Coil over strut for Mavericks

Webrodder and Fatman fabrications has an article on coil over 1970, and up Maverick front suspentions . The article is in this months, Mustangs and Fast Fords . Web Rodder says to use 15 inch wheels ,the strut is mustang based. Is this a good cheap set up ?

 

Yes, a "good" setup but I wouldn't call it "cheap".

 

http://www.webrodder.com/index.php?page=listProducts&CID=11&pageNum=$page#223

Looks like the same pictures that was in MM&F last month, no mention of the Maverick kit on the Fat Man Fabrication site, or their current ad in this months MM&F. I would hope they know enough, to assume that if it fit a Mustang, it won't fit a Maverick.
In the September 2012, of MM&F, their ad quotes the kit at $1995 (1965-73 Mustang, 63-73 Falcon, Fairlane, Torino & Mercury), the picture shows it without the struts, rack, and brakes..
I sure hope they made it to fit our cars, that would be pretty cool!

 

My question would be for a street driven vehicle what advantages would be having this over the stock set-up, or in simple terms, assuming this set-up is $2k plus, can any advantage this might give over the stock set-up be worth the $2k plus?

 

what do plan on doing to require this kind of setup, road racing ?

 

for that kind of price i'm pretty sure your gonna be getting close to being in the price range of a mustang 2 set up where you can make your towers go bye bye

 

Webrodder Says it helps on headers and bigger wheels. Note the struts can come from mustangs. A friend of mine says you could use 1988 Ranger spindals on the maverick is this so?

 

Rangers use I beam suspension the spindle wont work even if you could make it work they only have 10" discs at that point your better off with drums

 

Here's a link to a post I had earlier with a scan of the ad.

http://www.maverick.to/mmb/showpost.php?p=890984&postcount=1

 

'98 and up Rangers use control arms with the springs between the frame and lower arm. Here's mine when we dropped it.

 

Thats one good looking ranger shorty. Are you saying that the ranger suspention should mount up?

 

Correct but the 88 he referanced is a I beam truck. Either way i highly highly doubt the spindles will swap

 

Nope. I wouldn't venture a guess about the suspension - I was just pointing out that the Ranger lost the Twin-I beams in 1998.
Thanks for the compliment.

Bruce