Shelby drop

[2Blew2B]

I know this is a dupicate post in the wheel and supension are but i need more exsposer to find out whats going on.


Has anyone done a Shelby drop on a 65 mustang?? I just got finished replacing the entire front end and ran into an interesting issue. I was totally finished with the passenger side and went to install the shocks but they will not reach the top arm perch.

Now I do have the motor and the transmission out.

I tried putting the wheel back on and letting the car down but did not help. Has anyone done this before? Do I need longer shocks or do you think the engine will bring the car down enough>

Steve

 

[Bobscoupe]

If you have the correct shocks for your car they will work with the Shelby drop. Jack your car up and support it with jack stands on the frame rails. Put a jack under your LCA and jack it up until you can put the shock in.

Bob

 

[gb500]

aye -

i just did this to my australian 65 falcon - all same geometry as the early mustangs - reused the orig shocks s they were in good cond - no problem with the shock length. theoretically the length where the shock goes is the same unless you have changed the springs ( but shorter springs = shorter distance at shock at static ride height


sure you got the correct length replacement shocks - or that they are fully extended when you have tried to bolt up ?
brett
melbourne

 

[Patrick66]

If you have the correct shocks for your car they will work with the Shelby drop. Jack your car up and support it with jack stands on the frame rails. Put a jack under your LCA and jack it up until you can put the shock in.

Bob

worked for me.

 

[CoupeBoy]

I just got finished replacing the entire front end and ran into an interesting issue. I was totally finished with the passenger side and went to install the shocks but they will not reach the top arm perch

Wait a second, I just spotted something that I did not think of in your other post. Did you tighten up the Lower Control Arm (LCA) when it was hanging down off of it's mount?

On early Mustangs and Falcons if you tighten up that bottom bolt before the car is sitting on the ground at 'ride height' the rubber bushing can bind causing it to act like a spring and prevent your actual coil spring from compressing all the way (or as much as it was before disassembly). If I were you I'd losen that bolt, maybe set the motor in the engine bay (or some other 300lb weight) then put the wheels on it, then climb under the car and tighten both LCA bolts back up.

-ron