front
* Sticky tires in the back
* Make your rear-end stronger so it can accepts 5500rpm launch on slicks
AND TORQUE
On that pic I have the ET Drags but I was lifting last year with the BFG Drag radials so the slicks didnt make that much of a difference for me. Anyway, I aint no pro at this. Hope that helped.