41 New Yorker Coupe

The next order of business was to lose the stock rear lower control arms as I planned to use Alden coilovers.
Of coarse some stainless was needed to start.

I started with some schedule 80 stainless pipe and welded in a sleeve to get the size closer to the bushings I found on line for the Cobra IRS.


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Great looking arms! one heck of an improvement over the stock stuff!!!

Thanks Dave.

They look a lot better than lumpy cast parts.

I added coilover and sway bar mounts to finish the arms off.


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The next step was to start the front control arms but I had a little snaffoo here.

I told the guy I ordered the IRS from to throw a set of spindles and calipers onto the skid.

It never occurred to me that the Cobra would use MacPherson struts.




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Since I always go down with the ship, I decided to use the arms I got and make up some brackets using the strut holes on the spindles to bolt to.





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I got a tapered reamer and was all set.......




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That Cobra IFS throws this project over the top! Amazing fabrication skills. Just WOW!
Don Jr.

WOW.........that front end turned out nice......well done.....Lots of work ahead of ya....but it will look sharp
Ill be dropping in on this post to see the progress.

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Originally Posted by Mr Blue

That Cobra IFS throws this project over the top! Amazing fabrication skills. Just WOW!
Don Jr.

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Hey Don, Throw in a few extra WOW's for me, too!! I can only dream of those kinds of skills!!

Thanks Guys.


The next step was to get my total front end geometry correct.

I got a program online and started the task of getting the roll center as low as possible and everthing lined up using the spindles I had.


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Its a pretty good program as I could go thru dive and roll and see the results.
This enabled me to check all the pivot points for the upper and lower control arms, length of arms, etc.

Looks good in the pics and the geometry! Where did you find the software, btw?

The program is by Performance Trends.
Reasonable price and they offer free 10 day trials on alot of their stuff.

Roll Center Calculator Suspension Software Program

Thanks Pugsy!

Great software. Thanks!

thanks for the website for the software

Dan

Pugsy - How did I miss this build? Very cool mods to the original front. Your sheet metal skills are fantastic! The frame and the geometry for the front suspension is seriously some of the most detailed stuff I've seen here. Thank you for posting your build, I look forward to seeing it thru!