Front coilover conversion mounts

cu440da said

I just picked up a project that has been caged and back halved. Shock towers have been gusseted to the cage downtubes very well. I'm looking at using Magnumforce coilover mounts (along with RMS uppers) and am just curious if anyone has experience with this style conversion, and how they like it. I do not want a full k-frame conversion. Its a racecar that will see street time regularly.

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If you have a caged and back halved car why do you want to use the stock K frame?

There are reasons why almost all of the coilover conversions use a full K-frame as part of the conversion. Race cars are one thing, but if you plan on spending time on the street you need to be able to work out the suspension geometry. Just throwing together a bunch of parts with a set of coilovers is not going to result in a suspension that works well. You have to be able to run the geometry numbers, or use a kit from someone that has.

mopowers said

Those advertised numbers are total travel from full compression to full extension. Calvert recommends at least 5" from ride height to full extension.

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That’s almost twice as much as these cars had from the factory. Bump stop-to-bump stop on the factory suspension is only about 5.5” of total travel.