SS/B Barracuda project

SSing said

I shall express myself more clearly, and want to start with what effect the spacers have on the front suspension, e.i. stability and handling of the car. If the spacers means I have to tamper with the upper and lower control arm as well as the lower steering arm, I have to pass on the use of the spacers, as I have plans to get the traffic techs approvals, and use the car on the street, at least occasionally, witch in reality probably will mean a number of hours ;)

????Question: Do I have to adjust/bend upper and lower control arm, as well as lower steering arm, or any of them, if I use ½" spacers????

This question is crucial as to how I move on. No room for assumptions here. Sense it also is a question of safety.

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Regarding your front-end
If you're going to use the new Mopar X-ram & want it to stay under the hood, you'll need to use a 1" to 1 1/4" spacer as that manifold is larger than the originals. Your A-arms won't be much of an issue until you start using the car at racing speeds, then you'll probably need to follow the guidelines in the Guide. While bending/modifying them may be an issue where you are, another possibility is to contact "Old Car Parts" here in the States & see if you sent them a copy of what's in the Guide they could make them for you. They deal with rare/one-off pieces for collectors. Of course you could always use modern, adjustable A-arms, as I did, as no one is really going to see them anyway & most won't even know if they ARE origianl or not. As to your steering column: you should have enough room to move it forward the extra inch or so you'll need to compensate for the lowered K-member. Sometimes they do have have to be shortened & that entails disassembling it & making the appropriate modifications.