i was doing some suspension "modifications" today, i think it looks pretty cool wit the lift in back. any comments and/or thoughts on poor performance for a drag/street car.
thanks,
carl

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I'm going to have to disagree.

 

Wow, you got dingle ***** to go with that lift? Just kidin. From another perspective, lose it

 

I'd say that's entirely too high...for any type of use. just remember if you put different wheels and tires on it it will sit higher that what it does now.

 

What modifications did you do? It is just too high IMO. It will look like a freak in the classic mustang world. Not good for racing or street use.

 

It does not look too good. Maybe it is because the tires are tiny...

 

no it just looks stupid... i like my cars to sit all even all the way around. The stock look of the mustang, the front end is high, so i cut my coils to have it all sit even.... man im sorry that looks terrible, and not to mention how bad the handeling would be, that things almost as tall as my jeep!!

 

thanks for the info lol. in the cars defense, i would say that the angle the pictures were taken at werent the best and the tires are on 14" wheels and are below knee high. as you can probably notice i simply mounted the leaf springs on top of the axle instead of the usual underneath, just so i could get the car into the garage for winter. i dont plan on having it that high, just enough to fit decent sized tires on theback. i will make it look much more like this picture when i finally get everything back together someday.
carl

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1. Spring over lifts are for 79 Blazers, not 67/8 mustangs.
2. The image you posted of the red cartoony mustang is a terrible model to emulate. The tires are well past the fenders and the only way to drive the car is to force the suspension to not work and artifically hold the car up. They used to do this is 1980 using air shocks pumped up to the max.....and then send their shock through the floor pan since it wasn't designed to support weight in that fashion. The image also portrays high lift shackels which also artifically suspend the rear, seems like the ultimate dog. It will have terrible traction regardless of the size of the tires, terrible weight transfer so drag racing it will be abominal, zero handling so don't try to turn above 25 MPH, and will significantly beat up the driver and passengers over even the smoothest of road surfaces.
3. Serious meats can easily be installed on the 67/8 mustang. It requires spending a little bit of time and money to get wheels with the proper backspacing. With that in place, 275 40 17 fits on easily

 

Id like to see it after you were done to get a better idea of what you look you were trying to go for.