Maier's 66 Mustang Goes From Racecar to Family Car

[67XR7]

Originally Posted by GrabberGT

Cool.

What kind of support did you add to the upper control arm mounting that allowed you to remove that lower portion of the shock tower? I need to do the same.

This was posted on their facebook page some time ago.

[GrabberGT]

Originally Posted by 67XR7

This was posted on their facebook page some time ago.

That doesnt look too hard

I'll give him a call as I get closer to making a change. There are some good photos there to reference.

Thanks

[Bryce]

Originally Posted by GrabberGT

That doesnt look too hard

I'll give him a call as I get closer to making a change. There are some good photos there to reference.

Thanks

short spindle!

[craig510]

Proof of life. Mike got the big motor back in and fired up with the help of a few friends.

[67XR7]

So what's the story on all this late night thrashing last week and a new suspension setup?

[taxidermy man]

This is cool, the more you can drive them the better!

[Jr]

Wonder how wide of a front tire you can fit with the new suspension design?

[Rowcha]

I spoke to mike this weekend and im pretty sure the new suspension was designed to fit larger engines. From what I understand, Mike had to cut up his previous design to fit the roush motor which threw off some of the geometry. According to him, the new suspension was designed to allow coyote motors and offer an alternative to some of the questionable mustang II kits. I got a ride along around the goodguys track this weekend, the car was absolutely planted. Seems to work, as his times we're the fastest.

[Maier]

Hey there guys, Mike here. Thanks for all the interest in the car. Yes we have had some skunk works going on around the shop. We have been learning a lot about the coupe over the last several years. Every thing from good to bad. The bad is from me not being able to leave well enough alone and continuing to tweak things. The good is tweaking to a point that we have learned what creates specific characteristics within suspension designs. The previous gentlemen was correct, the system on the coupe was not any longer a fair representation of the original upper coil over design due to the Roush motor. So we went out on a limb and created some thing that could potentially be a competitor to the other complete front suspension kits on the market. It also needed to fit a big motor as well. Most of all the parts have to perform better than all the rest of the companies. So... We had an opportunity to pull the motor before a stretch of events that we could start testing against relevant competition. We also thought that if we were going to go to Arizona for the Goodguys event at the end of the year we better sort some things out to make the most of the situation. Long story short, we were busting but at the shop trying to get that thing done last week. You know the standard nothing in the front of the car, motor suspension and all that stuff four days before the event. Thanks to all the nuts around the shop that helped out. Also major props to Craig Johnson, that guy was a major part of this front end. He and the all the others are awesome.

Mike Maier

[Matt@BOS]

I just want to know if you guys replaced that worn out old steering box. I imagine not having as much steering wheel free play as your grandmother's old Camry might make it easier to go fast(er).