Anybody seen this suspension by CPP yet or used it?

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    maver88 Nick Taurone

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    I'll take that as a compliment:), you do have to narrow it, 3" out of the center & 3/4" off the front . I took pics of the whole process, and plan to write up a tech article, but it will be a month or more before I can, and I want to get it on an alignment machine to double check everything
     
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    Caster and camber. It's a little more cumbersome to adjust caster like this rather than using an adjustable strut/radius rod but it's how most cars were done before strut suspensions became popular. Instead of eccentrics, though, those cars used shims between the control arms and car chassis. In '67 Ford got the idea of using an adjustable radius rod to set caster even though it binds the lower control arm bushing when pulling a lot of + caster.
     
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    You should take it as a compliment, it looks good.
     
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    Nice work, I’m impatiently waiting for the write up.
    I’m struggling with what to do with the front suspension on my Comet, replace with all factory parts..... all out top $ Mustang II or somewhere in between.
     
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    Don't see how you will be able to eliminate the shock towers as it appears that the coil springs will still need to mount on the top control arms and go into the towers as they do on the stock ones
     
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    Those upper control arms will accept Viking coilovers, if he chooses to run them. Won't be able to eliminate the towers but should be able to trim them way back.
     
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    It will with some fabrication skills (which I know you have by looking at your car;)). Gonna look something like this
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    Once I order some coil overs when I get recovered from the paint job I'm presently engaged in. The lower a-arm has a nice wide spot to fab some mounts for the coil overs, & uppers mounts won't be very hard either
     
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    Ohh their going away, way away:outtahere:
     
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    Will the anti-sway bar fit with that coilover in there?
     
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    We'll see, I doubt it in the factory spot with factory end links, but at this point nothing but the dimmer switch is factory on my car. I'll prolly have to fab some end links up so I can move them
     
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    I like this because it keeps the factory spindles, which I already had disc brakes for, And the factory track width, & steering components.
    The mustang II stuff is wider and uses a rack & pinion which kills your turning radius. Some people like em but they're overrated in my opinion.
    I'll have about $1000 in it when I'm done but lots of fab work for which I don't mind. Definitely not for the bolt on crowd, but then again neither is the mII
     
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    I need to convert to disc brakes anyway and I can buy a MII crossmember that will go right into the Comet, my buddy has some MII parts like power rack, new tubular control arms so it may be the most cost effective way to go.
    But I’m still very interested in your setup.
     
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    Yep, as long as you get the spring/shock combo to mount to the lower control arm and then the frame, you have a plan. Just remember that your towers are what is going to support the sheet metal frame from folding up so, unless you are going to cage to the front of the frame rails, you will still need some of the towers left behind for support :thumbs2:
     
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    Cpp has the front coil-over kit listed for 67-73 Mustangs for $449. Will this kit fit a Maverick with stock control arms?
     
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    I didn't look at them, but usually not without some modification of the control arms. The coil-overs mount differently than the stock spring and saddle. Probably wouldn't be difficult, though.
     

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