Rear Suspension

Now we move to the back.....

 We will now discuss the installation of the rear axle, battery and gas tank.

The rear axle originally came from a 1988 Thunderbird and was 3/4" wider on each side than a Mustang rear axle. This was because of the ABS brakes.  We wanted to keep the Thunderbird rear end because it had disc brakes which was an upgrade over the Mustang drum brakes.  In order to use it in the Cobra and not have the rear tires hit the body it was modified back to a normal width.  This was done by changing out the axles and installing brake caliper brackets from North Cobras.    

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Rear brackets supplied with the kit relocate the lower control arm to improve traction.  Notice how the rear springs "screw" onto the frame.  By turning the spring you can adjust the ride height of the car.  We were lucky that our donor car had tubular control arms with polyurethane bushings.  This will keep the rear end steady under hard cornerning.

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Cables attached between the frame and the shocks keep the springs from falling out if the car were to become airborne.  We hope never to have to test the strength of these cables. :)

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The stock gas tank from the Mustang is used.  We just cleaned it up a bit.  The filler neck will need to be modified to fit the new Cobra body. Gas Tank Installed.jpg (34663 bytes)
The battery is located under the frame and above the axle.  If you needed to jump start the car it would be tough to get to the battery.  We purchased a set of remote battery terminals that will allow us to jump start the car with out having to connect directly to the battery.

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