With the Shelby drop as the front of of the car rises during launch the camber goes more negative that if the upper control arm was left in it original location. If your Mustang has 3001 gears youre talking 3000 rpm at 70 mph.
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The Shelby Arning drop was only included in Shelby prepped cars sold to the public in 65.
68 mustang shelby drop. DazeCars Shelby Drop Klaus Arning drop upper control arm drop Falcon Mustang Cougar 60-70 DazeCars Suspension 101 The ShelbyArning 1 drop will put your tires flatter to the ground but it must be aligned to the shelby specs in the article or it will drive worse obviously. If you swap up to 3551 gears and install. The GT350s cockpit was once again fitted with a two-point roll bar and the vehicles dash gauge layout was also nearly identical to that of the year prior.
Fits 65 - 70 Mustangs And 67 - 68 Cougars Boxing Plates Weld Over the existing front Frame 65 -70 Mustang 67 -68 Cougar Heidts Mustang II Weld In Cross member Kit. View a wide selection of Steering Suspension and other great items on KSL Classifieds. Mustang Parts from Mustangs Plus.
We drill the holes for a 1 inch upper control arm drop on our 67 Mustang. This Kit Includes The. Suspension and Handling.
Eliminate the inaccuracies of paper templates and incorrect measurements with our CNC laser cut steel template. Other highlights included an optional six-speed SelectShift automatic. One thing that he did to improve the way these car handled was to drop the U pper C ontrol A rms UCAs 1 down and 18 over-towards the rear for 6566 cars and 1 down on the 6770 cars.
How the Shelby Arning drop changes depends on the year of vehicle 64-66 Mustangs this also would cover 60-66 Falcons and Comets lowered the mounting hole for the control arm 1 in a perpendicular line to the original holes and moved them rearward by 18 on that same line. If you cant find what you are looking for on our website dont hesitate to contact us. In the old days I even did it to my daily driver Mustangs back in the 70s when I had my BOSS 351 and two 66 GT350s my daily driver was a rusty 65 A-code FB with Shelby hood qtr windows and a fresh 289 HiPo - it also had a 1 sway.
All Shelby model Mustang 1966 and later came with the UCA drop built in from Ford Due to cost Shelby stopped doing the UCA drop in 1966 during mid production year. There was also a magazine article that appeared in the 1960s that described the Shelby Mustang as having performance built in. Photo Courtesy of Ford Motor Company.
Well if you are a classic mustang fan you have heard of Carrol Shelby and you probably know that he raced mustangs. Our selection of Classic Mustang Parts and Accessories is one of the largest in the country. Branda Shelby Mustang Parts has been your source of restoration parts and accessories for 1965-73 Mustangs 1965-70 Shelby and Cobras since 1975.
Slip your classic Mustang into overdrive and lower engine rpm dramatically. 3000 Template For 67-68 Mustang Shelby Drop for sale in Midway UT on KSL Classifieds. Performing the Shelby Drop on your classic Mustang is a great inexpensive way to help decrease the positive camber characteristics of stock upper control arm mounting points.
One of the oldest handling and suspension mods for an early Mustang is a one inch drop of the upper control arms as Shelby American did with the 1965 GT350. Shelby A-arm drop and 620lb springs. John Calvert has the same recommendations and is the source of much of Alexs knowledge.
Only 318 drop-tops were assembled as opposed to nearly 900 coupes making them awfully rare and expensive nowadays. The Mustang GT got a power increase to 420 horsepower. 1967-73 Grab-A-Trak 620 Front Coil Springs DazeCars Shelby Drop Klaus Arning drop upper control arm drop Falcon Mustang Cougar 60-70.
Ive heard conflicting stories as to why it was not done on production cars after that maybe fear of increased warranty issues or liability due to the increased ball joint angle or maybe even influence from Ford execs who didnt like deviating too much from Mustang geometry for what ever reason. I have done the Shelby drop on nearly every early Mustang that Ive owned and I highly recommend it. The Ford Mustang returned for the 2013 model year with a revised design more technology and a new Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang powered by an aluminum 58-liter supercharged V8 producing 650 horsepower and 600 foot-pounds of torque.
Like most Mustangs the Shelby GT500 KR was available with numerous options. For the 1968 model year all Shelby GT350s continued to utilize the Mustangs Deluxe interior package which was available in black and saddle configurations. Alex does advocate dropping bending the spindle arm or using the Baer relocation kit.
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