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Hack

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jbuening said:
Kinda funny, some of the Fox body race guys are converting their strut suspensions to our old suspensions. I know a handful that have done it and state that it is much better. I'd go with the TCP coilover conversion with their UCA and LCA + rack and pinion. Add an '03 cobra rear independent suspension and you have yourself a Cadillac. There were a few kits on ebay for strut conversions but they are not cheap. I can't seem to find them now but they had various stages of kits and the price went up for each stage.
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Yeah, what he said! Now that's a better way to go! Strut is not an upgrade for a classic Mustang. Coilover is an upgrade.

Now of course an optimized strut setup can be quite good. I'm pretty sure the BMW M3 uses one. Nobody would say the M3's handling sucks. But just bolting parts on an old Mustang...
 

reenmachine

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Hack said:
Yeah, what he said! Now that's a better way to go! Strut is not an upgrade for a classic Mustang. Coilover is an upgrade.

Now of course an optimized strut setup can be quite good. I'm pretty sure the BMW M3 uses one. Nobody would say the M3's handling sucks. But just bolting parts on an old Mustang...
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Lighter weight, less unsprung weight, less complexity, better geometry, ride height adjustability...that's not an upgrade?
 
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