RGS0907 said:If you weld the connectors on & later want to return the car to stock, what would need to be done? Do the subframes need to be replaced or can you break the weld & still be able to grind it down to look stock?
Best bang for the buck is a ring and pinion IMO.5.0StangRacer said:best bang-for-the-buck SFC's?
LMan said:I have Comp Eng subs, cost ~85.00 a pair, welded. I like them.
I have never tried GW, TCP, or whatever, so I cannot comment on them. I am sure they are fine also.
SBC RACING said:Did you buy the weld-in version of the competition engineering subframe connectors or the bolt-ins then weld those in?
I always thought the weld-in version of the competition engineering subframe connectos had to be used with their formed rear frame rails.
Let me know what you did, Thanks so much.
DJCarbine said:I am actually very interested in subframe connectors now, as they are pretty cheap to obtain, and I drive my car every day and would love some extra support....
Where would you take your car to get a set of these welded on? I have no garage or welder, so doing it myself is not an option.....
RollinOut said:It seems to me that there is more concern about the "Originality" of Sub frame Con's and the percieved "devaluation" of someones prescious car. When actually, IMO, Sub frames Con's are all about bringing the old stangs up to par with todays technology, and the improved performance (racing or not) of adding the Subs.
If its YOUR car, build it for YOURSELF & do what you want. If youre so concerned about Originality & "Reversing" & "Ruining a good classic",, then, IMO, its really not YOUR car... it belongs to everyone out there who will look at it, and your just the one doing & paying for the work it takes to keep it running.
I ask you this... Has Mustang Monthly, Fast Fords, or any other national magazine asked to photograph your car for the cover? Do people SERIOUSLY ask to buy your car for $100,000 several times every day? Probably not, so... No one cares about your car. No one cares about MY cars... except me, so I build them the way I want so I can enjoy them. If you want a concourse trophy car, thats fine, but do yourself a favor & build a DRIVER with all the mods on it (Subs, R&P Steering, etc...) & dont looks back... just HAVE SOME FUN driving it!!
Im not trying to be a A$$... but I have been building Classic Cars & Bikes for many years & have seen over & over again the same situation, where someone is so woried about the "Originality" of their "Perfect" & prescious car that they miss out on the biggest & best part of having an old classic... DRIVING IT & enjoying it. So the paint gets a few chips, the windshield gets a few pits, etc... They are Fun To Drive!
So, Just as you upgrade Suspension, Brakes, HP in the motor... Rack & pinion Steering & subs are GREAT upgrades that are pretty much necessary when you do all the other stuff. True, they are not orininal... but neither is most everything else we do to them.
Consider this as well... Ford originaly bult these early mustangs as cheaply as possibly. They were cheap cars made to last a few years & be trashed. So, they were only built good enough to drive for a few years (which was actually pretty well built compared to todays paper thin compact cars). Its one of the reasons that Corvetts were so much more expensive then the Mustang... remember, Iacocca billed it as "The Sports Car For The Masses" because few could afford a Vette! But everyone could afford a cheap Mustang... it looked great, awesone style... poor performance & build... but so what,, they look cool... and are my personal FAVORITE car of all time (1967 to be specific!) Now, 30 years later, they are still around & in desperate need of upgrades. So if you wanna really enjoy your car, do it... it makes the car so much more fun (and safe) to drive... and thats really the whole point of EVERYTHING...
Personally, I put a Heidt Mustang II corssmember & Rack in the front, cut out the shock towers & add subs right off the bat on every 65-67 Mustang I have built, before any bodywork (providing its a good, straight body) If yopure familliar with that... its so far from original its rediculous... but it looks & performs like it should have been that way from the factory.
It really makes a WORLD of difference. Its great, and IMO, if Ford was interest in making the first Mustangs performers, they would not have just slapped some new body panals on a cheap Falcon, they would have put some engineering into them from the ground up & made them really perform... but then they would have been overpriced like the Vette & probably never have been the sucess they were. so why spend all the time & money restoring it to its original cheapness...
Well, back to the thread... Subs are really worth it, and by all means weld them in... its the only way to get them to work as they are supposed to. Bolt ins can shift & slide & actually cause damage.
Drive On!
+1xj220 said:I went with the TCPs and they're great. They're the weld in kind and are a bit expensive, but the car is significantly stiffer and handles better.
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