1970 Mustang / Ron Sutton / SpeedTech Track Warrior

[GregWeld]

Today started a new track car build --- rather than messing with the superb '65 Yellow Mustang -- I'd post a picture but it takes too much effort just for illustration -- it's the car in my signature.

So we're going to cut up the recently purchased 2007 Mustang Track car.

See here: https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=54720


The motor in that car is "lame" -- well to be honest -- to most it would be fantastic - but NOT after you've driven my yellow '65..... and it has the usual blower belt "issues" (A known fact of using blowers and stick shifts and hitting the rev limiter)..... I enlisted the help of my friend Gary Patterson (President of Carroll Shelby) to see if there is a suitable fix - but there really isn't one that I want to be bothered with...... I drive a car off the rev limiter every shift if I can.... so that whole thing is just not for the way I drive. I'm not going on track to short shift ANYTHING.... LOL


So a plan has been hatched!


The '07 will go to SpeedTech in St George Utah for a complete gutting. A complete Ron Sutton chassis will be installed -- it will also get a Ron Sutton LS7 dry sumped Track Warrior of around 700 to 750hp -- an EMCO sequential transmission - new cage - all new suspension (Rons) and whatever else we deem to be in order.


See some of the details of the Ron Sutton Race Technologies Track Warrior cars here:

http://www.ronsutton-racetechnology....k-Warrior.html


November should be about the start date -- and hopefully we'll be on track 6 or 7 months later. Money was wired to cover ordering all the major components and some of the other stuff as well -- clutch - brakes (All new StopTech) etc. So when SpeedTech is ready to drop the floors out of this pig -- they'll have everything they need in house all ready to go.

[rustomatic]

First! Just kidding--I'm way older than 12. That sounds awesome, Greg. I wish I could afford to drive it; maybe you can have a passenger seat in this car . . . Hopefully, I'll have the stupid Falcon on the track before you can drive this newer 'Stang without the mechanical aptitude of Ron Schwarz. He was pretty darn good at swapping that belt, though . . .

[Flash68]

Show off.

Will it be faster than Rob's Mustang?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by rustomatic

First! Just kidding--I'm way older than 12. That sounds awesome, Greg. I wish I could afford to drive it; maybe you can have a passenger seat in this car . . . Hopefully, I'll have the stupid Falcon on the track before you can drive this newer 'Stang without the mechanical aptitude of Ron Schwarz. He was pretty darn good at swapping that belt, though . . .

Funny -- the belt only flipped off for him -- LOL


He must have hands of steel because he swapped out about 6 belts on that POS!!

Frankly --- I was going to just start a completely fresh Track Warrior build --- and then went to bed and thought ---- WTF ---- I already have a complete car that could be the donor.... it will be faster and less expensive to not have to buy all the incidentals it takes ..... things like Lexan and door handles and lights and dash and on and on..... The 2007 already has a composite hood - doors - roof skin - lexan front and rear - gutted composite doors that function..... fuel tank -- mirrors etc and all these little things that not only must be purchased - but they take TIME and LABOR to be installed etc.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Show off.

Will it be faster than Rob's Mustang?

Probably not..... Cars need TALENT to be fast.... most people forget about that. LOL

[DBasher]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

- and then went to bed and thought ---- WTF ---- I already have a complete car that could be the donor.....

BRILLIANT!!


And then there were 3

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by DBasher

BRILLIANT!!


And then there were 3

Is that a fancy way for spelling Dumas Stupidity?

[Musclerodz]

awesome!

[wiedemab]

Oooooohhh -- this is going to be fun!

[SSLance]

Heck yeah!! Sounds like this will be fun.

Best part will be all the Ferd guys panties getting wadded up with the install of the LS7...