Track Rats!

[novanutcase]

Lately, Rodger and I have been getting into hotlapping as a way of stress relief so we've both been building up our 2003 Mustang GT's for the track. I recently bought mine and in the last week or so I started to do some suspension improvements. I took the car up to Ironworks so that I had access to all the tools I'd need. Thanks Jason for your help on the installation. Thanks Sean for bending the brake lines and last but not least, thanks Rodger for letting me use your facility and tools to get the job done! I guess he was tired of me using the excuse of "Well my car is stock and yours isn't!" so he let me use his shop! Here's what we did! LOL!

Front:

Tubular K-Member, Tubular LCA's, Bumpsteer Kit, Bilstein HD's, Coilover conversion kit, Wilwood Superlite 6 BB kit



Rear:

Lighter Road Race LCA's Bilstein HD's and Coilover conversion



Spherical bearing for the top of the rear shock towers



Caster/Camber plates for easy adjustment for the Track



Sean showing how much fun he's having bending the brake line!



Didn't have time to get the Panhard Bar or the Torque Arm installed but it worked out OK since the MAC Long Tube headers didn't arrive so we couldn't do the TA anyways. I'm also going to replace the rear axles with 31 spline axles, Posi and 4:10 gears. The rear brakes will be SL-4's.

John

[wiedemab]

Man - you have all kinds of cool toys. I put Air Ride on my '89 coupe last winter. I like it, but part of me wants to go full on Maximum Motorsports. You'll have to let me know what you think of the setup. I've heard great things about their torque arm setup.

Later,

Brandon

[Ventoso]

Ever looked into anything from Grigg's for the Stang? They make some seriously badass suspension components, even a full SLA front setup!

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by wiedemab

Man - you have all kinds of cool toys. I put Air Ride on my '89 coupe last winter. I like it, but part of me wants to go full on Maximum Motorsports. You'll have to let me know what you think of the setup. I've heard great things about their torque arm setup.

Later,

Brandon

The red fox body right? I saw that! Very cool! I haven't had a chance to track the car but it sure feels like it's going to be fun from the few blasts I've done on the street!

John

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by Ventoso

Ever looked into anything from Grigg's for the Stang? They make some seriously badass suspension components, even a full SLA front setup!

I looked at Griggs and they make some bada$$ stuff too! Rodgers a MM dealer so I got a little love from him on the price!

John

[HWY Nova]

As Homer Simpson would say: DOH!

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by wiedemab

Man - you have all kinds of cool toys. I put Air Ride on my '89 coupe last winter. I like it, but part of me wants to go full on Maximum Motorsports. You'll have to let me know what you think of the setup. I've heard great things about their torque arm setup.

Later,

Brandon

The torque arm set up on my mustang is bitchin. It sure finished off the car. I have few more tricks up my sleeve, but I have to let John catch up first then I have to pull out the secret weapon.

If you need some love on the Maximum stuff let me know, I'm pretty deep with them and wilwood for mustangs.

Rodger

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by HWY Nova

As Homer Simpson would say: DOH!

Gotta do it like this:



John

[wiedemab]

I might be in touch next spring for some MM parts. I'm thinking about their torque arm and panhard and some Bilsteins. I'd like to see how it would work with air springs. My car is mostly a street car. I already have their rear LCA's and sub-frame connectors so the torque arm should install pretty easily.

You guys will have to post some pics of your cars on the track. I love seeing a 'stang gettin thrashed on!

Later,

Brandon

[novanutcase]

Originally Posted by wiedemab

I might be in touch next spring for some MM parts. I'm thinking about their torque arm and panhard and some Bilsteins. I'd like to see how it would work with air springs. My car is mostly a street car. I already have their rear LCA's and sub-frame connectors so the torque arm should install pretty easily.

You guys will have to post some pics of your cars on the track. I love seeing a 'stang gettin thrashed on!

Later,

Brandon

Pre-MM



What it looks like now!



John