I noticed the same thing but I’ve only seen them on a car at the Mid America Mustang and Shelby show in Oklahoma on a car that only had just over 600 miles in it and still had all the paint daubes on the bolts of the suspension to show the had been tightened on the assembly line. I looked that car over for a good hour it was something I had never seen before. It had a stamp on the firewall that said “paint” in a rectangle that was off white that showed the exterior paint had been signed off on!!
@@noboltsleftbehindthat’s why it’s owned by Bob Perkins the Concourse Mustang judge. He has a Boss 302 that’s OG as well he’s the expert on how they came out and the differences between the factories too.
Every friend that had early stangs had problems out of those ram type steering they had. Most did a rack swap. Idk alot about it myself just remember some of my friends saying that.
Yeah I’ve gotten a lot of feedback about the stock Mustang steering, seems like they all have problems leaking. You’ll see I finally swapped it out for a Borgeson box in the next episode, and I’m very glad I did.
Interesting experiment with the TPS. My understanding was that all that mattered for them was the change in position. I expected idle to be set with MAP(manifold air pressure).
@@noboltsleftbehindthe difference is day and night the rubber bushing binds and slips as it gets to its max point of tension that’s the “front spring squeak” you get at max suspension compression. The bearings are smooth and don’t have that bind/sudden release issue. Years ago track racers use to “blueprint” them to get them to the exact point that they were taught enough to support but loose enough not to bind using the factory rubber and sleeve. It was done with a combination of sand paper clearancing and other voodoo including heat from what I understand. I wish dad was still alive he told me about it when I bought my first Mustang but said it’s a race thing only due to the clearancing making the part wear quickly after. The bearing solution is the best of both worlds. Better yet you can install them without affecting your alignment. Love the build btw I’m thinking about doing my 1967 Fastback for the reliability and modern additions now to find a donor!! I will miss the lumpy cam and fickle 56 year old everything. Lol
@@wayneprater8960 that's great information, thanks for that. The physics of that make total sense to me and I do have an annoying front end squeak even with my brand new spring perches. When the time comes for me to turn this into something a little more sporty I'll definitely be making the investment!
If no one has let you know yet. Stock power steering has play like that. Its awful. That play is a valve that routs the fluid pressure in or out of the slave cylinder that pushes or pulls the steering.
Sure, I'm using this one I got on Amazon: amzn.to/3Tu9GU3 It's a little bluetooth thing that plugs into your OBD2 port and the app on my iPad is called "Car Scanner", just a free one I found on the app store. Works great!
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I feel like, if Jalopnik were still a thing, you would have a million subscribers right about now.
So that was an original lower control arm, had the old little alignment tabs on the bottom, pretty cool
That’s wild. Can’t believe they lasted over 50 years in there.
I noticed the same thing but I’ve only seen them on a car at the Mid America Mustang and Shelby show in Oklahoma on a car that only had just over 600 miles in it and still had all the paint daubes on the bolts of the suspension to show the had been tightened on the assembly line. I looked that car over for a good hour it was something I had never seen before. It had a stamp on the firewall that said “paint” in a rectangle that was off white that showed the exterior paint had been signed off on!!
@@wayneprater8960 that's wild, I'd imagine a car like that would be useful to document for people doing exact-to-factory restorations.
@@noboltsleftbehindthat’s why it’s owned by Bob Perkins the Concourse Mustang judge. He has a Boss 302 that’s OG as well he’s the expert on how they came out and the differences between the factories too.
TPS should be adjusted to .99v and than you back down your idle screw on the throttle body to desired idle.
Interesting, thanks for the info. I’ll try this
Every friend that had early stangs had problems out of those ram type steering they had. Most did a rack swap. Idk alot about it myself just remember some of my friends saying that.
Yeah I’ve gotten a lot of feedback about the stock Mustang steering, seems like they all have problems leaking. You’ll see I finally swapped it out for a Borgeson box in the next episode, and I’m very glad I did.
Once you get it driving you should do a mpg test on it to see the difference from factory
That’s a great idea, I’ll definitely do that
Interesting experiment with the TPS. My understanding was that all that mattered for them was the change in position. I expected idle to be set with MAP(manifold air pressure).
Look into open tracker racing for roller spring perches
Thanks, those bearing mounts look interesting. Is there a noticeable difference between stock rubber ones you think?
@@noboltsleftbehindthe difference is day and night the rubber bushing binds and slips as it gets to its max point of tension that’s the “front spring squeak” you get at max suspension compression. The bearings are smooth and don’t have that bind/sudden release issue. Years ago track racers use to “blueprint” them to get them to the exact point that they were taught enough to support but loose enough not to bind using the factory rubber and sleeve. It was done with a combination of sand paper clearancing and other voodoo including heat from what I understand. I wish dad was still alive he told me about it when I bought my first Mustang but said it’s a race thing only due to the clearancing making the part wear quickly after. The bearing solution is the best of both worlds. Better yet you can install them without affecting your alignment. Love the build btw I’m thinking about doing my 1967 Fastback for the reliability and modern additions now to find a donor!! I will miss the lumpy cam and fickle 56 year old everything. Lol
@@wayneprater8960 that's great information, thanks for that. The physics of that make total sense to me and I do have an annoying front end squeak even with my brand new spring perches. When the time comes for me to turn this into something a little more sporty I'll definitely be making the investment!
Haven't seen but maybe a missed opportunity for a shelby drop?
If no one has let you know yet. Stock power steering has play like that. Its awful. That play is a valve that routs the fluid pressure in or out of the slave cylinder that pushes or pulls the steering.
What is on your tablet is it an OBD2 reader with all kinds of goodies that Bluetooth’s? I’m interested in it. Any information would be awesome.
Sure, I'm using this one I got on Amazon: amzn.to/3Tu9GU3 It's a little bluetooth thing that plugs into your OBD2 port and the app on my iPad is called "Car Scanner", just a free one I found on the app store. Works great!
@@noboltsleftbehindthanks so much that’s awesome and really reasonable too!!