Installing LCAs. Any other minor mods I might want to do while I'm in there?

[007]

 

[SaleenGT2001]

UCA's???

 

[007]

UCA's???

Worth it??

 

[bransdaman78]

yes you need adj uppers and solid lowers, set the pinion at -2 and get some Dr's with a panhard bar, also run fox 4cl srpings up front and it will hook like a mutha

 

[007]

yes you need adj uppers and solid lowers, set the pinion at -2 and get some Dr's with a panhard bar, also run fox 4cl srpings up front and it will hook like a mutha

I'm not a drag racer - this is my summer nice-weather car. I dont want soggy springs or DRs.

I dont think i need new uppers...? I was thinking bushings and crap. Anything minor that I could do while I was in there. Maybe I should replace the swaybar, rebuild the rear diff?? Wondered if there was anything obvious that I should do. Perhaps not.

Maybe the swaybar...

 

[bdcardinal]

uppers arent worth it really. im getting rid of mine when i get a torque arm.

 

[Redfire03GT]

Lower torque box reinforcements to go with those LCA's. Insurance is always nice.

 

[bransdaman78]

yea torque arm, lca w/ welded boxes is killer to

 

[EPIK]

What lca's are u installing? U should get a Maximum panhard bar too. Check your upper bushings. Im keeping my stock uca's also until I can get a torque arm. I've heard bad things about aftermarket uca's on street cars.

 

[san~man]

If you're putting in MM LCA's, you can remove the quad shocks while you're in there.

You DON'T want any other uppers aside from the MM/FRPP ones, or you'll add more bind. Just check to make sure the factory bushing is ok and you'll be fine.

 

[EPIK]

If you're putting in MM LCA's, you can remove the quad shocks while you're in there.

You DON'T want any other uppers aside from the MM/FRPP ones, or you'll add more bind. Just check to make sure the factory bushing is ok and you'll be fine.

+2 on that!!!

 

[007]

If you're putting in MM LCA's, you can remove the quad shocks while you're in there.

You DON'T want any other uppers aside from the MM/FRPP ones, or you'll add more bind. Just check to make sure the factory bushing is ok and you'll be fine.

LCAs are Pro3i Street/Race with the spherical bushing on one end and poly on the other. Pretty similar to the MMs. What do the quad shocks do that makes them obsolete with decent LCAs?

 

[Redfire03GT]

Since the stock lower control arms are so amazing to begin with, Ford put in quad shocks as a band-aid to prevent wheel hop under heavy acceleration. Hence when replacing the amazing lower control arms with superior ones, the quad shocks no longer provide the quick fix they were originally set out to do. Making them needless weight on your car.

 

[rebelleader]

You DON'T want any other uppers aside from the MM/FRPP ones, or you'll add more bind. Just check to make sure the factory bushing is ok and you'll be fine.

I had never heard this before. If I had I wouldn't have bought new UCAs. Guess I won't be installing them

 

[GettinThere]

Anything minor that I could do while I was in there... rebuild the rear diff??

Rebuilding the rear differential probably is not minor...

You might want to replace the upper and lower rear spring bushings. Maybe remove the dogbone? Replace the fuel filter? Bleed the brakes?

 

[san~man]

I had never heard this before. If I had I wouldn't have bought new UCAs. Guess I won't be installing them

MM's units are merely FRPPs, which are stock units with more bracing (IIRC).

As long as the stock rubber bushing is ok, you're fine. I wouldn't (and didn't) go through the trouble, time, and did I mention TROUBLE of replacing mine.

 

[BlueRuckus]

Be generous with the grease. Don't want noisy CAs.

 

[007]

Since the stock lower control arms are so amazing to begin with, Ford put in quad shocks as a band-aid to prevent wheel hop under heavy acceleration. Hence when replacing the amazing lower control arms with superior ones, the quad shocks no longer provide the quick fix they were originally set out to do. Making them needless weight on your car.

Good info. I just did some reading on MMs site. Rekon its ok to remove the quad shocks then??? Makes me a little nervous... do you think I should install the LCAs, see how it is, then remove the quad shocks and compare? Or are they just totally obsolete at this point?

Heres thelink to my LCAs. I have the Street/Race ones with spherical bearings on the axle side.

http://www.partshopper.com/shop/Pro3-Mustang-Lower-Control-Arms-79-04-m176.html

 

[DerekStangGT]

Be generous with the grease. Don't want noisy CAs.

QFMFT

also, when you install the LCAs, BE SURE you leave the rear bolts loose on the control arms until you set the car on the ground, then tighten them, or else the control arms will bind. i learned that the hard way.

oh, and be generous with the grease.

 

[tomustang]

Good info. I just did some reading on MMs site. Rekon its ok to remove the quad shocks then??? Makes me a little nervous... do you think I should install the LCAs, see how it is, then remove the quad shocks and compare? Or are they just totally obsolete at this point?

Heres thelink to my LCAs. I have the Street/Race ones with spherical bearings on the axle side.

http://www.partshopper.com/shop/Pro3-Mustang-Lower-Control-Arms-79-04-m176.html

with those LCA's you can remove the quad shocks, not all aftermarket LCA's allow you to do that