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putting together a 33 plymoputh and I'm wondering whats out there as far as modern tech as far as front ends to use and ones to stay away from. I hear alot about the mustang II, has any one out there done a 33 with a mustang front end that can tell me the pro's and cons?
I like the MII suspension. That is, the good aftermarket ones with the tubular control arms, coilovers, and all the good parts. Works good, rides good, handles good.
And because of the frame shape the front rail sections may need to be changed. There are a number of companies who make "kits" to do this. Most everyone will recommend the fat guy, but, personally his stuff looks a tad crude, here's a higher quality alternative; http://www.macgyvers.com/front.html Look about 3/4 down the page for your app. but read all the descriptions. They will help you understand more about what's involved.
Sometimes it is hard to convince someone doing this sort of swap that it makes such good sense to save up your money and buy one of these application specific front ends, or at least one that can be adapted to it, but if you are going to spend money on your car in any one area, the front suspension, steering, brakes is the place to do it.
I don't think there is another area on a car that will make you hate it more than a front end that handles badly. Everything the car does going down the road depends on the front end being correct. I have owned some ill-handling cars over the years, and it makes you look for reasons not to drive the car anywhere.
I know when you see some of these kits costing $ 2500 or more it seems like a big hit, but when you start adding up the cost of individual components and/or modifying something from the boneyard, all of a sudden it becomes more reasonable. I am not interjecting this specifically for 33toolman, because it looks like he is attempting to buy a proper front end. I am mentioning it for others who may not want to lay out this kind of cash and think they can get by with a cheaper alternative.
JMO,
Don
Bob, thanks for the link. The list of track widths is worth the price of admission :)
thanks Bob...gonna look into frame replacement,I want the car to sit right and not be to low,dragging road kill is not my cup of tea, thanks to all that responded, it all adds up