tpiini - Stock MS-II/Pinto setup is too wide for a Cobra, esp. if you run big tires. It will have to be cut down, either that or you will have to make the whole body wider. We are talking body, hood, trunk lid, e.t.- all. Then you would have a body that is out of proportion, sorta like a Devin. I made my car a bit wider and longer and did a lot of wheel- well work, but in the end I had to cut down the stock Pinto front end 8 inches too.
Using a cut down stock setup can be done, but you will still have to buy a rack and retain it's crossmembers heavy weight . In the end, using a low end (price wise) hot rod assembly makes more sense. All of the geometry problems are worked out and they are much lighter. Not to mention you will get brand new bushings, ball joints, etc. Try "Fatman" or some of the low cost rod front end producers.
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