Rear suspension upgrade

One day I was reading up about the designs used in various Mustang generations. Turns out the four link design is not really a good one. The fact that the bushings in the suspension links must be soft to permit the movement of the suspension is just wrong. The way I understand is that the left to right movement is basically expected. If that's not enough, front to rear movement is happening too. Ford added quad shocks as the patch to solve the so called "problem". It's a set of horizontal shocks to dampen the horizontal movement of the axle. In the end, in 2005, Ford gave up on that design and went with 3 link design that is much more controlled and thus predictable for the drivers.

However, I still have the old 4 link design with the old 4 links. What can I do about it? Enter the aftermarket. Since this old design was around for a while and enough people complained about it, we have an unlimited supply of enhancement parts that patch the problem further.

I came across this post from steeda and got myself a set of lower control arms. These should keep the play to minimum yet be soft enough. At the very least they are aluminum and look much cooler then stock.

The upper control arms are tricky. Due to the design some softness is required. In fact the body roll that occurs during cornering would require the soft bushings in upper control arms. Yeah, I can't understand who thought that would be a good idea neither. Nonetheless, steeda created these heavy duty arms. They are basically stock except for the boxed off bottom part. Rumor has it, Ford Racing used to sell these as performance hop up. Rumor has it, that it was a performance hop up for drag guys. Well, the bushings are still rubber and should be soft enough.

These parts went on the car. Oh, remember that factory sway bar. It looked so good and black. Well, it's on the shelf now. Apparently, there's no traction at the back. We need all the body roll we can get. The sway bar would only make the rear end slide and come out more. I firmly believe that this car has enough oversteer tendency as is.

Next up is the quad shocks. The coil overs are too wide and the horizontal shocks just don't fit. Then, one day reciprocating saw went on sale. :)