Tcp g-bar install and pics

[12sec67]

its posted up on out website project forums as well

link: http://www.cprstreetmachines.com/forum/index.php/topic,54.msg176.html#msg176


1st up in the TCP g-bar install.

Toughest part of the job was removing the stock leaf springs that were rusted together at the from bolt holes.



some pics of the install:

Getting the rear end from TCP is a little more expensive then going with a Currie 9" heavy duty housing and 31 spline axles so we purchased the currie 9" and order the GIG from TCP for bracket placement and welded up the mounts.

after the brackets were welded into place we were able to assemble the housing, axles, Rear disc brake kit and third member.

next step is installing the g-bar link that is mounted to the pre existing shock mounts

lso if you have ever had air shocks on your mustang there is a good chance of having the supports where the shock mounts on top will be cracked. We had to grind and re-weld them on this mustang as well.

installing the rear end to the g-unit

and the coil overs mounted into place

 

[golf4283]

Drooling over that. If I wasn't planning on going with an independent suspension further down the road the G-Bar would be under my car right now.

 

[CochinoFilipino]

How do you get those bolts in the frame rails? Is it a U-bolt that gets fished in?

 

[freddiecougar]

How do you get those bolts in the frame rails? Is it a U-bolt that gets fished in?

Yes, they are "fished" in. They are used to hold the brackets in place while you square up the system in the car. Once everything is in place, you stitch weld around the bracket, the bolts are not the only thing holding the brackets in place. This is the only welding required on the car.
Tim

 

[mdjay]

Very nice

 

[DK832]

Looks good Richard, you'll get some more practice soon!
Let's have some driving impressions please. I have a buddy here almost done with his but I haven't driven one yet. Still deciding if it's worth the money compared to a 5-leaf, torque arm and Panhard.

 

[bnickel]

Yes, they are "fished" in. They are used to hold the brackets in place while you square up the system in the car. Once everything is in place, you stitch weld around the bracket, the bolts are not the only thing holding the brackets in place. This is the only welding required on the car.
Tim

unless you have a cougar. i was hoping to not have to cut on this pristine 64,000 mile sheetmetal but i refuse to have to get beat up by stock or performance leaf springs anymore and the cougar is going to built so it will ride more comfortably and still be able to carve up some of my favorite twisty roads any time i take it down to Austin and get away from the flat desert where i live oh well, i guess i can live with the relatively minor mods to the trunk floor on the cougar. BTW Tim, thanks for sending me those instructions

 

[10secgoal]

Looks good Richard, you'll get some more practice soon!
Let's have some driving impressions please. I have a buddy here almost done with his but I haven't driven one yet. Still deciding if it's worth the money compared to a 5-leaf, torque arm and Panhard.

Probably be a little while. Still have a one piece floor to do them the EFI, AOD, and engine. I wonder how it compares to a Torque arm myself. It's funny the money spent to put that system in, and it' like a newer mustang. but they spend money to get rid of the same system we just put in. Did a torque arm on a 96 and it was pretty damn nice.

 

[gonzothegreat]

very nice, what kind of exhaust are you going for?