Mustang II suspension

Stock k-member, reinforced, is plenty of metal for whatever you want to throw at it.

These aftermarket jobs are for if your bored and want to change something just to change something.

Not necessarily. They will free up a ton of space for headers....and allow you to run a rear sump pan without having to fight with the centerlink. Or better yet, allow you to run a dragster style flat bottomed oil pan....