ok to give you a quick background, I've been collecting vintage mustangs for the past 10 years both resto mods and shelbys. Along the way I picked up a 1961 Mercury comet out of a farmers barn and restored it as best as I could. The Signal Red paint is original and restored beautifully. My goal is to give the finished car to my daughter in law who knows cars as well as I do. The 170 inline runs well even though it has the "stumble" with the starved fuel log issue. I'm not happy with my brake job which I completely rebuilt with all new parts, lines , master cylinder and brake cylinders. I stopped at retrofitting a booster and am rethinking my strategy. I love the 13 inch original rims as I powder coated them with whitewalls but now want to put in a disc conversion kit. That puts me on track to upgrade to 14 or 15 inch rims so now I'm thinking to go full Monty and swap to a 302 cid and upgrade the whole car suspension, engine, drive train and rear end ) It would be a fun project for me, my son and his wife.
ok back to my specific reason. I'm now searching the Internet for what is the best combo. I found a site for the motor mount upgrade but thought I would start here with any suggestions and/or advice. My shop is well equipped to handle this project and I'm an old gear head from the 60s except for welding lol. I will start searching the forum but thought i should introduce myself first thanks
Ponyshopguy
Since you are planning for a new suspension ,the most common changes ,because they are the best are; upgrade to 65 (V8) steering, disc conversion, 8 or 9'' rear ( depending on HP level). 8'' from a 70's maverick or comet is a bolt in. toploader 4sp is a bolt in or T5 with a little cutting for a manual trans or C4 auto. best bang for the buck on the disc is CSRP, some of their kits have the spindles you will need for the 65 steering upgrade. I have the first kit & well pleased with it & is complete except for hardlines & fluid. power kits are available but manual kit is easy enough for most ppl.
