Yeah, Nothing changed with the perches, and the spring is installed properly too. The only thing i can think of is that i didn't do the drop right, but i did, and it shouldn't do that to the springs anyway.

 

Did you tighten your lower control arm to full torque after putting weight back on the car to prevent introducting any artifical suspension bind/lift?

 

lower? I never removed the lower control arm. Should i have? I just removed the coil spring, unbolted the upper ball joint, and unbolted the upper control arm. Then i drilled the holes, and installed it again.

 

nevermind....I had my whole front off doing other things when I did my shelby drop.

 

So after you did yours, you springs werent close to the outer brace? i can barely fit my finger between the spring and the brace. and did your car perform better afterwards?

 

Never looked.

Put it all together...drove it to the alignment place, gave them my specs...and never looked back.

My car corners like a dream though

 

I just wandered out to the garage and looked...

I can fit a finger between my springs and my covers.

Just out of curiosity, you didn't happen to mix up left and right side covers did you?
I'm not sure if the would bolt on, but if they did, that would make the spring appear to sit close because of the angles at work.

 

Doesnt sound like a rubbing issue if you can fit a finger in there. Most shops dont do old car alignments often. So most guys working there who are too young to have had an old car, or worked on them, wont know how to do them. Most vehicles are toe and goe. About the only adjustment you make is toe. It takes time to do it right, and if the guy doesnt know the right way to do it, he will fight it forever, and cuss you the whole time.

WHile stationed in Charleston SC in 2000-01, I worked part time at Pep Boys, with the newer cars I could do 4 alignments an hour. An older car like the Mustang, or one of my Pontiacs (GTO 2nd gen Bird) would take me 45 minutes because of the shims and how its set up. If everything isnt in good shape, it takes longer because after doing the caster sweep, you will get a different reading each time. Are your ball joints, tie rod ends, idler arm, and centerlink/pitman arm in good shape? If they arent that could be a problem too. You cant have any play in it.

As for the spring rubbing, well most Mustang type fords have the spring very close to the apron that keeps it in the perch. They really dont move around alot. Of course I cant actually see it, and observe what it is doing, so it may well have a problem. Care to post some pics?

 

Ill post pics tomorrow if i can. By the looks of it, Once this thing is aligned, the spring will be all over the brace. and No, i didn't mix up the braces, but good question though.

 

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