Can you recommend a budget minded set.Best to wear out your old tires. After the installation it is going to be way out of alignment and needs to be aligned as soon as you can. It is possible that they might be able to get it aligned after it is lowered without caster camber plates, but I have never seen it yet. I would budget the caster camber plates into the lowering job because you are probably going to need them. Buy a nice steel 3 bolt caster camber plate. The aluminium ones are questionable, the 4 bolts are overkill.
Kurt
Can you recommend a budget minded set.
Well i didn't really want to get into anymore mone on this car at the moment. So the general feeling is that I cant get by without these for a while without wearing out my new tires. I wont be driving the car alot since its not my daily driver but I will probably put 100 or so Km's on it in a week just scooting around town. By the way just picked up these wheels http://www.americanmuscle.com/black10gtpremium-18in-9498-nitto-stag.html
There is a pic on that link of a car like mine except its a V6. I think they look pretty good, I like black wheels on red cars. I also just ordered a Flomaster cat back.
I used to read this forum all the time back when I bought the car in 95' and it was a busy place. Now it seems that its hard to get a response on some questions, I guess thats normal since these cars only ran for 2 years with the 5.0 and they are getting old.....cant believe it 18 years ago since I bought it. Anyway I hope the interest stays around for another few years until I get this thing done since where I live there is not to many places to get good quality performance work done thus I will probably be doing the most of it myself with alot of help from you guys. Anyway enough of that but it is good to have the bug back again, i'm getting excited.
Thanks....you are right I guess, another few bucks is no big deal. Half of the problem I think is the fact that it is so expensive and inconvenient getting stuff to Newfoundland. When I read on here about you guys poping out to your local shop and picking parts up it leaves me frustrated. Dont get me wrong.....I mean frustrated that I cant do the same. The selection of online stores in the US is crazy but getting these items to where I live can sometime add 20 to 30% to the price. For example, the wheels and tires I purchased yesterday from american muscle cost me another $578 with taxes and shipping but shipping is free in the lower 48 and when you look at Newfoundland on the map i'm actually not that far away from the north east states.Well, if you dropped that much on wheels and tires another couple bills isn't going to hurt you. Don't half-@## it. If you lower your car, you should buy caster/camber plates. Your car sounds nice. And you sound like you have taken exceptional care of it. So do this right. You will be happier in the end. Trust me. And crank that caster all the way back
Wow, thanks for sharing. That V6 does look good with those wheels. Is your car that same color? Mine is Iris. I wish it were laser or rio. But it's growing on me.
This is no Fox Mustang. There are probably ten times the number of Fox Body owners out there. And now they are all buying the S197's. So these 94-95's of ours is a rare breed. Be proud of that. Yeah, it may take a little longer to get a reply. But you've waited 18 years to start modding it. Be patient grasshopper. There are guys in this forum building some really really sweet rides. I assume your car is a 5.0? If so, that gives you a reason to sneak into the Fox 5.0 forums and snoop around. Our cars aren't so different. What is interesting is when I had my Fox I used to read about mods to take the SN95 stuff like the brakes and spindles and install them on the Fox.
What are your overall plans for the car's suspension? Is this all you plan to do to that part of the car?
Thanks....you are right I guess, another few bucks is no big deal. Half of the problem I think is the fact that it is so expensive and inconvenient getting stuff to Newfoundland. When I read on here about you guys poping out to your local shop and picking parts up it leaves me frustrated. Dont get me wrong.....I mean frustrated that I cant do the same. The selection of online stores in the US is crazy but getting these items to where I live can sometime add 20 to 30% to the price. For example, the wheels and tires I purchased yesterday from american muscle cost me another $578 with taxes and shipping but shipping is free in the lower 48 and when you look at Newfoundland on the map i'm actually not that far away from the north east states.
As for the suspension plans, thats about it for now. Next will be the powertrain. I would like to buy a full kit like Trick Flow or some other brand that has everything in it, cam, heads, upper/lower intake, etc. Is this kit still available, I remember dreaming about that type of setup 18 years ago when i first bought the car.
Anyway, below are a few not so good pics of her in her resting place for the last 10 years.
You mean full back?
Positioning the struts forward in the plates is negative caster.
Backwards is positive. You want full positive caster so the struts should be slid all the way back.
Ok, but even with the plates in the full forward position, the Caster is still positive. Look at your struts next time you have your wheels off. They are still pointing towards the back of the car.
Kurt
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