Big Boned - 1964 Ford Custom Galaxie

[johnnysuede23]

Thanks for the encouragement guys, it is much appreciated.

Here are some photos of the front suspension I was running this past year.



In the rear a roll bar as well as Viking double adjustable shocks were added. Suprisingly 17/35/315s fit with little to no modifications. I'm hoping to do a 3 link with watts bar setup.

[WSSix]

Welcome to the site! Looks like a fun project. Good luck with your plans.

[johnnysuede23]

I don't have allot of progress to report. I have 6 different spindles in my garage and have finally found one that I think will work. After attending Ron Sutton's class and learning about roll centers and scrub radius and many other things i had never thought about. I realize how much more there is to suspension then I could have imagined. I'm a beginner.
I've decided I'm going for a best effort autocross car. I'm not ready to put a cage in it and as such road course duty is out of the question.

Here are my goals for the front suspension.
-Lower car 2 inches currently 6
-Move wheels out 2 inches on each side (current setup DEEP in the wheel well)
-18x11 inch wheels on front with 6.6 inches back spacing (common mustang rear wheels)
-Minimize body roll I don't know enough about this yet to have a specific goal.
- optimize caster, camber gain, ackerman, bump steer.

[LuxurySportCoupe]

Nice Galaxie! Are those the fatman control arms? Also, I'm interested in what offset, etc you're running to fit 315's? I have 275's on mine (although with a narrower wheel 15x8 and more sidewall bulge) and they barely clear.

[johnnysuede23]

Originally Posted by LuxurySportCoupe

Nice Galaxie! Are those the fatman control arms? Also, I'm interested in what offset, etc you're running to fit 315's? I have 275's on mine (although with a narrower wheel 15x8 and more sidewall bulge) and they barely clear.

Sweet another Galaxie! Nice looking car.

I am running the fatman control arms currently, I'm working on replacing them with a longer lower and adjustable upper.

The back wheels are 17x10.5 i want to say 1.1 inches of + offset. They are a really common and cheap mustang wheel (94-2004?) I also have a spacer installed. Sorry I'm going off of memory here it has been a while since i worked on anything back there. The tire is about a half inch from hitting the leaf springs. I have had some rubs in the wheel well on the outside while autocrossing. that was "adjusted". There is probably a good 1.5-2 inches of space between the quarter panel and the wheel well.
here are a few pics, I want to say that this was with a 1.5 inch spacer and I think I'm running a 1.25 now.

[blue04.5]

Great car.

[johnnysuede23]