1963-1/2 Ford Falcon Futura

[Nlped47]

After driving it some over the last couple of weeks (~130 miles), I have diagnosed a ****ty handlin’, great braking car. So, I am going to be upgrading the front suspension some more. Global West lower control arms and strut rods are now ordered. I have a few upgrades up front already, so I think these pieces will be a significant upgrade.







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[rustomatic]

I had these same parts, once upon a time. The greatest effect seemed to be a big reduction in the standard cowl shake over expansion joints, and maybe a bit of caster addition. After that, and it may have been partly due to the fact that my last house was on a gravel road (very dusty--not much rain), the spherical bearings were not long for the world.

Overall, it's the geometry that will affect handling the most. These parts only affect geometry if you use the lower arms to add some caster, which can be quite an upgrade. Otherwise, car don't care what them arms be made of.

Originally Posted by Nlped47

After driving it some over the last couple of weeks (~130 miles), I have diagnosed a ****ty handlin’, great braking car. So, I am going to be upgrading the front suspension some more. Global West lower control arms and strut rods are now ordered. I have a few upgrades up front already, so I think these pieces will be a significant upgrade.







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[jarhead]

Really like the look of your Falcon, I had a 64 and a 65, great cars!

[Nlped47]

Originally Posted by jarhead

Really like the look of your Falcon, I had a 64 and a 65, great cars!

Thanks Jarhead. I love this ole car.


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[Nlped47]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

I had these same parts, once upon a time. The greatest effect seemed to be a big reduction in the standard cowl shake over expansion joints, and maybe a bit of caster addition. After that, and it may have been partly due to the fact that my last house was on a gravel road (very dusty--not much rain), the spherical bearings were not long for the world.

Overall, it's the geometry that will affect handling the most. These parts only affect geometry if you use the lower arms to add some caster, which can be quite an upgrade. Otherwise, car don't care what them arms be made of.

I know there’s not a lot of ‘difference’ in the design/dimensions.

The strut rods didn’t come yet, but I had a hammered ball joint so I had to install the lower arms. But now that the lower arms are in, it’s obvious that the previous alignment is no longer even close which tells me that more was amuck. I’m not expecting anything overly incredible, but the stock lowers were worn out & I wanna go 100+ mph on occasion. So...done did.

But!!! I really want to sell this one, buy a 1st Gen 4-door wagon and do a full chassis (Roadster or Morrison) with an LS SWAP. Just my thoughts.


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