Easy As 3, 2, 1 | Crown Vic swap setup into a Ford F-100

Part 2: The Finishing Touches

Team321’s front setup is designed with a weld-in steel crossmember to mount the crown Vic suspension components—including control arms, knuckles, bearings, brakes and sway bar links. Due to the narrowed track width, you can’t use the factory sway bar or steering rack. And this is not a cut/weld of the factory Crown Vic crossmember. Team321’s Narrow Crown Vic crossmember is a purpose-built crossmember that fits the F-100 frame with no modifications. Team321 offers this setup in two packages: the base package includes the crossmember, upper control arms, all mounting hardware and sway bar; the complete suspension package adds the lower control arms, steering rack, coilovers, knuckles, steering tie rods and sway bar links.

The narrowed track width crossmember solves a variety of issues, like the increased wheel options and, beyond the benefits of narrowing the track width, the crossmember is designed for mounting coilovers, which opens up an endless selection of spring rates and allows for fine tuning of the ride height. For those looking for air, Ridetech Shockwaves can also be used. The steering rack is sourced from a Lincoln Mark 8, and brake options begin with factory Crown Vic disc brakes and include 14-inch or larger Wilwood options. Motor mount options include small block and big block Ford V-8s, Ford Mod motors and Coyote V-8s while adding more selections as customers request them.