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As long as I don't drop the UCA more than 1 inch I can do the Shelby drop mod w/ all stock parts right?
I'm redoing the entire front suspension, (sigh) got to drop some cheddar on new parts and don't want to buy the wrong stuff.
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Only buy Moog ball joints, tie rod ends, and UCA shafts/bushings. So far Rock Auto has 'em.
And, get a template (Daze Cars has 'em) to drill for the Arning/Shelby drop.
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Last edited by Bullet Bob (5/30/2018 7:57 AM)
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Yes, you can do it with all stock parts.
I agree with Bob that if you're replacing parts anyway you might as well go with Moog so they'll last longer.
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by the way someone locally told me that orielly and autozone PRICE MATCH ROCKAUTO!!!!! which means that you can get your moog parts locally for the same price (orielly and autozone will have you calculate the shipping with rockauto and add that to their price too)
BUT , its good to know! :D and ofcourse for you it is the brand exact. They dont care to look at exact brand names, they look at warranties to be similar.
Just FYI :D
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fyi I used all Moog Frt end parts. Got them on amazon free shipping/no tax. NAPA said they had them. But when they pulled them out of the warehouse they were china/mex parts.
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I wonder what has to be done to require one of those UCA tapered ball joint shims. Thought one of those might be required with the Shelby drop if you are binding the upper ball joint under full compression.
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Drop it more than 1" and you need to address the balljoint operating angle. Shelby used to drop the race cars even lower, like 1.25" or more, and found the ball joints would bind and live short, unpredictable lives. As stock parts were mandated I believe their solution was to relieve the balljoint housing in a mill to gain the needed clearance (couldn't be seen with the boots in place). This weakened the ball joints, but apparently was a better option than allowing them to bind.
The angled shims, etc. are all designed to address the operating angle of the balljoint, but its a myth that you need to do anything on just a simple 1" drop. All the issues reported were from Shelby's racing program. Like most myths there was a basis in fact, but the guys retelling the tale over and over lost the origin of the story, and it became a "fact" that any time you lowered the UCA the balljoints became an issue.
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You'll be happy. Like TKO said, an inch is not a problem.
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