Ok, this weekend is designated for the front end rebuild.

I've got a couple of questions though...

Alright, I was thinking of doing the shelby 1" drop and started research on it this morning. The shelby drop is limited to a 1" relocation because of ball joint binding that may occur under hard cornering?! Correct? Yes, that is using the stock OE coil springs. My concern is if I do in fact perform the shelby 1" drop and I decide to use 1" lowering springs, will binding occur or is the risk of binding greater due to the control arm now angled even more after upgrading to a 1" lowering spring? Do I make any sense?

From my research, the shelby 1" drop will only "theoretically" drop the car half an inch. I believe people are mistaken when saying "shelby 1" drop". Some people are led to believe that it will lower the car 1" when in fact the term "shelby 1" drop" is referring to the upper arm relocation drop of 1".

If the chances of binding may occur after that upper arm relocation, then I am led to believe using drop springs may increase the chances of binding or ball join "pop-out".

Am I correct? If I am, what would you guys do? Lower the car with springs or perform the shelby control arm relocation?

Regards,

Erik

Think of the first set of ()'s as the ball joint, and the other set where the upper arm mounts to the shock tower.

The spring mounts right in the middle.

Dropping the shock tower mounting point an inch only lowers the spring (car) about half that amount.

Get it?

The negative wedge kit takes the bind out of the ball joint, and allows the arm to be mounted even lower on the shock tower. Lowering the mounting point of the upper arm improves the wheel's camber curve. Stock, as the suspension moves up, the top of the tire points out, the bottom in. '\--/' With the change, this is reversed. '/--\' This allows the tread contact patch to stay flatter with the road as the car travels around corners. As the car leans over, the tire stays flat on the road. Without the modification, the car leans over AND the tire leans out as well... making the car run on the sidewall around hard turns.

Good Luck!

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Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
http://www.geocities.com/carbedstangs/cmml_mburch.html
http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/healey/367
http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/moi-display.cgi?220

Would the wedge kit still be recommended if the car was only dropped the 1"?

Thanks for the helpful advice, Guys!
Ryan