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You can buy them from west coast classic cougar. I got mine from them. The mustang and cougars used the same shock towers. You will also need the engine crossmember, which they might have in stock as well.

I have to agree. I looked at roller and greasable urethane and ended up going with the latter. So far no complaints. The nice thing about building out cars in the modern day is that there are more options for our cars. From different performance levels to simply cruising as well as options that...

Keep in mind the bump steer after happens when you lower your car from stock height because it changes the steering geometry in relation to the suspension. I kept mine stock but went with a higher spring rate. I have almost no perceptible body roll and don't have to slow down much for...

My favorite aspect to work on in a car is the handling. You can have all the power on the world, but if you can't use it, does it really exist?Of the first generation Mustangs, ours were the most refined and capable. It has a longer wheelbase, wider track and improved suspension geometry that...

No issues at all. I'm using a solid coupler and it lined up just fine. Our steering columns don't use a bearing at the bottom so the lower shafts just floats in place, which eliminates the need for absolutely perfect alignment with the box. Because I used a solid coupler, it aligned itself. If...

I didn't, only because it was so simple. You are just replacing the lower steering shaft, attaching the coupler and adjusting the toe. The difficult and expensive part was trying different parts and kits to find what worked. I saved everyone the trouble.

I wanted to give an update after deleting the rag joint. I have driven my car for a couple of days and I have to say I'm very happy with the results. At higher speeds and larger radius turns, it's pretty much the same as the rag joint, which is a positive because it handled excellent in these...

It would be safer to take the trim off the glass. The only thing holding it onto the glass is a rubber channel seal that grips the trim to the glass. Most of the originals channel seals are dried up and will fall apart. They also don't reproduce these that I know of. I cut a new seal from thick...

I looked for a solid coupler that would work on a power steering system to save everyone the effort, but found nothing. It looks like spline size (13/16 31 spline) is very uncommon. Unless someone knows a competent machinist, it might not be a possible to upgrade a PS system.

Excuse the quality. My buddy filmed my fly by and his IPhone doesn't like my Droid.

For me, it's about the road feel and simplicity. One less thing to go wrong and it freed up quite a bit of space in the engine compartment. I track my '72 and there were more reasons to go manual than not when taking that into consideration. The main one being I was imagining the hose blowing...

I wanted to improve the responsiveness of my steering so after some research and experimentation, I found an easy way to do it. All that is needed is the Borgeson steering shaft ( part #460018) and steering coupler (part #313449). The only modifications to the parts was to cut the steering shaft...

So I finally solved my problem. After some testing of different parts and kits, I discovered you only need 2 parts from Summit that bolt on with no modifications to the car and eliminate the rag joint on a manual steering setup. I'll make a new post and call it how to delete the rag joint so...

I believe the break in procedure you mentioned is actually the bleeding of the power steering system. If that is what you are referring to, you typically do it with the car not running, and to make it easier to turn, the tires off the ground. Turn the wheel side to side until there is no more...

I don't remember the exact name. The KYB shocks I used were charged with nitrogen gas to reduce aeration and were white with orange decals at the time I bought them. These are the kind of shocks that extend on their own, and they have to be compressed to install. Regular hydraulic shocks don't...

I originally used KYB gas charged shocks. I'm glad I switched them out because they ended up cracking the top shock mount area. Around that time I also watched a video from Eaton explaining how our cars were designed to use regular hydraulic shocks and should only use these. I switched to QA1...

I had some cracking as well after I used gas charged shocks many years ago. I ended up buying washers with matching inner diameter to the mounting hole. I had to flatten one side of the washers on the grinder to get it fitting snuggly in the shock mounting area. I made sure the holes were...

One important detail that I don't believe was covered. The order of adjustments. The first thing you set is caster, then camber and last toe. Adjusting your caster can change your camber setting. Also, if you are going to do your own alignment, you should invest in proper turn plates to do the...

Hi everyone. I am switching the rag joint for a Borgeson u joint on my '72 for more responsive steering. It looked like it was a straight bolt on using a total control products kit that included the sliding column shaft with DD end and lower bearing housing. I have come across a problem though...

I am running a 750 cfm mechanical secondary on my Cleveland with a TKO 600 manual transmission. I would go vacuum secondaries with an auto. The only change that was needed was a #35 squirter, like stanglover. Anything performance around 330 to 380 cubic inches can run that fairly well. Holley...