04-26-2022, 04:24 PM
After months of rust repair, cleaning, undercoating, etc., I am finally starting to put my ‘71 Mach 1 back together. I purchased a stock suspension rebuild kit with new control arms, shocks, shock supports, bushings, etc. I have all the components installed but am at a loss on how to setup a base alignment/setup. I had the car completely tore down to the unibody, so I won’t be able to have a final alignment done until I have the engine/transmission back in the car, but I would like to setup the front end with a base alignment to allow me to roll it around until I get everything put back in the car and can properly load the suspension and do a real alignment.
I have measurements, etc. from the old setup that would allow me to get the tie rods and strut rods back to where they were with the old suspension, but am wondering how to set my lower control arm lengths (with the cam bolts) to get me close enough to assemble the car and roll it around some. Anyone ever done this from scratch before? Any ideas how to proceed?
Thanks in advance!
I have measurements, etc. from the old setup that would allow me to get the tie rods and strut rods back to where they were with the old suspension, but am wondering how to set my lower control arm lengths (with the cam bolts) to get me close enough to assemble the car and roll it around some. Anyone ever done this from scratch before? Any ideas how to proceed?
Thanks in advance!