Thread: Mustang II IFS

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Has anyone any diagrams with measurements of the dimensions of a M II IFS? What I need is the relationships between the upper and lower control arm mounts, lenghts of control arms, in short, all the geometry measurements. I am building (or attempting at this point) to adapt M II spindles to my Spitfire. If someone knows of someone who can custom build a unit like this, it could save me a lot of trouble.

Thanks in advance

I'm unshure of the dimensions of a junkyard Mustang II setup but, there are companys that manufacture new 1's with diffrent widths and sizes ( I belive ). What kind of engine are you going to put in that car. I think the length of a American V8 transmission may be too long and the shifter would actully be behind the seat ( I saw 1 like that, had an olds V8 I belive and the shifter was behind the seats and a long shaft shifter was bent down to within reach and it did look like it worked but didn't look so grand because the center consol was gone and the Ebrake was where the shifter used to be and it looked empty without the consol ). You could run new linkage to the stock position but being you would have to run the linkage from the back to the front instead of the usaual front to back, you may have a reverse shift pattern like 5-3-1 depending on the original, I'd be just reverse of
R-- 4-2
the original. Maby suicide shift may be easier hookup, that's where you have like 3 shifters ( depends on how many gears ), they can be homade and it'd be like N ( first shifter ) 2 ( Second ) and sofourth . 1 3

Thanks Matt187 and techinspector. I had a listing for a supplier through ebay who said he might be interested in making one for my application. He wanted my specs and a drawing, but I couldn't figure out how to attach this stuff to an ebay member email. I asked for his regular email address, but I never got a reply. Any suggestions? By the way Matt167, the Spitfire, A.K.A "Mustfire", A.K.A "FrankenSpit", has had or is getting the following mods.

Frame stretched 5 inches and reinforced
Has had the IRS from a 90 Cougar grafted on
Will be powered by a stroked 2.8 Ford V6
Transmission is a T-5 w/hydraulic clutch
Stopped by Ford 11 inch front discs and rear drums
Target curb weight 1950 lbs.
Target Hp 215 plus
Target torque 200 ft. lbs
This should put me in the same power-to-weight range as Corvette and Viper. Sounds like fun, Huh!

Mike