My 67 Cougar Build

Not much of an update. Pulled the coyote engine to finish up some front suspension work.

A few updates to my build. The front suspnsion is mostly welded in. Still need to weld in the gussests, top coil over mount, and down tubes. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics.

Michaels 69 said:

Oh that's alright these things happen. There's a lot of choices out there for a more modern front end, what made you choose Art Morrison, just curious? Cool that you came up with the 3 link on your own, why not a 4 link? Sorry for all the questions I love these builds and I'm just trying to get as much information as I can before I pull the trigger on my car. I'm going to be doing this with my 69 and the coyote motor too.


Thanks you very much for your time, Michael

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At the time I purchased the suspension, a few companies had just come out with their own suspension designs (TCI and Detroit Speed to name a few). I had used mustang II suspensions in the past, which worked great and all, but I wanted something different. Art Morrison did some comparison test which I thought looked very promising. Their suspension allowed me a little more flexibility of how I wanted to mount everything. The x-member is bolted in which will allow me to remove it to replace oil pan gaskets and such because I will mount the engine to the frame only. Also, their pricing was within my budget. As for the rear suspension, it was actually a project for me in college and I wanted to see it come to life. At the time, it was all the rage. I had read up on other suspension designs; parallel 4-link, Satchel 4-link, leaf spring, etc but the 3-link seemed to be the best compromise. I had also noticed that at the time mustangs were doing well in trans-am racing with their 3-link live axle. Ultimately though, when I decided what to use for my car, I just wanted to be different. One thing I will say, based on experience, if you decide to remove the shock towers, try to put back as much strength back as you can. Just plating the rails is not enough. I had installed a mustang II on my brother's 66 mustang and after 7+ years of daily driving, he did start to develop cracks in the cowl area. Tying into the firewall is crucial in my opinion. With the shock towers out the suspension loads go through the thin fender aprons into the cowl were you will start to see the cracking.