guydon

Ok, so the steering and front end on the 65 are shot (big suprise). It has power steering and I guess I will keep it that way. The previous owner put on new shocks and springs front and back. when I had it on the rack, I grabed the rack and pinion and could move it easily by hand and all the bushings looked bad. I'm going to replace the steering gear box, the power rack and pinion, and rebuild the frount end (upper and lower control arms, idler arm, the wors) . I have been looking at kits but nothing really suits my needs. What do you floks suggest??? Thanks!!!

baddog671

www.opentrackerracingproducts.com for the suspension. I wish I would have saved up a few more bucks and got a full-kit from him instead of going another way...

guydon

Thanks, I went to thier site and emailed them my needs. now I need to find gear box and the power rack and pinion any advice?

baddog671

Their parts are very-high quality in my opinion and worth the extra dough. I have a set of his roller spring saddles on my 67. Shame I didn't get an entire rollerized front suspension.

Gearboxes are expensive new, I got mine rebuilt by www.virginiamustang.com . As for the R&P setup, I have standard manual steering...

racin66coupe

how much is a whole suspension rebuild kit from opentracker about?

mjr46

I get most of my rebuild parts for my 66 at mustangs unlimited....it's worked well on my front end

JapanGT

If you ageconsidering tubular, I would go with TCP over Global. The adjustment on the upper
arms save a lot of mucking around with the lower arm offset. But the TCP lower eccentric eliminators
are about 3mm too narrow in diameter ( thesquare piece with three offset holes in it )compared to
the original bolt/welded washer assembly.

Jav

michaelricha33

I agree with JapanGT. I put the TCP coil-over conversion last summer and I am more than pleased...kinda pricey, but it is all real high quality. Did the shelby drop at the same time...with mid-eye leafs in the back she is low and mean now. Also put a MP brakes power front disk conversion on at the same time. It is like a totally different car. When I do the steering I think I am going to use a randall's rack power unit with their pump (I currently have power steering). www.randallsrack.com

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66JameStang

It is hard to say what you should do without knowing your budget but, I can tell you what I did. Started out by buying a rack and pinon kit. It is an excellent kit from flaming river.
http://www.flamingriver.com/index.cf...rod/prd351.htm

Lower Control Arms
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ite...atKey=EMUSTANG
Upper Control Arms
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ite...atKey=EMUSTANG
Springs
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ite...atKey=EMUSTANG
Cheap V8 spindles on ebay if you don't have a V8
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1965-...em310030940671
Shocks
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ite...atKey=EMUSTANG
Brakes
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1∂=WIL%2D140%2D4304B&a mp;N=700+4294922533+4294908331+4294839009+42947466 28+4294908282+4294924707+115&autoview=sku
I might be forgetting a few things but this was my general outline.

guydon

Thanks everyone,
I will let you know how it goes