on May 12, 2010, 2:20 pm, cecil671 wrote:

Do you have any pics of your setup and more specs?
I built the adjustable strut rods and rollerized perches from your web page.
I also did the Arning drop on the uca,s.
I have new lca's and am going to box both the uca's and the lca's for strength.
I also think I am going to get the kit for the lca mounting point to set camber better.
I also have the 1" shorter 620 springs new as well.
I am up in the air as to which shocks to use.
Maybe the kyb adjustables or some sort of coil overs and resell my new 620's.

on May 17, 2010, 2:41 pm, Mustsed wrote:

I use a complete ..................... rollerized front end with;

-Roller LCA's boxed and with screw in ball joints
-Roller UCA halfway boxed with stock ball joints
-Roller spring perches
-Adjustable strut rods with Cv boots to keep the heims lubricated all the time
-620 lbs coil springs 1" lowered
-ZF power steering box (Opel Omega / Cadillac Cetara)
-13" Cobra rotors & calipers with homemade brackets

I have this setup almost 4 month now and my '67 hardtop drives, corners and stops better then the Focus I had.

Mustsed

on May 18, 2010, 9:32 am, TxStretch wrote:

Hey Musted - Can you give us more info on the Opel / Catera steering box? ... pictures too is possible. I want the Borgeson type set-up but a less expensive DYI solution (Daze is in my head!).

 Hi Daze,  on the 30's  custom pickup rod project  I  score a complete  c5 corvette  suspension assembly, zo6!!!
  then  getting VERY frustrated  with the crowd  on pro-touring trying to get the a-arm  mounting tech
( its very much protected info-like THEY invented it).  I looked around and found a burned car,  in San Antonio,,, much thanks to the owner-Vince Grissom .   Before heading down there I made a assembly jig  with the original  vette magnesium carrier  and some square tubing--got the lower a arm mounts  pegged and some uprights  ready  then headed down  and mounted the carrier and the jig on the c 5 frame,  and used  bondo squeezed in to get the upper mount points .   the jig  was cut right in the middle,,, Now  one size  smaller square tubing slipped in the jig frame with a few more inches taken out of either side..... and I can make a custom crossmember an width from  62"  etc down to  58"

truckeez wrote:

 Hi Daze,  on the 30's  custom pickup rod project  I  score a complete  c5 corvette  suspension assembly, zo6!!!
  then  getting VERY frustrated  with the crowd  on pro-touring trying to get the a-arm  mounting tech
( its very much protected info-like THEY invented it).  I looked around and found a burned car,  in San Antonio,,, much thanks to the owner-Vince Grissom .   Before heading down there I made a assembly jig  with the original  vette magnesium carrier  and some square tubing--got the lower a arm mounts  pegged and some uprights  ready  then headed down  and mounted the carrier and the jig on the c 5 frame,  and used  bondo squeezed in to get the upper mount points .   the jig  was cut right in the middle,,, Now  one size  smaller square tubing slipped in the jig frame with a few more inches taken out of either side..... and I can make a custom crossmember an width from  62"  etc down to  58"

Maybe Phantomjock can find it. I think someone at Vettemod posted all the dimensions in a PDF file there.

Oh, I have a Mustang II front end.

Ralphy

Last edited by Ralphy (5/21/2013 2:42 am)

Greetings Ralphy, im  saddened by everyone who have had to close shop because of things beyound their control,,,,,,  this is the ONLY  political diatrybe ill post on this forum~i promise.
 IT's  BUSH's FAULT!
  Now that thats over, lets all move foreward---->
 well,  Just One More,,,  There seem to be some total Idiots inhabiting the congressional halls of Sacremento,  Theze  Booger eating  chicken humpers  are  the epitome  of  wasted space.......
 They totally disreguard  the FACT that  Cali USED to be  20% of the gross national product,,  and how much of that was  grass roots automotive  passion based??  Actually the purest form of  hotrod  grass roots industry  that originated right there-unlike  any elsewhere in the country?
  No matter what little town  I traveled thru,  wether  Hemit--or Visalia,  or Morongo Valley,  they all were peppered with little  rod shops--people  doing what they loved and  making a living doing it.
 Tthen these creedents  find every  which way to make life impossible  for a rodder wether its  making it a barrel of snakes some one has to deal with  registering or complying  with  their f''d  ordinances,  to hasseling  the guys  making parts--til they just threw up their hands-- pack up and leave. 

 No one appreciates  clean air more than me,  the way the jerks in Cali's political halls  go about choking off the lifeblood  of where the car culture  came from, rather than figure out a way to protect it--flabergasts me.

 Tiny pic is SCREWED,   I try  the upload images--it takes me to TP  the page says Sucess.......
  I hit the Add to your post......................................................  nothing happens.  I somehow  muddled thru--and got two pics out of  umpteen tries.

Last edited by truckeez (5/21/2013 12:38 pm)

I went all Jag. In fact I installed my Jag IFS first. I also pulled the coil springs in favor of a pair of Slam Specialties SS-6 air bags. Really awesome setup.

sound so  super

I’ve been working on putting a 2003 Cobra IRS into my 1977 Volare Road Runner.  Width is a pretty good match.  Up front, I’m getting rid of the Mopar side to side torsion bars and grafting in an aftermarket IFS crossmember from Industrial Chassis designed for the 53-56 Ford F100 and uses 87-97 Dodge Dakota suspension parts.  Drive train will be a 413 Mopar big block with a Viper T56.  Years in the making.  Big fun.

Greg