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lowering the rear
JoeBob:
You are right. My 72 handed better and it was lower.
LongTimeFordMan:
What about tire clearance..
Doest lowering reduce clearance with larger wheels
one2.34me:
From my own experience, just lowering the car with stock wheels and tires won't cause a clearance issue.
Without considering, (understanding) backspacing, I bought a set of 195/55-15 BFG Sport Comp 2 tires (approximately the same diameter as the stock 13" tires) and four 10-hole fox body Mustang wheels which have 5" backspacing. When the wheels and tires were installed and the car, a '75 Runabout, was lowered, the upper a-frames dug into the front wheels and locked the car down solid. The back tires cleared the inboard wheel well structure by approximately a half inch. There was a lot of outer tire clearance front and rear.
I ended up having to trim the upper A-frames fore and aft of the ball joints and add a small wheel spacer (1/4" or 5/16", I can't remember now) to clear the 10-hole fox body wheels of the upper A-frames.
Knowing what I now know, I'd definitely double check backspacing if I planned to go with wider wheels and tires.
TIGGER:
Both my Pinto's are lowered front and back. My dads wagon has OEM slots and there are no rubbing or clearance issues. My 73 is lower than the wagon and it has 15" centerlines that fill the wheel wells up nicely. The only thing that rubs is the driveshaft on the ebrake cable. It has what I believe is a 4" diameter aluminum DS in it. I think a stock ds would not rub. Its kind of annoying to be honest. The 73 is still a project that I hope to get to some day.
TIGGER:
Old pic of the wagon but it has not changed much since it was taken.
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