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Technical => Suspension/Steering => Topic started by: 302Bird87 on June 20, 2011, 02:23:44 AM

Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: 302Bird87 on June 20, 2011, 02:23:44 AM
I have read somewhere  here that the control arms from a SN95 Mustang fits in place of our stock arms. I have found a set of arms from AJE (anthony jones engineering) that have spring cups, since i want to keep the stock style suspension and K-member. Do anyone know if it mounts right up or do i have to modify something? like the connection to the stock fox spindle....

Vegar
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: Beau on June 20, 2011, 11:32:56 AM
Yep, the SN95 CA are dimensionally identical to the '87-'88 parts....
 
Just use Fox ball joints, or you CAN use SN95, but you have to put a spacer under the nut, as they are a little longer.

Hope this helps
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: Chuck W on June 20, 2011, 01:49:16 PM
Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;361824
Yep, the SN95 CA are dimensionally identical to the '87-'88 parts....
 
Just use Fox ball joints, or you CAN use SN95, but you have to put a spacer under the nut, as they are a little longer.

Hope this helps

The Fox ball joints are longer.  You can use Fox ball joints with SN-95 spindles with a spacer, but you can't use SN-95 ball joints with Fox spindles, as they are too short.
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: Beau on June 20, 2011, 03:45:33 PM
Yep..I thought i had it backwards :hick::punchballs:
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: vinnietbird on June 20, 2011, 04:28:18 PM
I have the SN-95 control arms on my car.
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: thunderjet302 on June 20, 2011, 04:44:02 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;361827
The Fox ball joints are longer.  You can use Fox ball joints with SN-95 spindles with a spacer, but you can't use SN-95 ball joints with Fox spindles, as they are too short.

 
Didn't someone here machine down the fox spindles to run SN-95 balljoints?
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: Chuck W on June 20, 2011, 09:16:56 PM
Quote from: thunderjet302;361836
Didn't someone here machine down the fox spindles to run SN-95 balljoints?

Yes, someone did.  You can do it if you like, I suppose.  For me, it's a lot of work for a py front brake set-up.  Even the py SN-95 brakes are better than the Fox ones.
Title: Front lower control arms - 87 tbird
Post by: 302Bird87 on June 25, 2011, 07:59:31 PM
Thanks for the info guys :)
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