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[CrystalWhiteChristine]

Wat up fellow sn95 owners :headbang:
Im interested in upgrading the suspension on the Cobra and there are many different brands and parts to choose from.
Now I know for the front I want to get the K-member and coil over kit with the control arms, not sure what brand to get?
(I dont mind paying the extra money for the better quality)
Second is I see rear suspension kits that have adjustable and non adjustable control arms.
Also Is it worth going coil overs in the rear as well as the front?
My plans for the car is mainly streetable but most powerful maybe like 550HP :icon_rr:
every now and then I plan to take to the track, drag and or circuit.
So what im looking to hear are either recomended brands being used, Experiences with these brands,
and more information on the different parts they offer for suspension and there uses

 

[ReplicaR]

What you are asking is the car that works on complete opposites of performance spectrum, which will never work well in either direction. If you want to drag race, you need weight transfer and light weight components. If you want to road race, you need as little weight transfer as possible, and durable components. Can't have one and the other with Mustang unfortunately.

 

[CrystalWhiteChristine]

Ok I get what ur saying, but im not looking to build Directly for track nor drag use, I know if I upgrade the suspension it will help on both ends of the track, so my main concern is are the coil overs reasonable for a driver?

 

[Flar]

I've got some Tokiko Illumina's on coilovers in the front of my stang with 350# springs, that spring is definitely too high for a street/track/mix style stang and probably a little too high for the Tokiko's anyway. But the car rides nice (WAY better than stock struts with h&r super sports (duh!). I would recommend that setup with a lighter spring (maybe 250#? Call MM for that though as I'm no expert) for what it sounds like your trying to do with the car, if you wanted to go straight drag id say go with some Lakewood struts or something similar, for track driving go with Koni or something similar (tokiko is similar but IMO much more street oriented/valved then Koni). Since you want to do a little bit of everything with the car id say don't go with coilovers in the rear, they don't make nearly as a big of a difference compared to what front coilovers will do (at least on the street/drag strip). Id say for the rear go with some weight jacker lower control arms (so that you can fully adjust your ride height in conjunction with the front coilovers) some springs to match which ever spring rate you chose for the front (once again give MM a call) and get rid of your quad shocks.

I have no personal experience with a torque arm and panhard bar (but plan on having plenty by the end of summer) but from my reading it seems as if they can be beneficial at the drag strip as well. Since you were talking about doing a k-member swap I would suggest doing a TA and PHB first as it will make a much bigger difference with how the car rides. However from what it sounds like you want to do with the car a TA and PHB may not be necessary.