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Struts 87-93 and 94 up whats the difference

Old Mar 18, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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What are diffences between 87-93 struts and 94 up besides the lower mount is narrower the the 87-93 sturts.
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 09:43 AM
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why does nobody talk about front struts when putting SN-95 spindles on a FOX Mustang.
width is different from fox to sn-95 at the spindle mount
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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I run sn struts for this reason...
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 10:42 AM
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SO YOU PUT SN-95 STRUTS ON YOUR FOX MUSTANGS
DID YOU KEEP FOX UPPER STRUT MOUNTS?
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 10:44 AM
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SO WHAT DID YOU USE FOR THE REAR SETUP?
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Yes, I capt the upper mounts until I upgraded to my kmember/coilover setup and cc plates. Still using the sn struts.
I have the stock shocks back there with tubular control arms and Steeda superlite springs. Don't have enough money right now to upgrade them. I have disc brakes in the rear as well but that has nothing to do with where the shocks mount.
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by mplangst
What are diffences between 87-93 struts and 94 up besides the lower mount is narrower the the 87-93 sturts.
87-93 struts are physically shorter than 94-up struts. 87-93 struts will bolt right up to a 94-04 car IF the vehicle is lowered.

When used in a lowered 94+ application the 87-93 struts will have 1 inch more jounce travel. If you combine that with camber plates that allow you to move the strut mount point upward, you could gain up to 1 1/2 inches of strut travel back, depending on the camber plate by using plates with 87-93 struts on lowered 94-04 models.
Old Mar 18, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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I run fox body struts/shocks on my 2000. The shorter physical length worked out better for my suspension set up.
Old Mar 19, 2010 | 08:44 AM
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SO WHAT STURTS WOULD WORK THE BEST ON A 85 MUSTANG COUPE WITH 94-95 SPINDLES AND KONI LOWERING SPRINGS?
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