How to dropped my 46 Ford ?

Hello everybody , I would like to dropped my 46 Coupe Ford , what do you think of this front axle 4" dropped ?
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/search.html?query=702-2870
What is the best technique for dropped the rear ? Can I cut the rear cross menber . If you have some pictures , it would be really good
Can you help me
Thank's for advance

 

I would recommend an original dropped Ford axle from Sid. He can answer any of your technical questions, too.

http://www.droppedaxles.com/

 

The rear can be dropped with longer leaf spring shackles.

 

actually a better way to go on the rear is to de-arch the and re-roll the eyes of the rear spring. Longer shackles, even with the panhard bar Ford was using by that time kinda make the rear of these cars feel "floaty".

 

Thank's I'm going to take him a e.mail

Ok thank you do you have some pictures ?

Can I modified the rear cross member ?

 

Thank's I would like to dropped the rear at 6" , is it possible ?

 

Certainly you can modify the crossmember. That was a fairly common trick back in the day with these cars. About the most you can get with what I suggested is about 4" or so.

 

Ok thank you I'm going to look

 

square tube makes a good rear cross member and will drop it some, reverse the spring eyes and dearch like mentioned.

 

thanh's , very good for the tube , I asked myself exactly the question it is has to believe that mister Henri Ford had planned of dropped his cars

Have you photos of the cup of this tube?

 

He's got the axels for my Dodge Truck at the moment. Came highly recommended to me by a customer. Looking forward to when they return

 

Agreed ive reversed the eyes in my 41 and flattened the spring, it sat pretty good but i wanted it lower so I extented the shackles and your right even with a panard bar its still floaty

 

This is with the longer shackles and flattened spring and reversed eyes If I remember correctly I think we made the shackles a inch and a half longer


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Top is original
Middle flattened spring reversed eyes (probably a tool box in the boot lol)
Bottom extended the shackles flat spring and reversed eyes
Cheers Scotty


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Very very nice car I would want dropped mine like that

 

lovely do you have a front axle 4" dropped ?

 

what is the technique to middle flattened spring ?

 

I buy to Sid a 4" front axe dropped , when I receive it I going to put it on my car
and after I see if I need Posie front spring or not

Sid is very good seller

 

Good! I have seen his work and like it a bunch. You will need to modify your spindle arms to make that dropped axle fit, but do a search here and you will see how it is to be done. It's not too hard to do. Make sure you post some pictures before and after too!

 

on the front you also need to take to account running a rim/tire set up that will clear your fenders for turning. I had a '47 Ford coupe that had reversed eye/de-arched set up that I removed two leafs from and just cleared running 205/65/15 tires any lower and would have rubbed fenders. Tokico shocks, that were for the rear of a early '60 Corvette, did better than any common big name shock to keep the front end from dipping down too much on bumps in the road.

 

Ok thank's when I receive it I'm going to post some picture

Many thank's for your help I shall want to keep on my 16" wheels . I'm going see for Tokico shocks because the French road are not good

 

Shorter and flatter spring …. easier to undo than a cut up cross member

 

thank you but I don't know what is flatter spring sorry
How made you for flatter spring

 

I would be leery of a Speedway axle. They sell a lot of Chinese crap.
Lowering the rear that much will require C-ing the frame and cutting the trunk for clearance. Maybe even raising the tunnel for drive shaft clearance.
Just installed a 4" dropped axle I got from SoCal here in AZ in a 36, took out two leaves and the grille only has 1 1/2" clearance ( what the customer wanted). Had to use the dropped arms and still had to modify then and the wishbones, which I also split.
The rear I installed a 9" Ford with parallel leaves.

 

at the final I buy the front axle here : http://www.droppedaxles.com/
and not to speedway
I shall want to keep my origin rear axle
Who can say to me how to make flatter spring ?

 

If there is not a spring shop in you area, you can use a big hammer and a anvil. It just takes a long time.
'I think with a stock rear end you will have to raise the tunnel. At least at the rear portion.

 

That is what is meant by "de-arching" the spring. it literally means taking some of the curve out of the spring itself to make the car sit lower.

 

Ok thank you I understand better now

 

Wednesday , I receive the axle dropped of Sid and I put it on my car
The dopped is good now I'm going to dropped the rear of the car

 

Awesome man! Good to see stuff going on in other parts of the world.