Who makes a coilover kit for a Maverick? Looking to shave the shock towers some and gain some room for the turbo headers without making it too hard to change spark plugs...
IMO, coil overs are cool, but you can only shave the towers down to the upper control arm mounts. The spark plugs are only slightly above where the control arm mounts are at, so even shaving them they're still hard to deal with. I didn't see a price on those struts but I ASSume that they're about the same price as a Mustang II front suspension, which will allow you to COMPLETELY remove the towers. Plenty of room! And with a turbo set up, you'll want every bit of room you can get!
that coil over kit eliminates the upper controle arm so you could get rid of most of the tower. i suspect that you can gain more room than the mustang II gives because there is no uper controle arm at all. you will have less room on top than the mustang II but at the bottom you can cut and move the shock tower to the out board side of the frame rail.
I emailed for a quote $2308.00 for a set you have to supply your own disc brake setup, so a rod and custom complete front end is a better deal at $2500.00 ....
Anymore comments or discussion? Todd, do you run a bar from the frame through the firewall to your rollcage? On a streetcar I can see the benefits of the MII frontend if you use the inner fenders. On a racecar only, if you don't use the inner fender, I see the strut frontend ahead. Just a thought. I bow to the wiser and more experienced.
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I think on a street car it's probably a wash depending on what you want exactly. They both give you plenty of room for BIG headers and spark plug clearance. The only reason that I went with the RRS strut-conversion is because the class that I race in requires a "bolt-in" front suspension setup. If it were just a street car, I would've went with a Mustang II setup. If it were not regulated by the "bolt-in" rule, I would've went with the AJE setup. It's all about what you need/want for your particular application.
Yes. You are exactly right! I wish I would have went with struts instead. Not the bolt in strut deal like mentioned in previous posts. Drag-only struts, similar to what's used on tube cars. At the time the M2 was about $1000 cheaper because I modified my own OE crossmember, PLUS I wanted to know that the M2 would fit, and needed to know how...for future reference. My junk works ok, but it would drive better/straighter with struts. Not to mention it would be another ~50 lbs lighter. Keep in mind that mine is a first attempt. I'd never done that kind of thing before....so yeah it has/was/is a big learning experience. Now, if I had or wanted to do it all over again, I'd go with a full frame kit (4130), 4 link, strut front. That would generally put the car at about 2200 lbs. Right now it's 2420. 2600 race weight.
That's similar to the TCP setup that retains the upper control arm.....just a little twist on how they designed the lower mount. Looks good!
Thats a picture of Alex Denysinkos (Super stock champion) AKA Moneymakers front end from over at Mustangs and more. ...But I know you know him
