Mustang Strut Rod Installation

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Mustang strut rod installation.

Can someone help me and give me correct dimensions side to side and front to back i e. After servicing vintage mustangs for many years the mustang shop of arizona spent six years developing their fully articulating lower control arm and strut rod kit for 65 70 mustangs. The pinto and mustang strut rods are different angles. I need to weld front strut rod brackets.

How many inches from framerails and from lower. The car was a piece of rust with many missing parts. We went to shaun burgess owner of street or track in michigan to get their assessment of the strut rod issues and install a set of its fully adjustable solid mount strut rods on our 1965 fastback. While the prop rod is just a piece of metal that props the hood open struts are a gas spring that open the hood.

Universal front steer mustang ii installation instructions james snelling 2017 06 24t18 12 41 07 00 installation instructions for mustang ii suspension kits this set of instructions have been put together so the average guy should be able to put an updated suspension kit on their hot rod or street rod project. The mustang strut rods may be used however but must be heated in the elbow area and bent outward. But i don t know the correct position. We recommend the use of pinto strut rods as they are bent slightly more than the mustang strut rods.

You will find that with either strut rod the strut rod plate does not line up with the bottom of the frame rail as shown in fig. Mustang strut rods are different lengths. A good hood strut has an extending rate that makes lifting the hood a fluid painless process. We recommend the use of pinto strut rods as they are bent less than the mustang strut rods and will position the strut rod plates more closely under the frame rails.