Can this be done and what are the drawbacks? I tried a search but everything else is about older spindles. Also I can't find sn95brakes.com. Link dead? Thanks.
silver408coupe
the S197 is whole new platform from the fox chassis. i am 95% sure this wont work...
remember the fox chassis ran from 79 all the way to 04 thats why we can swap chassis parts between those years.
remember the fox chassis ran from 79 all the way to 04 thats why we can swap chassis parts between those years.
correct, there is no carry over from the Fox platform in the S197 cars. I would say there is a 99.99999998% chance that it would not work. The control arms are different, pick-points are changed, steering rack placement, strut attachment points are all changed.
yea i may reconsider lol i am 99.9% also..
i just put some lowering springs on my friends 07 gt. and the front suspension is completly differnet. no coils in the a arms with struts. its a coil over strut type design.
i just put some lowering springs on my friends 07 gt. and the front suspension is completly differnet. no coils in the a arms with struts. its a coil over strut type design.
I also looking at an 05 GT the other day all torn apart and nothing in that suspension looks like any Mustang I have worked on. Actually, it looks much closer to my Focus front suspension.
yea i agree man. my buddy asked me to put H&R drop springs on his and i thought shoot i can do that in 45 mins. forgetting its not a fox chassis car. you are right nothing looks the same. not even the rear suspension with that goofy 3 link.
S195 spindles will not work in a fox unless you do the following:
1. Replace the lower ball joints with S197 ball joints.
2. Replace your struts with S197 struts
2.a - you need to replace you caster part of your caster/camber plates. this will need to be custom made (I have a template if you need it just PM me)
3. You will need hubs off a S197 or you will need to rebuild you sn95 spindles with the correct bearings to fit the S197 hubs.
1-3 I know for sure because I've check the fit of the parts myself. I have added S197 FR500C struts to my fox mustang with custom made SN95 spindles. but it was cheaper than doing the updates listed above, and it took me about 3 weeks to get the castor/camber angles right (ajustable between .5-3.5 deg of caber).
I'm not sure if the brakes bolt right up or not, I haven't checked that since I run a custom brake setup, my guess would be that you'd need S197 rotors and calipers w/ brackets also but I'm not sure on this part.
1. Replace the lower ball joints with S197 ball joints.
2. Replace your struts with S197 struts
2.a - you need to replace you caster part of your caster/camber plates. this will need to be custom made (I have a template if you need it just PM me)
3. You will need hubs off a S197 or you will need to rebuild you sn95 spindles with the correct bearings to fit the S197 hubs.
1-3 I know for sure because I've check the fit of the parts myself. I have added S197 FR500C struts to my fox mustang with custom made SN95 spindles. but it was cheaper than doing the updates listed above, and it took me about 3 weeks to get the castor/camber angles right (ajustable between .5-3.5 deg of caber).
I'm not sure if the brakes bolt right up or not, I haven't checked that since I run a custom brake setup, my guess would be that you'd need S197 rotors and calipers w/ brackets also but I'm not sure on this part.
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