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Let's face it: just because we all love to look at, ride in, and even build super cool rods and customs, we don't always understand the intricacies of how every system operates. As long as it bolts on and works well, who cares how each little part does its job, right? Wrong. Understanding the basics of how each system on your rod works will not onlyhelp you impress friends and relatives with your vast engineering prowess andknowledge of everything automotive, it will also allow you to build andmaintain a safer and more reliable car. Last issue we kicked off a new seriescalled How It Works, which will focus on a different system every month,examining how different parts function and, hopefully, debunking a few mythsalong the way. Since we tackled the basics of traditional dropped-axle suspensionlast time, we thought taking a long, hard look at the world of IndependentFront Suspension (IFS) might be appropriate this time around. HISTORY AND THE MUSTANG IIAfter decades of solid axles poundingacross the burgeoning American highway system, Chevrolet introduced one of thefirst domestic passenger car independent front suspension setups in 1939 (moreon this later). Ford came into the independent game a decade later in 1949,when they rolled out their first totally fresh chassis design sincethe days of the Model T. "The geometry of this design was prettygood," explains Brent VanDervort of Fat Man Fabrications. "However,disc brakes, power steering, and lowering options are very limited. The setupisn't bad, but because most rodders have a lack of experience working on theseearly systems that combine kingpin technology with IFS, it can be hard to workon for some people and even some shops." While these early IFS setups worked prettywell on the big passenger cars of the '40s and '50s, street rod enthusiastswere relegated to using variations of the same tried-and-true solid-axlesuspension design Henry Ford introduced at the turn of the century all the wayup until the mid-'60s. That's when the Chevy Corvair, with its advancedindependent front suspension, began to show up in wrecking yards whereindustrious rodders could get their hands on them. Unfortunately, Corvair IFSwas not a perfect solution, as it required hubs and brakes from the relativelyrare Pontiac Tempest to be converted over to a five-lug bolt pattern, and thesteering system was hard to adapt, as well. "The Corvair parts workedhorribly," says Gary Heidt of Heidt's Hot Rod Shop. "The spindleswere designed to work with a steering box, and people were putting rack-and-pinionson them. Since rack-and-pinion doesn't have as much travel as a steering box,you couldn't turn the wheels far enough, and it negatively affected the turningradius." As the Corvair adaptation began to wane inpopularity, the AMC Pacer was discovered to have a stout independent frontendthat was narrow enough to fit on an early Ford, and it had rack-and-pinion,making it an ideal candidate. However, due to the suspension's heavyconstruction and the relative obscurity of the car, the Pacer conversion never reallycaught on. As the '70s rolled forward, Ford's diminutive Pinto and Mustang II(which shared most of their underpinnings) began to show up in wrecking yards.Famed builder Chuck Lombardo claims to be the first person to use Mustang IIsuspension on the front of a street rod in 1974, and after discovering that thelittle car's track width and rack-and-pinion placement made it a perfectbolt-on IFS system for pre-war hot rods, the word spread like wildfire. Wefinally had a combination that would work. Find out more about control armmanufacturer and suspension arm manufacturer by visit tahiko.com.
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