What did you do to your car today?

[luxstang]

Mike, aren't you running spacers on the front? Would moving the wheel and tire in a little bit take care of the rub?

Yeah, but I don't think moving the wheels in would make a difference, as the tires don't rub when the wheels are straight. They only rub when I steer, so the wheels are diagonal to the fenders. That would probably stay that way, even if the tires were further in.

But I did get smaller tires up front and it works like a charm. Plus now, she's even lower. Gonna try and lower the rear today, Hope it clears the exhaust above the rear axle, as the exhaust is not standard and the bow is a little too close to the axle. We'll see. Trial and error....

Gonna keep you posted!

 

[Flatback72]

Received my new drop-in aftermarket tacho today from Rocketman's Classic Cougar Innovations and gotta say I'm pretty impressed by the quality of the part!

Hopefully next weekend I'll have some time to install it. Will also remove the blue light filters from the instruments as I have blue LED's installed but the filters are making the LED's less bright than I reckon they should be. Back when I put the LED's in I couldn't work out how to get the wiring plug to disconnect from the instruments, but with the extra incentive of putting this cool tacho in I'm going to carefully persevere to get the job done.

 

[72HCODE]

that looks awesome

 

[droptop73]

Nice Tach

 

[Tnfastbk]

All dash parts now painted, all we liked was the glove box and two end trim pieces

 

[luxstang]

Ok, as I posted earlier I dropped the front for about 1 inch by using cut off

coils. That caused tire clearance problems that I solved by getting smaller tires.

So now it was time to lower the rear of the car to match the front. I installed one inch lowering blocks under the rear axle. I gotta say, I like the result.

(Thanx to user Murstang for fueling my ambition! )

This is what it looks like now:

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[Tnfastbk]

Nice Mike

 

[TheJ]

That's awesome Mike.

 

[URUGUAYAN_FASTBACK]

it looks awsome mike!!! clearance is ok??

enjoy the ride!!

 

[RocketFoot]

Looks great! Nice stance!!

 

[Jugg Head]

Ok, as I posted earlier I dropped the front for about 1 inch by using cut off

coils. That caused tire clearance problems that I solved by getting smaller tires.

So now it was time to lower the rear of the car to match the front. I installed one inch lowering blocks under the rear axle. I gotta say, I like the result.

(Thanx to user Murstang for fueling my ambition! )

This is what it looks like now:

Sick !!!

PS. I looked at my 72 Mach today.... :s

 

[luxstang]

Sick !!!

I hope you mean some positive kinda sick!

Thanx guys for the positive feedback.

@ Damian: Yes, the clearance is ok, even in the back. The fenders have not been rolled and the 285 tires don't touch 'em. (I guess then 285s are not wide enough, are they? )

 

[Mr Mac]

Unfortunately I put a for sale sign on it. I am going to be laid off around August/September timeframe.

 

[luxstang]

Unfortunately I put a for sale sign on it. I am going to be laid off around August/September timeframe.

Sorry to hear that. That sucks!

 

[FasTnNefariouS]

Ok, as I posted earlier I dropped the front for about 1 inch by using cut off

coils. That caused tire clearance problems that I solved by getting smaller tires.

So now it was time to lower the rear of the car to match the front. I installed one inch lowering blocks under the rear axle. I gotta say, I like the result.

(Thanx to user Murstang for fueling my ambition! )

This is what it looks like now:

I like the looks of it Mike, but I'm pretty sure the front lower frame brace where the torsion/strut rods mount to will clean the streets and scrape the speed humps Any pics of how low that brace is from the ground?

 

[OLE PONY]

Unfortunately I put a for sale sign on it. I am going to be laid off around August/September timeframe.

Wow, that's terrible news. At least you received some advance notice. Hopefully you will find a new job soon and can hang onto it!

 

[Jugg Head]

Sick !!!

I hope you mean some positive kinda sick!

Thanx guys for the positive feedback.

@ Damian: Yes, the clearance is ok, even in the back. The fenders have not been rolled and the 285 tires don't touch 'em. (I guess then 285s are not wide enough, are they? )

Sick as in send me the info on what you used for front and back parts and what rims and tires you are running. That first pic has officially changed my build order to make dropping my Mach a priority.

 

[luxstang]

I like the looks of it Mike, but I'm pretty sure the front lower frame brace where the torsion/strut rods mount to will clean the streets and scrape the speed humps Any pics of how low that brace is from the ground?

The strut rod mounting brace is about 13,5 cm from the ground but the lowest chassis part is the brace under the engine where we have something like 8cm of air underneath and the long tube headers are even lower than that, but those are about to be replaced by shorties anyway.

The brace under the motor usually causes no problems, as it sits between the front wheels. It might get tough if I try to go over something that passes under the car. Then it might get loud! :-/

Here's a pic from the front lower frame brace (Note: It´s Centimeters NOT inches!!):

Sick as in send me the info on what you used for front and back parts and what rims and tires you are running. That first pic has officially changed my build order to make dropping my Mach a priority.

No problem. For the wheels and backspacings etc please check my thread here:

http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-my-experiences-with-bigger-wheels

The front springs are the 620lbs ones that are supposedly about 1 inch shorter than stock (the blue ones from Mustangs Unlimited. I just painted them black) that had one coil removed. Here is a pic of the original 620lbs coil at the right with the shortened one beside it.



That gives us an approximate drop of two inches which caused the front tires to rub on the fenders while cornering.

You gotta remember that the initial 255/45/18 is larger in diameter than the stock wheels used to be.

So I got me some 245/40/18 which is almost exactly the height of the original F60x15 (somewhere in between 225/60/15 and 235/60/15.

That's it up front.

On the rear axle I simply installed a 1 inch lowering block. Only thing is, I can't tell you if the new leaf springs were lower than stock, as I ordered stock height and they were about one inch shorter than those the car had when I got it. I dunno if it still had the original ones or if they had been replaced in the past.

The rear wheel again is larger in diameter than stock with an 285/40/18 on an 18x10 rim.

You may PM me for details if you need anything. Be my guest.

 

[Jugg Head]

No problem. For the wheels and backspacings etc please check my thread here:

http://www.7173mustangs.com/thread-my-experiences-with-bigger-wheels

The front springs are the 620lbs ones that are supposedly about 1 inch shorter than stock (the blue ones from Mustangs Unlimited that were painted black) that had half a coil removed. Here is a pic of the original 620lbs coil at the right with the shortened one beside it.

That gives us an approximate drop of two inches which caused the front tires to rub on the fenders while cornering.

You gotta remember that the initial 255/45/18 is larger in diameter than the stock wheels used to be.

So I got me some 245/40/18 which is almost exactly the height of the original F60x15 (somewhere in between 225/60/15 and 235/60/15.

That's it up front.

On the rear axle I simply installed a 1 inch lowering block. Only thing is, I can't tell you if the new leaf springs were lower than stock, as I ordered stock height and they were about one inch shorter than those the car had when I got it. I dunno if it still had the original ones or if they had been replaced in the past.

The rear wheel again is larger in diameter than stock with an 285/40/18 on an 18x10 rim.

You may PM me for details if you need anything. Be my guest.

Thanks, I'll definately take you up on that offer.

 

[RocketFoot]

My Mach 1 is lowered in the front and it does scrap a little and takes bumps pretty hard! But the look is well worth it (in moderation of course!)