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01-26-2005, 02:02 AM
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Has anyone put a mustang 2 IFS under an early Tempest?? Have been toying with the idea for a while. Have been looking at the Fat Man productions setup with power rack & pinion with disc brakes. Anyone?? Comments, thoughts!!
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Keith Collier 61-63 Pontiac Tempest Tech advisor POCI.org |
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01-26-2005, 02:02 AM
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Has anyone put a mustang 2 IFS under an early Tempest?? Have been toying with the idea for a while. Have been looking at the Fat Man productions setup with power rack & pinion with disc brakes. Anyone?? Comments, thoughts!!
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Keith Collier 61-63 Pontiac Tempest Tech advisor POCI.org |
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01-27-2005, 07:08 PM
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Yes, I'm interested also. I was thinking about putting one in my 63 wagon.
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01-28-2005, 07:55 PM
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I was looking into the same set-up for my 55. Lots of money$$$. I decided to stay with the stock suspension.
I probaly would have found a doner 74-78 Mustang II or 75-80 Pinto/Bobcat doner car to save some cash and probaly at least want the tubular lower control arms to get rid of the strut rods.
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01-29-2005, 08:33 PM
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When I had my '63, I ran the stock front suspension for a short time. Then I put a straight axle with leaf springs (the gasser days) under it. The best front suspension that I put in was the last and a relatively easy modification. It was the front from an early Corvair with rack & pinion steering. I used box tubing for spacers between the crossmember and the sub-frame and used the original bolt holes to bolt it up. The only fabrication needed was for brakets for the rack & pinion and to the steering shaft.
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05-03-2005, 06:49 AM
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My buddy is currenty working on a rack and pinion kit for our cars and if it works we willbe sporting them on our 63's. After the trial run all the info will be posted on wha twe did or he will sell a kit for all to buy. So keep your eyes peeled...
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01-05-2007, 01:01 AM
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person that pmd me
here it is WDCreech has done it
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01-08-2007, 05:28 PM
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01-08-2007, 08:04 PM
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I put a rack on mine. I fugured with the wildwood 9" Disk change over there wasn't a lot of gain from the IFS weight wise for racing... The rack goes on fairly easy. Both are front steer. Just add a bracket for a knuckle, Plus I can see those pesky header bolts on the driver side now.
John
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01-10-2007, 10:22 AM
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rack and pinion
I've had power Rack and Pinion streering on my 62 from the time I built it in 99. I used 78 ford fairmont rack and fabbed my mounting perch to the front cross member. I also installed disc brakes using Mustang II spindles. No one was into these cars much at the time so I had to do all my front end stuff as I progressed through the building process. The car was in the Dec. 2000 HPP lonestar shootout.
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