Has anybody installed a bolt on IFS of the mustangII type on their car? I was thinking of doing this to improve ride, coil over and everything. Just curious if someone has done this

 

i dont have one on my car but iv been reading about it and unless theres one i havent found it isnt a bolt on kit you have to cut out the shock towers, notch your frame and weld on the kit but it includes new spindles disk brakes and manual or power rack and pinions

 

67 you are correct, no bolt ons. Ithought itmight be cheaper to go this route and get every thing in one package.

 

i was reading older posts about it and some people think its weakening the frame but but you would be welding thick plates on so i dont think so and the people who have it say its alot better
im actually in the same boat you are cause im about 90 percent sure im gonna get it haha

 

akerman meaning it makes the car handle worse it puts most of the weight on the frame rails ford designed the car to put the weight on the firewall.if you need room get the rrs coilovers and notch the shock towers.the mustang 2 kits are more for a show car if you want to enjoy driving it stay away from them.

 

im with him, thats actually what i was gonna type

look at total control products and other places too

 

i like global west coiliovers over tcp there mount on the shock tower looks like it would break.rrs uses a coilover mounted to the spindle so theres no upper cotnrol arm and they have a nice big shock tower notching kit for extra room.http://www.rrs-online.com/ watch some of those videos.a friend of mine has a 67 fastack gt500e clone with a 4.6 with the mustang 2 kit i have drove it my 68 will out handle it easy and has. in autocross i have a time 4 sec faster then my fastest time in his car.

 

how wouldthe mustang2 compare to a stock rebuild from like grab a track im not looking for a road course coil over set up

 

I just did a lot of reading on this topic. Here's my take on it:

The Heidt's and R&C kits have a lot of people who are happy with them and nobody that I've seen has reported a failure in their kit for our cars. In fact, I did not see a single post or article by a person who actually had the system on their car who didn't like it.

The people who autocross and otherwise do racing that involves turns, don't like it. It's geometry is wrong. Apparently, the lower control arms are too short and causes all sorts of incorrectable mischief. Someone summed it up best with, "you never see them at the track, that says a lot."


On my daily driver Mustang I would do it. In fact, I might do it in a few months. If you fashion yourself a race car driver, forget it.

What I couldn't find was if the MII suspension would handle better or worse than the stock Mustang suspension in good condition.

 

thanks thats what i wanted to know on the heidts kit you can order it with a shorter upper arm would that compensate for the short lower or is it morefor the camber change on lowered carsso they wouldnt hit the fender when bottomed out