Mustang II Front End

fwaugh said

That's what I figured. We are going to install a system built by RCMotorsports. It will be custom and seems to be doable at this point. The only two questions are oil pan design/clearance and wether I will have enough clearance for the air bags. Even if the air bags dont fit we will be able to get the coilovers in.
I still dont understand why people arn't going with a mustang II system with one crossmember. If it can be done on Falcons, Mustangs etc...you would think these Mopars would be doing it as well.

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For one thing, the early Falcons and Mustangs used a truly attrocious front suspension design. You've seen some of the templates going around for how you can fix your camber curve on those with a hand drill? They're not very good suspensions and in that case even a stock Mustang II suspension can be something of an improvement.

Chrysler put a lot more work into getting good suspension geometry on A-bodies. The designed it to keep the wheels planted upright when the body leans, built it to keep the weight low and made 100% of the spring weight sprung, and you could even adjust the cross weight without a coil-over conversion.

There's still room for improvement in the suspension geometry, and things you can reinforce and gusset. But it's something a designer has to sit down and think about. Just about any "Mustang II" suspension worth installing on an A-body has little in common with a Mustang II except the spindles and rack. Putting an actual Mustang II crossmember and control arms in a Mopar would be a step backwards.