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Bilstein also
has a long street use and
racing history. This is the
perfect shock for such an
advanced coil over system
for your Mustang and classic
Ford. A quick benefits list
of our coil over system
compared to a conventional
spring/shock arrangement
would be:
- Easy
ride height adjustment.
Our shocks feature a
threaded sleeve, simply
rotate the adjuster with
the supplied wrench to
raise, lower or cross
weight the car. No
cutting springs, no
guessing.
- 50%
better motion ratio
allows use of lighter
springs and more shock
motion for improved
control.
- Although we have chosen
what we feel and have
calculated to be a great
combo, coil over springs
can be had in 25-50lb
increments which is a
vast improvement over
the conventional spring
offerings.
- We've
designed our system to
feature super easy
spring/shock removal.
The entire spring/shock
assembly is held on by 1
bolt on the top and 1
bolt on the bottom. No
spring compressors, no
swearing.
- Heim
bearing shock ends
further reduce bind
found in stock setup.
This transmits road
forces directly to the
spring & shock allowing
it to do what its
designed to do and get
the tire back on the
road quicker for more
control and better
handling. This can be
compared to the benefits
found in using roller
spring perches on a
conventional system.
Other systems on the
market that use rubber
or polyurethane shock
bushings will bind
during regular
suspension travel and
when the strut rod is
used to move the lower
control arm to set
caster.
Not
satisfied with just picking
an off the shelf shock that
fits the space, we worked
for a full year computing
motion ratios, wheel rates,
sprung and un-sprung
weights, critical damping
and a massive list of other
variables to design our own
proprietary Street, Sport
and Race shock & spring
combinations specific to the
65-73 Mustang and other
vintage Fords. We do NOT use
a standard 'off the shelf
shock' that simply fits in
the space and 'sort of feels
right'. Each shock and
spring package is designed
based on the vehicles weight
and intended use. Alongside
the year of math, shock
curves and shock dyno time
we drove many, many street
miles and 100's of laps on
our favorite racetracks for
a real world 'seat of the
pants' validation of each
combination from us and a
selection of test customers.
The 3
shock valving & spring
combinations available for
our coil over system are:
Street
We feel that this
combination rides as close
to a modern production car
as you are likely to get
from your classic. That was
our goal and we feel we've
met that. In fact even our
shock tuning engineer was
blown away at how nice our
1966 Mustang coupe test car
drove down a bumpy, twisting
Michigan road! Choose this
system if you want a smooth
yet responsive ride from
your classic that you can
drive for hours and hours
without feeling beaten up.
Due to the lighter spring
rate used, this is also our
recommended setup for dual
purpose street or drag car.
Sport
We worked really hard on
this package to design it
for all those dual purpose
street or open track cars
out there. This package
gives a smooth, crisp,
controlled ride on the
street but can also handle
bouncing off the curbs and
slick tires at the road
course. Choose this system
if you like carving around
bends, on/off ramps and/or
open tracking with NO need
to switch shocks or click
gimmicky knobs.
Race
For our race setup, the
shock gets switched for one
with a Schrader valve to
adjust/set nitrogen
pressure. With a shock
inflator gauge like #SOT-LON50473
(available below)
and a tank of nitrogen from
your local welding supply
store, this enables the
customer to change gas
pressure beneath the
dividing piston. Choose this
option for a dedicated track
car. Our hired 'butt dyno'
driver lapped 3 seconds
quicker in his 1965 coupe
when compared to times using
his highly modified
conventional front
suspension setup. The stop
watch doesn't lie. This
valving can also be built
into a Bilstein shock
without the Schrader valve
should you not wish to have
the option to tune gas
pressure but still want the
race setup.
All of the
shocks used in our coil over
system will give many, many
years of service. When the
time comes, the shocks are
completely rebuildable/serviceable
by us or any worldwide
Bilstein rebuilder. You can
rest assured that your
investment in this system is
one that you can easily
maintain and enjoy for many
years.
System
includes:
- Tubular .156 wall TIG
welded upper control
arms with replaceable
adjustable length
chromoly, kevlar/Teflon
lined heim bearing
pivots, 4140 chromoly
cross shafts and easily
replaceable Moog
screw-in ball joints.
Arms and ball joints are
compatible installed in
stock all the way down
to 1-3/4" lower holes.
1" drop template
included.
- Tubular .156 wall TIG
welded lower control
arms with replaceable
chromoly, kevlar/Teflon
lined mono-ball inner
pivots and easily
replaceable Moog
screw-in ball joints.
- A
pair of our Adjustable
strut rods.
- Your
choice of Street, Sport
or Race valved Bilstein
shock absorbers and
matched coil-over
springs tailored to your
year vehicle. Spring and
shock assemblies comes
pre-assembled complete
with thrust bearings.
Helper springs with
guides are also supplied
should the vehicle and
spring rate require it.
- Lower
CNC machined billet
shock mounting brackets.
- Upper
laser cut, TIG welded
shock mounting brackets.
- Upper
CNC machined billet
stock spring seat
adapter rings - Installs
over the stock spring
seat negating its
removal. No need to
drill out the spot welds
and hack up your car.
- Laser
cut engine bay cover
plates - Covers the hole
for a clean look in the
top of the shock tower
that the stock shock
used to go through.
- Hardware required to
install the system.
- Spanner wrench to adjust
ride height.
- Detailed instructions.
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