Do you have a budget in mind?
Are you looking for stock suspension components?
I just bought a rebuild kit for front and rear from open tracker for ~$1500. I opted for "better" than original components with mine though. If you want more info I can give you a breakdown.
Also, when you take everything apart, closely examine the state of your shock towers. Look for cracking/damaging/previous patch welding jobs. I just finished ripping out my front suspension only to find both towers need replacing. My car is a 67 and yours looks like a 65/66. It seems from what I hear most of these strut tower issues occur on the 67/68 cars but I would double check anyway. Replacing the towers looks much easier when you have the engine out already.
Hope this helps
Are you looking for stock suspension components?
I just bought a rebuild kit for front and rear from open tracker for ~$1500. I opted for "better" than original components with mine though. If you want more info I can give you a breakdown.
Also, when you take everything apart, closely examine the state of your shock towers. Look for cracking/damaging/previous patch welding jobs. I just finished ripping out my front suspension only to find both towers need replacing. My car is a 67 and yours looks like a 65/66. It seems from what I hear most of these strut tower issues occur on the 67/68 cars but I would double check anyway. Replacing the towers looks much easier when you have the engine out already.
Hope this helps
Ah hell, yea whoops....
Time to string me up members of stangnet!
I'll post up my parts breakdown a little bit later tonight though CarFreak
Ok so my kit is as follows
- Upper Control Arms from ORP
- Roller Spring Perches
- 620 lb 1" drop Grab-A-Trak front springs
- KYB Front Shocks
- Grab-A-Trak Rear Shocks
- 1/4" Poly Coil spring insulators
- Strut Rod Bushings
- Steering Rebuild Kit with Roller Idler Arm (Moog parts)
- 1" Front Sway Bar Kit
- Grab-A-Trak 4.5 Mid eye 1" drop leaf springs with new U-Bolt, front eye bolt and rear shackle kit
- Shelby drop template
My lower control arms are less than 5 years old so I opted not to replace them just yet. Right now they are of the stock variety. I'm considering in the future of reinforcing the upper and lower arms and converting them to rollers. But for now I'm going to see how the car drives with these parts.
I haven't yet got everything in so I can't comment on how it drives yet. I pulled everything off this weekend and cleaned up only to find a massive crack in my shock tower so my suspension rebuild will be on hiatus until I replace the towers
- Upper Control Arms from ORP
- Roller Spring Perches
- 620 lb 1" drop Grab-A-Trak front springs
- KYB Front Shocks
- Grab-A-Trak Rear Shocks
- 1/4" Poly Coil spring insulators
- Strut Rod Bushings
- Steering Rebuild Kit with Roller Idler Arm (Moog parts)
- 1" Front Sway Bar Kit
- Grab-A-Trak 4.5 Mid eye 1" drop leaf springs with new U-Bolt, front eye bolt and rear shackle kit
- Shelby drop template
My lower control arms are less than 5 years old so I opted not to replace them just yet. Right now they are of the stock variety. I'm considering in the future of reinforcing the upper and lower arms and converting them to rollers. But for now I'm going to see how the car drives with these parts.
I haven't yet got everything in so I can't comment on how it drives yet. I pulled everything off this weekend and cleaned up only to find a massive crack in my shock tower so my suspension rebuild will be on hiatus until I replace the towers
Yep, when I talked to John I told him I wanted just about the same performance and capability out of my car that you want. I hope to do semi-occasional road track days with it too.
I have a friend locally who has been customizing Explorer rear ends to bolt into our classic Mustangs recently. I think he's completed one for is 69 fastback and has 4 or 5 others he's going to do the same to. I think they are an excellent choice for our cars if you want to work on a budget. Huge variety of final drive ratios, LSD available, rear disc brakes and good axles. I'm thinking of doing the same on mine eventually.
In my parts list I said I bought a 620 lb spring, which I bought via Open Tracker. However on his website it is listed as a 560 lb spring. When I asked John about the difference between his 560 lb spring vs. the 620 lb spring he told me that the 620 isn't actually the spring rate it's the wire used in the spring and that the 560 and 620 spring are the same thing. I'm still a little confused about this because everywhere I look the 620 spring is advertised with a spring rate of 620 lb/in. Maybe I heard wrong, can anyone clarify?