OK Guys, I'm new to all of this so please excuse my ignorance. My 69 Mach will be driveway next week. WHAT IS the Shelby drop

 

It's not a ride height drop, per se. It's an upper control arm relocation where the chassis attachment of the UCA is moved down and sometimes rearward. The purpose is to provide front suspension geometry that is more favorable to hard cornering, when otherwise the body roll has you cornering on the outer shoulder (and even down into the sidewall) of the outside front tire.

There is a slight lowering of the front of the car that is incidental.


Norm

 

Thanks for clearing that uo for me Norm. Definately something to consider

 

Will the 2008 Bullitt wheels fit on a 67/68 fastback 5 lug? Thanks, David

 

The bolt pattern is the same, but the offset is WAAYYY different.

OE wheels for most 1960's cars had offset close to zero. The 2008 18 x 8.5 Mustang wheel has +50mm offset (about 2"). Backspacing would be over 3" more than what's on the OE 14 x 6 wheel.

People have been known to run a large spacer in order to use late-model wheels, but that's a poor band-aid for anything that actually gets driven. OK for a trailered show car.

Bullitt-style wheels can be found in offsets that are "friendly" to 1960's cars in 17" and larger diameters if you look around.


Norm

 

That is what I was afraid of. I found a set of wheels for cheap and just knew they would not be close. Thanks

 

Back has alot of air in the air shocks thats the way my dad like it and he was driving it.



Heres the rear ride height i run it at quarters arent rolled so rubs on high ways over big bumps, rolling them would fix it.


Heres how close the fronts are soon after i put the 67 lower control arm adj brackets in so i gained about a half an inch so plenty of room

 

Ohh sorry for mine above I have 620 1 inch drop coils in the front with shelby upper control arm drop, running Grenada disk kit from open tracker racing their spindles have a little different geometry then normal Grenada spindles i think. For this i would recommend Lower control arm camber adj. kit. The rear is stock v8 leafs with air shocks altho i only raise it about 1/2 to 1 inch. The wheels are vintage wheel works 16 inch rims and tires for the front are 225 50 16 and backs are 245 50 16. The back tires i think are a little to wide if you plan to drive the car alot i would not go that wide as they rub, rolling the quarters might fix this tho.

 

Thats a great looking coupe. I like the color, I would advise removing the air shocks. The area where the upper shock mounts is not designed to support weight and can bust through into the trunk. They need to be replaced with some good gas shocks. If you need it to sit a little higher in the rear get some of these slightly extended shackles. I have them on my car. They raise the rear about 5/8 of an inch, and stay hidden behind the rear valance.

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[QUOTE=tx65coupe;7323551]Thats a great looking coupe. I like the color, I would advise removing the air shocks. The area where the upper shock mounts is not designed to support weight and can bust through into the trunk. They need to be replaced with some good gas shocks. If you need it to sit a little higher in the rear get some of these slightly extended shackles. I have them on my car. They raise the rear about 5/8 of an inch, and stay hidden behind the rear valance.

Ya i want to lower it. Have the explorer rear now just needs to be cut and ill gain enough room to drop the rear the 2 inchs i want. Had good gas shocks in it but i drive the **** out of it and driving on the high way it would rub so put the air shocks in to fix for now. College seems to take all my money. Hopefully i can get some of it done this winter.