I'm looking at swapping a Mustang II front suspension into my 67 Fairlane street/ strip car .
What I like about it is I can buy lowering springs, drop spindles, aftermarket brakes along with other stuff. I also like that it would give me more room in the engine bay along with a cleaner look when you pop the hood.
I've heard that it would ride & drive better as well.
My questions here are this.
Have any of you'll done this?
Does it really ride & drive better?
Was it worth the cost?
Would you do it again?
Pipe in with anything else you can think of as well.
I have a " bolt on " heidts mII front end on my nova , my car does ride nice but I you plan on putting any power to the ground youll need to modify it as mustang II front ends don't have shit for front end travel , get a hold of TRZ motorsports on here they make a cup that allows you to use a coil over and gives you the front end travel back , or see if smithracecraft makes a strut front end for your year of car hope this helps good luck on your build
For the street the Must II will work fine but watch the crossmember pan part of it, AJE makes some nice kits to put Mustang struts on which would be better
Is the limited suspension travel really an issue when you get to the higher power cars though? I ask as I put a MII setup in my 62 Fairlane. I'm thinking it won't be an issue, but as always I am second guessing things.
I can't comment on the ride as the car is barely a roller at this point.
Nope not a problem but you will be spending more money. The lower control arm for the coil over will not have the spring seat plus it has a bigger cross bolt for the lower mounting bolt.
Do it again-yes
Ride-great (compared to a straight axle)
As said above do the conversion with the spring cups from TRZ.
I am a salesman for Rod & Custom Motorsports Inc. Let me know when your ready to Purchase a front end. I'll give you drop spindles and drilled and slotted rotors at no extra charge.
here is a close up on my nova .... TRZ makes the cup , you can get ahold of them on here or email them , you'll need to tell them what lower a-arm your using ( bolt or mount ) it's an f-body cup and a strange single adjustable coil over spring
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