AJE Tubular Coil Over Front Suspension
Here's my write-up, review and lots of pics on this front suspension. I installed it over the summer on my 65 Valiant and have been putting plenty of street miles on it. Let's get the FAQs over with first.
Cost:
- A Body Mopar Street Kit (K-Frame, Upper and Lower Control Arms, Steering Arms) $2100.00 shipped.
A Body Mopar Street Kit - AJE Suspensions
These items you can buy from AJE or shop around and save some money like I did on a few.
- Rack and Pinion (Mustang Fox Body) Ebay $150.00
- Viking Double Adjustable Coil Overs $660.00
- Bump steer kit Ebay $100.00
- Misc steering shaft and couplers about $100.00 (Speedway)
Total $3110
Weight:
R&P 10.8lbs
Tubular K Frame 21.5lbs
Lower A Arms 5lbs/each
Upper A Arms 5lbs/each
Steering/Knuckle mounts 2lbs/each
Shocks 6lbs/each
Bump Stop kit 4lbs
Steering linkage and u-joints about 8lbs
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About 70lbs total
My old torsion bar setup with manual box and 82/83 bars was 122lbs.
Install
The overall experience wasn't too bad. The included documentation is really weak but AJE support was awesome, quick to answer my email questions and phone calls, even on the weekend on one occasion which was pleasantly surprising. They shipped me the wrong coil mount brackets (they were too long like for a B-Body or something) but quickly sent replacements without any fuss. I also wasn't able to use my Scarebird disk brake setup (bit of a disappointment) since those adapters are really large and interfere with everything so I bought the 73 11" disk setup from Doctor Diff which helped the stopping ability quiet a bit so that was a worthwhile upgrade.
The most difficult part is probably removing the lower bump stops and drilling the 4 holes in the frame to bolt the coil over mounts and inside frame plates for stiffening the frame. The rest is pretty much a bolt-in affair. Factory motor mounts lined up beautifully. Took the car for alignment at my go-to place and told them to setup as close to the specs they set me up with last time with the old torsion bar setup (straight-line, mostly drag) and I was pleased to learn that the AJE kit has more positive caster built in. Alignment was perfect. The ride is fantastic though I'm sure the expensive double adjustable shocks help that a lot. Still need to get it to the track and see how it performs but so far I'm really pleased with it. Also this kit accepts a 73-76 style sway bar which I might install at some point.
Pics...
Here's my write-up, review and lots of pics on this front suspension. I installed it over the summer on my 65 Valiant and have been putting plenty of street miles on it. Let's get the FAQs over with first.
Cost:
- A Body Mopar Street Kit (K-Frame, Upper and Lower Control Arms, Steering Arms) $2100.00 shipped.
A Body Mopar Street Kit - AJE Suspensions
These items you can buy from AJE or shop around and save some money like I did on a few.
- Rack and Pinion (Mustang Fox Body) Ebay $150.00
- Viking Double Adjustable Coil Overs $660.00
- Bump steer kit Ebay $100.00
- Misc steering shaft and couplers about $100.00 (Speedway)
Total $3110
Weight:
R&P 10.8lbs
Tubular K Frame 21.5lbs
Lower A Arms 5lbs/each
Upper A Arms 5lbs/each
Steering/Knuckle mounts 2lbs/each
Shocks 6lbs/each
Bump Stop kit 4lbs
Steering linkage and u-joints about 8lbs
--------
About 70lbs total
My old torsion bar setup with manual box and 82/83 bars was 122lbs.
Install
The overall experience wasn't too bad. The included documentation is really weak but AJE support was awesome, quick to answer my email questions and phone calls, even on the weekend on one occasion which was pleasantly surprising. They shipped me the wrong coil mount brackets (they were too long like for a B-Body or something) but quickly sent replacements without any fuss. I also wasn't able to use my Scarebird disk brake setup (bit of a disappointment) since those adapters are really large and interfere with everything so I bought the 73 11" disk setup from Doctor Diff which helped the stopping ability quiet a bit so that was a worthwhile upgrade.
The most difficult part is probably removing the lower bump stops and drilling the 4 holes in the frame to bolt the coil over mounts and inside frame plates for stiffening the frame. The rest is pretty much a bolt-in affair. Factory motor mounts lined up beautifully. Took the car for alignment at my go-to place and told them to setup as close to the specs they set me up with last time with the old torsion bar setup (straight-line, mostly drag) and I was pleased to learn that the AJE kit has more positive caster built in. Alignment was perfect. The ride is fantastic though I'm sure the expensive double adjustable shocks help that a lot. Still need to get it to the track and see how it performs but so far I'm really pleased with it. Also this kit accepts a 73-76 style sway bar which I might install at some point.
Pics...
