lowering macpherson strut

HI, im 17 years old and i live in NH. Im building a 62 comet in a 60s style mild custom. I have 4 inch lowering blocks for the back and i would like to also lower the front a little. The front has the macpherson strut setup. How would i be able to lower this east and without spending much money? Thanks Nate

 

Unless I'm seriously mistaken,they don't have Mcphearson struts.They have upper and lower a-arms with the coil spring loading on the upper a-arm.
The easy way is to get some shorter springs for an early Mustang,I think the suspension is the same as the Comet/Falcon.The cheap way is to cut a coil off your stock springs.
DO NOT HEAT THE SPRINGS TO LOWER YOUR CAR.

 

I am pretty sure that it is called "ackerman" front suspension. It came out around '49. They are also refered to as "short arm-long arm". They have the springs mounted either in between the upper and lower control arm, or on top of the upper. My '50 has it between so I took it apart and cleaned the years of dirt build up off and cut two coils out while I was at it. There is one draw back of cutting coils though, if you care, and that is it will throw you camber(alignment) angle off to make your tires ware faster. It is a lot cheaper than $350 for a set of drop spindles. -Ben

 

i'm no mechanical whiz but I think all cars have ackerman
doesn't the ackerman principal say if you drew a straight line from the kingpin to the center of the rear end from the right and left side of the car, the imaginary line should p*** thru the center of the point where the steering cross link (used to be called tie rod) attaches to the spindle. This allows one wheel to turn at a different turing radius (tigher radius on inside of turning circle front wheel) so car can turn smoothly left or right without scrubbing the tires (which would happen if they both turned the same amount of degrees.) That's why in the old days guys with race cars with dropped front axles who would swap the spindles from side to side with steering arms facing foreward rather than backward so tie rod didn't bang into frame or radius rods,, suddenly found out the car suddenly steered like it was all screwed up

 

hi im building a 1931 chevy i bought rear suspension kit and front drop axlel kit what angle do i set the radius rods at for the best ride