Begin front end Evolution (big brakes, etc)

[P72Ford]

i hated those upper control arms on my cop car.......had to grease em once a week or they would squeak
yea big brakes are much better......and no youre not gonna damage the arms with that little heat.......i have completed 9 big brake swaps so far!

Typically I can't even get any grease in the fittings on the uppers. They don't squeak yet though.

I was just curious about the heat damaging the temper. Experience is worth everything... thanks for the input LM.

[Nathan in MI]

Mine don't squeak, but they rattle like crazy. At least I assume that it's those bushings I"m hearing when I go over bumps.

[P72Ford]

Mine don't squeak, but they rattle like crazy. At least I assume that it's those bushings I"m hearing when I go over bumps.

I searched for a rattle on my '88 forever. Turned out it was the e-brake cable rattling on the floor board.

[Nathan in MI]

Weird. Well, it doesn't bother me enough to really pursue it much. Can't hardly hear it over the exhaust these days anyway lol

Okay, I'm gonna stop before we jack this thread too far.

[LtMercDaddy]

we gonna be doing new shocks too? mine are toast.

[Lincolnmania]

let me know if you need any assistance petemang

[85crownHPP]

Id love to have you down here mang but I dont think I cant afford your expertise just yet - might have to save that for the HO swap. If you want to come down for vacation, come on anytime
Hopefully prepping the control arms in advance and using the shorter free hight springs will make it a big brake breese

[85crownHPP]

we gonna be doing new shocks too? mine are toast.

most definatly - Im going to go with police app KYB's

Today I used two different brass wire wheel brushes for the drill to clean out all the burnt rubber gunk out of the outer sleeves in the lower control arms - not sure how Im gonna do the uppers (shaft cant be removed without griding it or removing the outer sleeves)
I sprayed some WD40 in there which pretty much liquefied the rubber after spinning the wheel around inside the sleeve. After wiping the mess out with a rag I was left with a nice baby smooth surface - hopefully these poly bushings will slide right in!!
Be sure to use cheap wire wheels for this, becuase they will be completely saturated with liquidy rubber goo which I imagine would be a pain to clean out. I think I got these at big lots so Im not sweating it

The performance springs have arrived too... If I wasn't such a slacker and I had the control arms loaded already, I could start on this tomorrow... I guess it will be next weekend...

[85crownHPP]

decided to push this back untill after the double out of town weekends for my friends wedding.
I just ordered the Dorman calipers and hoses - still need to get shocks and motor mounts... hope to get started after this weekend (maybe?)

[Grand Marquis GT]

For your own sake, use good shocks, like KYBs...

[85crownHPP]

should I go with GR2's or the gas-adjust??? are the police spec ones worth the extra $$$??

Also, the motor mounts cost different prices for each side... I guess they are different??

[mrltd]

I think the PI ones are worth the extra, yes the mounts are different for each side.

GR-2's are the better ones IIRC

[gadget73]

gas-a-justs are fairly stiff. Prob police GR2 is fine, it should be somewhere between a civi gr2 and a gas-a-just

[CheeseSteakJim]

I have two brand new motor mounts that I bought for my '88 Town Car and then realized that they weren't the problem. You can have 'em for $40 + shipping (negotiable, IIRC they cost me around $60) if they'll help you out. If not, they're just sitting in my garage in their boxes collecting dust.

[Lincolnmania]

gas a justs are the top of the line