I wouldn't go with the shorter A-arms as you'll get way too much positive camber. The 95 spindles already give more positive camber over the stock spindles and if you install the shorter arms, you probably won't be able to align it even with CC plates. I did two sets of arms by drilling holes around the rubber and knocking them out with a hammer. Then used a big punch and hammer to collapse the shells. I made a tool out of pipe to put inside the a-arm. It's simply half the pipe like a cresent moon. This keeps you from crushing the a-arm together. Then I pressed in the new ones in my big bench vise. Used another piece of pipe on one side of the bushing. Also had to put a pipe on the vise handle as it took some muscle to get them in. They wouldn't fit in my Harber Freight press.
One way to clear the rad and rad support is to lower the trans. I removed the passenger side crossmember bolt and with a jack under the trans, slowly lowered it until the front of the engine was pointing up. Didn't need to lower it much at all. Then slid the cam out over the rad support.
Going from the upper left counterclockwise. Chevy Impala, Porsche, Toyota?, Early foxbody notch (YEA BABY!), Monte Carlo, Mercury something (Comet?), Buick Regal, Dodge duster, Pontiac Grand Prix, Pinto baby!!, ??, Then there's a Trans Am and is that a Pinto wagon next to the TA?, Buick Sylark?, Buick Century?, Ford Ranger.
Another thing you have to remember is, this one has been cleaned, painted, comes with new gasket, and you don't have to go through all the work of pulling it off. With that said, I've gotten a bunch of these from my local u-pull yard. They charge $14 for the lower and $14 for the upper.
I've got a Ranger roller cam for a 2.3 ltr. Great upgrade for your turbo engine. It does have some very light rust right behind where the cam gear would be and in front of the seal, so it won't hurt anything. No followers $75 shipped.
it! I knew that would be too easy. So there is a 6" difference between the "other" axles? I thought the rears were the same between a Ranger and Aerostar and that the center section was just reversed? I guess I learned two new things today. Thanx for the info!
Yes I've seen all those posts and they don't give the dimensions of the sides I'm looking for. They only give the dimensions of the sides that are the same as the fox body stang.
I've read the stickys and done some searches but can't find the answers to my question. Which is: are the Ranger PASSENGER side and Aerostar DRIVERS side the same width as a sn95 axle? I'm looking at doing a 5 lug swap on my 83 and want to keep the track width the same. That's why I want to avoid the R/drivers side or A/passenger side axles. I know the sn95 axles will work but the yard by me has no less then 16 ranger/aerostars and NO sn95 stangs.
