Im ready to order....
-CHE performance adj. upper and lower control arms
-Eibach drag launch spring kit #EIB-9310-140
-Lakewood drag shocks *front 70/30
*rear 50/50
Anyone have any of this on their car? Just the shocks,...just the springs? Any help or advice would be helpfull!!!! Thanks! :)
Are you only intending to drag race the car or do typical street driving as well?
The car is bad on the street...maybe when its tuned it will do better but its mainly drag.
The reason he asked is because those drag-race components aren't safe anywhere else but at the strip, so as long as its going to be a trailered drag car then drag components are fine.
Ive already taken the drag vs street part into consideration.
I really would just like to know if anyone has them- how the car will sit?
Is the spring/shock a good combo?
Exactly, if you ride on the street with those struts every time you start to go from a stop don't expect to see the road for a bit. If you are going for drag strip racing then go for it, tho i actually think they make drag struts spefically for our cars.
the ass will sag really bad
aimee, im afraid your writting the book for all of us down the road, so keep good notes :)
well, i know about the drag springs because i have a buddy with an 87 or 88 TC who just installed them, he quotes "the car looks like its launching just sitting there, lol"
for drag launch, you should be able to get away with using V6 tbird/coug springs in the rear, theyre soft enough to give a good weight transfer, but can support the weight of the car...hell, my car noses up like hell when i launch it, and its an underpowered V6
does it have the 4 cyl in it still?
Right now I have stock (new) xr7 springs on my car and the front is up in the air even after we tried cutting a coil off. The Eibach drag launch kit says its a stock height spring so I figured it would sit my car a little lower in the rear, I just ordered the CHE adj lowers last night so Ill have them to lift it back up. I went ahead and ordered the drag launch springs yesterday but I got them $40 cheeper at Autozone so I guess if there a problem it will be easy to return them. Im second guessing the shocks...summits tech guy says it will be a great drag set up but like riding water on the street but people do it all the time. Im thinking 50/50 rear but go with a more stock front strut :dunno: Im getting a headache looking at all my options and adding prices up :bricks1: All my suspention should be here by the end of the month if there really is a 2-3 week wait for custom color control arms...So I have to get it togeather by then.
its got the 4 banger in it, but its still close to the weight of a V8 car, either way, and a 4 banger has no difference on the rear end
the rear will be dropped at least 3 inchs, where the front stays stock height
as for your nose sitting high, i think you have other problems, i remember you mentioning you have these uber spacers on your k-member
3 inches!!! I guess Ill see and get back to you guys and let ya know if mine turns out the same.
As for my front end Im sure it has other problems but I dont think it has to do with the spacers, I guess Ill see about that too.
reason i bring that up, the spacers could very well be acting as a body lift up front
Alot of the parts that mustang guys use are needed because they dont have the weight transfer that we have. I would be more concerned with stiffening the chasis, ie rollbar and through the floor subframes. This will prevent our long chasis from twisting on launch.
As far as suspension wise, I think the control arms are a great idea. I would also consider reinforcing the torque boxes. However, the drag springs might be a bit much. I currently run 2000 v6 vert stang springs. They lowered the car about 1.5-2in and transfer weight great with stock rear shocks. Even the front struts could be stock for our application due again to the great weight transfer. I think some sort of anti-roll control would be beneficial too. Good luck, Im not far behind you in this. :wtf:
You are right about the weight transfer. With stock everything in the rear suspension, a locking rear and full-length subframes (not through-floor) I was turning 1.7 60' times with the new M/T 275-60-15 drag radials. Based on the Drag Race buttstuffyzer software, that's about the best 60' I could do with my power (~325RWHP). BTW the program predicted my quarter mile time exactly. This is with the front 1.3" sway-bar still attached! I think a combination of chassis twist and control arm deflection had me looking down (yes, it almost pulled the wheels) and to the left at launch! I know there is wasted energy there and I'm sure the new control arms will help out a lot.
BTW, I've got a welder and can get and cut steel plate, but I'm not sure how to reinforce my torque-boxes - does anyone have any links to a good do-it-yourself article on this?
Ive got a set of home made subframes welded up and I have very little flex at all even without a strut tower brace, I need to invest in a welder soon so we can do the torque boxes and make a strut tower brace that fits... we will probly be redoing the subframes to make them a little longer. I have no plans for a roll cage right now because noone makes them and I dont think Im qualified to do it myself but the BF is going to teach me how to weld so Im excited! :)
Right now with the front end up in the air and the back sitting stock height the rear fender digs into my tires when we take off without traction so I want the rear suspention to be stiff witch my understanding is that the rear drag springs with 50/50 shocks would be - I also want the front end of the car to come down,,by using the mustang springs up front I figured that would work and I think Im going with stock front struts. Correct me if Im wrong because the more I think about it the more confused I get!! :wtf:
Ive already ordered the CHE upper and lower control arms and the drag springs so I hope it works. :bowdown: Just in case chromejr302 could you give me the part # for your springs? It looks like there working well :) Thanks.
As far as the rollbar, S&W racecars makes a nice rollbar for our cars. The application listing can be seen here (http://www.swracecars.com/app_listing.asp) . They make both an 8pt and 10pt cage.
Im not sure of the part number of the springs I have but I know for a fact that they came off of a wrecked stock 2000 mustang convertible V6. I know b/c I took them off myself at the junkyard. The later nonfox springs were longer than the fox springs and the convertible models are have a higher weight rating so they suit our cars nicely.
Why is your front end so high? I would look into that problem. I think for street/strip use the stock struts are fine.
Let me know how you like the CHE control arms when you get them. Id like to get a set up adjustable uppers and spring perch adjustable lowers for mine to adjust ride height.
Good luck
My springs came yesterday, I wasent expecting them to come untill my control arms got here... oh well, I guess we'll try them on and see if theyll work. Ill get back to everybody about the control arms :)
For anyone interested- the drag springs lowered the front of my car about 1/2 an inch...I need about a 2 inch drop so I didnt even bother putting them on the rear :disappoin So I bought a Mustang and Im sing the cougar :)
Yea right, well thats how I felt last night... I sent the drag springs back and now Im going to try Intrax 2 inch drop springs....Wish me luck!
BTW: the spacer is acting as a 3/4 inch body lift but I dont know what is causing the other inch of lift! :dunno: