Big development today, this week in preparation for Just Drift Top Drift Battle! I ordered a set of stock geometry SN95 control arms to replace the forward offset Fox control arms.

MM SN95 stock geometry control arms move the balljoint back 3/4" and out 3/4" from where they were with the MM Fox forward offset arms.

Sub-frame clearance added to give the 245/45R17 tires a little bit more breathing room.

Mad Angles!

The new arms required me to change to SN95 inner tie rods and Ford Taurus outers. Some additional steering rack modifications and a bit more sub-frame clearance should be good for even more angle.

Summary:

• MM Stock geometry SN95 control arms
• Stock sub-frame
• Racecraft Drop Spindles
• Eiback Coilovers on Bilstein shocks
• SN95 Inner Tie Rods
• Ford Taurus Outer Tie Rods or 96+ SN95 Outer Tie Rods

What the Future Holds:
More frame clearance, some rack modifications, and a custom control arm should give us quite a bit more angle to work with.

Remember you will need to align the car after installing these and that they add a significant amount of negative camber.

Get the car supported up on jack stands so that you have some space to work.

Unbolt the Strut from the Spindle. I recommend removing the brake caliper and rotor to get a bit more working space. It also does not hurt to inspect your brakes while you are in here.

Unbolt the retaining nut on top of the strut.

You should now be able to drop the strut out of the car. Notice the spacer stack on the top of the strut.

We will be replacing the 600lbs/in silver springs with the red ones from Eibach. It is difficult to tell in the picture, but the silver springs had a bit of a bow to them which caused some rubbing and interference. The Eibachs are a much nicer unit.

Because the 500lbs/in springs are a bit softer I took the small spacer from the top of the Caster/Camber plate and put it on the bottom because we want to retain our current ride height.

Here is a shot of the full assembly back in place. In this shot you can also see out Racecraft spindles.

Re-install the the caliper and rotor, torque everything down and you are done with this side of the car.

In total the install of the two new Eibach springs took me around 60 minutes.