Re: Drop spindles?
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magnum farce is about the only ones youll find.. sorry
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Re: Drop spindles?
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Magnum force, Firm Feel, Fatman Fab are a few that sell them. I have no experience with any of them but i would like to get a set from somebody one day.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance?
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance? x2
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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What year Dart, early, pre 1967 or 1967 and later bigger A body? I think the 1967 to 1972 spindles are the same and changed on the V8 cars in 1973 I'm not sure about the 1961 to 1966 A bodies spindles
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance? A little of both. I'm trying to get the whole car a little lower for stability and looks. I have an aftermarket coil over front end in it now but where it sits, the coilsprings are set as loose as possible and I'd like it lower. It's a '71 Dart with big ball joints.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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Magnum force, Firm Feel, Fatman Fab are a few that sell them. I have no experience with any of them but i would like to get a set from somebody one day. That's what I've seen also. I've read that the Fatman ones don't look to strong. And that the Magnum Force in general I should stay away from, customer service reasons, I guess. I think the Firm Feel are the same as the ones Magnum Force sells, I was going to call them. A member here has a set of PST drop spindles, for sale I guess, but I can't find them on their website and he hasn't replied to me for a few days??
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks I haven't seen a Mopar dropped knuckle yet that I'd put on my own car. They all look like 6th grade shop projects to me.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks I haven't seen a Mopar dropped knuckle yet that I'd put on my own car. They all look like 6th grade shop projects to me. I haven't seen any of them so that's why I'm asking, lol.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance? A little of both. I'm trying to get the whole car a little lower for stability and looks. I have an aftermarket coil over front end in it now but where it sits, the coilsprings are set as loose as possible and I'd like it lower. It's a '71 Dart with big ball joints. Most/many coil over Mopar aftermarket set-ups use a modified mustang2 spindle, completely different then any OEM mopar spindles. If this is the case, you are looking for a very selective/rare spindle offering.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance? A little of both. I'm trying to get the whole car a little lower for stability and looks. I have an aftermarket coil over front end in it now but where it sits, the coilsprings are set as loose as possible and I'd like it lower. It's a '71 Dart with big ball joints. If you have an aftermarket coil over front suspension then you most likely don't have Mopar knuckles in the car. You'll be in for a big surprise if you buy a Mopar knuckle since it won't fit. Better take a picture of what you have before you buy anything.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance? A little of both. I'm trying to get the whole car a little lower for stability and looks. I have an aftermarket coil over front end in it now but where it sits, the coilsprings are set as loose as possible and I'd like it lower. It's a '71 Dart with big ball joints. If you have an aftermarket coil over front suspension then you most likely don't have Mopar knuckles in the car. You'll be in for a big surprise if you buy a Mopar knuckle since it won't fit. Better take a picture of what you have before you buy anything. It's a Bondo Bob front end. I installed it a couple years ago and put my Mopar spindles on it. It was designed to use them.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I'm looking for your opinions on whose drop spindles to get for a Dart. Thanks Are you doing this for function or appearance? A little of both. I'm trying to get the whole car a little lower for stability and looks. I have an aftermarket coil over front end in it now but where it sits, the coilsprings are set as loose as possible and I'd like it lower. It's a '71 Dart with big ball joints. Most/many coil over Mopar aftermarket set-ups use a modified mustang2 spindle, completely different then any OEM mopar spindles. If this is the case, you are looking for a very selective/rare spindle offering. It has Mopar spindles
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Re: Drop spindles?
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I have 3 sets of the Magnum Force spindles, nicest spindle I ever got. The spindle from when I was talking with Ron at the shop is that these are twice the strength of the factory forging if I remember correctly. One set is for my Transformer 70' CUDA that will just be a fun street brawler. Two other sets are for corner carving rods for a future build. I know of at least 2 dozen cars that run these and never heard a complaint or problem and my last car I sold had these on it and handled good since we didn't have to turn down the torsion bar to make it look good.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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My research suggests the Magnum force drop spindles are Ductile Iron, a fairly tough material, there are a number of Ductile Iron grades with different mechanical properties. It is heat treatable. I'm doubtful Mag Force is using the higher rated/heat treated grades. I was also under the impression my older OEM spindles were forged steel, which if so, they are of comparable strength with ductile iron, and the steel forgings slightly better in the fatigue area. If the Mag Force claim was for a typical cast iron/steel spindle, then their higher strength claim would be valid IMO. I don't see any big strength shortcomings with the Ductile Iron Mag Force dropped spindles, the only reasonable alternative would be billet CM or forgings, which in a 2" dropped version would be a very small market, and likely rather pricey. I have a set of Mag Force dropped spindles, I polished, plated, baked, and had cyro'd. https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/2007-01-1001/
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Drop spindles?
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The magnum force are nice. Just don't expect them to be ready to ship when they say.. Took a couple months to get mine. I also run the SCT upper a arms to get it to align. QA1 everywhere else..
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