A new Armstrong shock for my Tr6 has only 1.5 inches of travel. So I
guess 3 inches would probably be more than enough?
Aivars
PS By the way that same Mustang II shock will also fit a Ford
Pinto.............
R. Ashford Little II wrote:
>My understanding of the front end on our cars came from a person at
>Carrera. I failed to expound upon all he said since it wasn't that
>important other than the words "Mustang II" which still give me the
>chills.
>
>But anyway, it is my understanding that the front suspension on the
>TR6's was similar to the suspension on Ford products dating from the mid
>60's. It is also my understanding that this suspension setup worked
>fairly well in a number of applications, was simple in design and not
>costly to manufacture.
>
>The Mustang II part of the equation must only come in since the specs
>for the shock were similar and not because of the suspension itself -
>after all the Mustang II, may she rest in peace for a long, long time,
>was introduced in 1974 which was obviously later than the TR6.
>
>Sorry if I wasn't clear, and I may still have a few facts misconstrued.
>
>R. Ashford Little II
>www.geocities.com/ralittle2
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:lang@isis.mit.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 9:20 AM
>To: Vink, Graham
>Cc: 'R. Ashford Little II'; 6pack@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: TR6 Shocks
>
>On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Vink, Graham wrote:
>
>
>
>>I believe Mustang II suspensions are adapted quite frequently to
>>
>>
>expensive
>
>
>>American street rods, replacing obsolete suspensions from the '30s and
>>
>>
>'40s.
>
>
>>Among other advantages, they have disk brakes ...
>>
>>
>
>Street rods, kit cars - there are a lot of applications for Mustang II
>front ends, a-arms, steering racks and uprights.
>
>
>
>>However, before getting too carried away about their virtues, I
>>
>>
>believe a
>
>
>>major appeal is that they are cheap, since there are (or were) many
>>
>>
>Mustang
>
>
>>II's in junkyards. A "new" front suspension and brakes from one of
>>
>>
>those
>
>
>>would probably cost about $50, tops.
>>
>>
>
>Actually, the inexpensive cost comes from the fact that there a
>specialty
>houses that provide just Mustang II front end parts. That would indicate
>demand.
>
>I'm not sure where you live, but in my area (New England) you'd be
>pretty
>hard pressed to find a Mustang II parts car. After all, they were made a
>long time ago (over 20 years).
>
>But the original point is that the shocks appear to be similar in spec.
>
>Note that the Mustang II shock mounts at a different angle than the TR6
>-
>I'm sure that counts for something in the design criteria of the shock.
>But Carerra shocks are reported to be the hot ticket in high performance
>applications.
>
>Also note from one of the previous posts that the shock spec. listed
>only
>about 3 inches of travel from full bump to full rebound. That's not very
>much travel distance (but probably adequate).
>
>
>
>>--Graham
>>
>>
>
>regards,
>rml
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