You're finally ready to update your Fox Body suspension but you're not sure
where to start? I'm gonna break that down for you today.
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Hey everyone! Kasey from QA1 here. I'm a proud owner of 2 79 Fox bodies. One's a 5.0 Cobra the
other one is an Indy Pace Car. I grew up in a die-hard Ford family racing at the
track with my dad on the weekends and I thought I'd help you figure out what a
good Fox Body suspension setup would be for you and your car. So QA1 offers
complete handling systems for your vehicle so it can be as easy as typing
in one part number and boom! You're done ready to upgrade. But maybe that's not an
option for you and that's completely fine because maybe you're building your
car from the ground up and you want to update the suspension as you're building
your car or maybe you haven't figured out what your goals are for your car yet
and updating the suspension in phases can help you answer those questions and help
you achieve the goals that you've decided on your car at that point. So the
great thing about QA1's handling kits is that they are meant to be also
bought in stages with full confidence knowing that all the parts are
gonna work together, they bolt into the factory location, and they work with
factory parts. So as you're building it in stages you don't have to worry about
something not working right and it's all built in-house right in Lakeville
Minnesota so there's a plus for that. So let's figure out where a good place to
start is. First things first is you're gonna want to do a quick visual check
over of your suspension because let's face it our cars are at least 30
years old now, they're starting to wear, they're starting things are starting to
break. So just doing this visual look over can actually answer a lot of
questions for you because maybe there's something there that needs your
attention sooner rather than later so that can actually answer a lot of
questions for you but a good first bang for your buck upgrade would be
adjustable shocks and struts. QA1 offers complete front and rear non-coil-over
and coil-over shocks and struts systems. Umm the adjustability that these shocks
and struts offer alone drastically change your ride quality. Whether you
just like to take it on a cruise, or drive it to work every day, or maybe you
like to hit the drag strip, or the autocross or even the road course. Heck, you
want to drive your car down the highway to the drag strip race for the day
driving back home you can do that there's plenty of adjustability in those
shocks and struts for you to do that. Get to the track you dial it up for the
dragstrip at the end of the day, dial them back down, you ride home and comfort. The
coil-over systems actually also can offer at least up to two inches of drop
so you're also getting that more aggressive lowered stance that is very
appealing on the Fox bodies. Something to eventually pair your updated shocks
and struts would be the QA1 caster camber plates. Because again your factory
bushings are really starting to wear out and they're starting to become loose
that can really mess with your alignment and we don't want that you want to be
have the full confidence in your vehicle while you're now driving it maybe a
little more aggressively. So the caster camber plates help keep your your shocks
and struts in the mounted locations and not only do they keep your alignment
true they actually make it easier to align your car now that it's lowered so
overall just a really good upgrade to consider when also updating your shocks
and struts. So now that you've updated your shocks and struts what's the next
step? Now you're starting to drive your car a little more aggressively you're
wanting to hit those corners a little harder maybe on that backcountry
road or on the autocross course weaving in and out of those cones. But now you're
starting to feel your car kind of do this, you're feeling that body roll maybe
your tires aren't staying firmly planted on the ground. An immediate fix for that
issue would be front and rear tubular sway bars. Again they bolt into the factory
into a factory location, and your immediately gonna feel your car not do this anymore
the minute you turn that wheel and you're going around that corner you're
gonna feel your car doing this. Your tires are going to stay firmly planted
on the ground again just giving you that much more confidence in your vehicle
going down the road, going around the track, launching off at the starting line
at the drag strip, there's just a lot of benefits to the tubular sway bars.
Something to also consider when updating your sway bars is then also maybe
looking at updating your control arms. Because again your factory bushings your
ball joints all that stuff is starting to wear out. QA1's control arms come
with brand new bushings and ball joints, they're lighter, they're stronger, again
bolt right into the factory location. And they complement the sway bars really
well because they are going to help your car syay going straight, you're not going
to have that wandering feeling anymore, or you know you can going down the
highway let go of the steering wheel, your car's going to keep going straight which is a
great feature to have, especially if you're going to be going down to drag
strip. And again if you're on the autocross course you the minute you turn
that wheel your car is going to immediately respond
so again just boosting your confidence, in your ride boosting your confidence
in your driving skills, and just helping you achieve all those goals that you
want to hit with your car. And you're probably wondering what if I've updated
to the SN95 brake package or that's something maybe you're considering? QA1
also offers Fox Body control arms with the SN95 ball joint so you don't have to
worry about that. So we've talked about the front of the car pretty good let's
talk about the rear of the car. We talked about the rear sway bar a little bit and
what that can do for you but something to also consider would be rear trailing
arms because the factory trailing arms, their design is a little less than
desired because it can really bind and flex under pressure and now that you're
starting to drive your car more aggressively we don't want that to
happen obviously and they can also cause you know the maybe now the back end of
your car isn't handling that well around the corners or maybe you're launching
off the starting line at the drag strip isn't the greatest because of your
trailing arms. QA1's trailing arms come with brand new polyurethane
greasable bushings and they will immediately help fix that uncertain
cornering or unpredictable launching. Overall just really completing
the suspension setup. The last but not least important update for your car
eventually will be the QA1 k-member. Not only are they lightweight they're
stronger, pretty sure a factory k-member weighs at least 50 pounds QA1's
probably weigh about one or probably weigh around 20 pounds. They also create
so much more room in your engine space because let's be real these cars are
compact. So it creates a lot more room in here, easier for you to work on stuff, it
looks cleaner and who knows maybe you're eventually ready to update to that
5.0 coyote engine now I've got the space for it. So I hope you found this
video helpful, feel free to check out the article on our website at QA1.net.
Give us a call on the tech line our techs are always eager and ready to
help you answer any questions or offer any recommendations you may need. As
always thank you for watching and don't forget to #goDRIVEit!
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Maybe you're starting your car off you know maybe you're building it from the
ground up and you're but you want to...oh man here we go!
okay whoo you can do this we can do this
Yeah. You're funny.
Do they offer greater adjustments to your caster and camber
they also make it...aww man Tommy you distracted me!
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