fox suspension in a 67 mustang

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Will any of the suspension (front or rear) from a 79 turbo capri work in a 67 mustang with a 5.0 and aod trans. Doing a restomod on the car and have access to the Capri.
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Jeff
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Nothing would be an easy bolt in. The front suspension on a Fox is a strut type, and not the best design. It is one of the first things people get rid of if they are serious about the handling of thier car. You'd be better to modify the existing front suspension of your 67. As far as rear suspension there are plenty of options but the Fox rear suspension really isn't one of them. It is a 4 link design that is compromised for packaging purposes.

 

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Actually, Fatman Fabs has a kit out that modifies newer (SN95) front suspension for classic mustangs. It's designed for '94+, but probably could work with the older items. And Fatman has a pretty good rep for their other setups.

One problem with the kit is the price. $2k and you still need to come up with spindles, struts, and a rack (not a problem for you). RRS Online has a similar setup as well (starts at $2600 -more complete, and I think TCP might have a setup as well.

Some people, myself included, have been attempting kits on their own to do the same thing, for much cheaper (I'm hoping $1k total). Check out posts by MrPantera on VMF, he somewhat details his project. Unfortunately, he's been out a while and hasn't updated. I haven't completed my project yet, but will post a detailed workup when I finish (want to make sure it will work first) - hopefully beginning of the year.

 

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I saw a guy with a 68 stang this summer, and it didn't look quite right. I kept looking and sure enough he had fabbed up the entire front of a Fox body to his 68. It was an 88 I believe that he used. Looked like a huge job, but it can be done.

Jason

 

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There was an article on a hertz replica with late model stuff under the back. It said he cut the rear floor pan out of a newer car and put it in a 66. Sounds like a project!

 

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you really don't want the fox stuff under your car.

trust me, i've owned and raced both a 67 and a 90 GT. the 67 handles WAY better than the 90.

the geometry on the fox suspension (especially the quadra-bind rear) is terrible. you're much better off sticking with your standard setup and modifying that.

 

CochinoFilipino

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Would the front-end geometry change using the Fatman kit? I doubt the strut mounts in the same location relative to the foxbody.

 

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CF, I don't know about the geometry thing, but I don't think there's too much to worry about. And if it's good enough for Troy Trepanier, I think it will work for me And I've driven Fox mustangs and my '65, and I WISH my '65 felt as smooth and fresh as those.

http://www.hotrod.com/projectbuild/113_0312_ebayq/index.html

 

CochinoFilipino

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I was asking because everyone always bags on the Foxbody suspensions and say it's not good. I was thinking that if the the strut mounted more inward at the top (using the fatman kit) relative to it's position in a Fox body it might have a better camber curve.

It doesn't really matter to me. My parts car came with the GW negative wedge kit.

 

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i imagine that moving the strut inward is going to generate a better camber curve.

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why spend all the time and money to replace a better design (dual A arm) with an inferior strut type front suspension? i think your money would be better spent improving the dual A-arm setup. for the money it would require to convert to struts in the front, you could easily have a very nice setup in the front.