Thread: Chasis setup
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Old 11-14-2003, 03:31 PM
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Hopefully, you purchased Bethania Garage upper control arm brackets with your coil overs. If you haven't, send Tom another $100 and get them. These brackets fix one of Fords stupider ideas used on the stock MII suspension. Front end now can be precision aligned with shims like most GM cars, and not have alignment change, or collapse when you go over your first bump.

Mine is a street, not track car. I start with getting the oil pan to ground clearance set at 5"- 6", and the front frame to ground measurements the same. Rear then gets set up for 1" - 2" viewed horizontally from top of tire to bottom of wheel opening. This gives me a car that looks right, feels right, and works.

Power steering equipped cars need more caster for returning to center when cornering. Don Van Cleave while he was still at CR recommended 5 1/2 deg +/- 1/2 deg caster, both sides the same (which can be accomplished with shim adjusted upper control arms).
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