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Last month, we introduced you to Nick Licata and his ‘64 Falcon Futura that Total Cost Involved (TCI) has been using for R&D of new suspension products. We showed readers TCI’s new front coil spring based double A-arm suspension system in that story. This month, in Part 2 of our look at Nick’s Falcon, we’ll be focusing our cameras on TCI’s new Triangulated 4-Link rear suspension kit for the ‘60-’65 Falcon, ‘62-’65 Ranchero, and ‘62-’65 Comet.

Photo Gallery: TCI Suspension Upgrade – Get A Handle On It!, Part 3 – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

Photo Gallery: TCI Suspension Upgrade – Get A Handle On It!, Part 3 – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

More and more people are driving a classic car nearly every day for the commute to work, college, errands, and so on, but it can be a harrowing experience for some. Substandard brakes, thin steering wheels, uncomfortable non-locking seats, and more (all by today’s vehicle standards) can mean just half an hour of driving your classic Mustang or Ford can really be a workout. While you’ll never achieve today’s five-star crash certification in a classic Mustang, even with the upgrades we’re about to walk you through, you will be much better off tackling some of these changes/updates to your ride if it sees a lot of street use.

Photo Gallery: Modern Safety Upgrades – Playing It Safe – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

Photo Gallery: Modern Safety Upgrades – Playing It Safe – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

Whether it’s to get down the track faster or to just turn heads at the local cruise night, there’s no denying the power of a supercharger, both physically and visually. Pop the hood and watch onlookers be drawn in like flies to a bug zapper. The induction tubing, the blower whine, and just the overall presence of the blower unit itself puts people in awe. Of course, they make gobs of power too. There’s no easier way to increase your engine’s power output by an honest 50 percent or more than by just bolting on a supercharger kit. Hot rodders have been doing it for half a century and so has the OEM. From the ‘57 Thunderbird F-code to the ‘11 Shelby GT500, Ford has a long and storied history of factory supercharging. Some of Ford’s most desirable models have been supercharged, including the Thunderbird SuperCoupe, ‘03-’04 “Terminator” Mustang Cobra, second gen F-150 SVT Lighting, and the aforementioned T-Bird and late-model Shelby GT500 to name a few. But there’s another Mustang that everyone thinks of when you put the words supercharger and Shelby together, and that’s the GT-350 from the ’60s.

Photo Gallery: Supercharger Systems and Upgrades – Pressurized Power – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine

Photo Gallery: Supercharger Systems and Upgrades – Pressurized Power – Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine