Mustang Strut Rod Installation

We recommend the use of pinto strut rods as they are bent slightly more than the mustang strut rods.

Mustang strut rod installation.

Hood struts replace the factory prop rod. Figure 1 figure 2 inside view of frame. We recommend the use of pinto strut rods as they are bent less than the mustang strut rods and will position the strut rod plates more closely under the frame rails. But i don t know the correct position.

The car was a piece of rust with many missing parts. How many inches from framerails and from lower. I need to weld front strut rod brackets. Mustang strut rods are different lengths.

While the prop rod is just a piece of metal that props the hood open struts are a gas spring that open the hood. After servicing vintage mustangs for many years the mustang shop of arizona spent six years developing their fully articulating lower control arm and strut rod kit for 65 70 mustangs. A hood strut aids in the opening of your hood and holds the hood open once unlatched. Can someone help me and give me correct dimensions side to side and front to back i e.

You will find that with either strut rod the strut rod plate does not line up with the bottom of the frame rail as shown in fig. The pinto and mustang strut rods are different angles. A good hood strut has an extending rate that makes lifting the hood a fluid painless process. We went to shaun burgess owner of street or track in michigan to get their assessment of the strut rod issues and install a set of its fully adjustable solid mount strut rods on our 1965 fastback.