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I did a pretty damn good job, considering I was drunk when I did this...
Oh, and "Flower" by Moby is my jam.
I did a pretty damn good job, considering I was drunk when I did this...
That car still has LEAF SPRINGS in the rear and beats on six-figure sports cars all day. Granted, they're aftermarket fiberglass springs, but...@Keionte If you use the site's search feature and look up the username Alcino, you'll find that he was able to take a Mustang II to 1G using the SRA. Granted, that's a bit of an apple to oranges comparison to a Fox car, but it can be done. In his case he continued to use a leaf spring set up but went with fiberglass springs iirc. I honestly don't remember much about his complete setup anymore except the fact he used fiberglass leaf springs, but if he could make a II handle with little to no aftermarket support for auto cross - and perform as well as he does - you should be able to do the same with a Fox which HAS the aftermarket support. So what Mike is saying makes sense. Alcino is a member of the pro touring forums, here is a link to one of his old posts. I don't know if any of the links that are supplied are still active or not.
Video from PHR testing of "Low Buck Bully"
My friend Rasheed that came with me to the photoshoot took these videos during the testing. They are low quality and far away, but do show my car breaking the PHR slalom record, pulling .99g on the skid pad and braking in 146ft. Slalom in 5.95sec or 48.128mph .99g_skidpad(that's me in...www.pro-touring.com
And a pic of his car for reference. It was in an issue of PHR in April 2006 if anyone recognizes it.
I"m glad I was able to put a smile on someone face considering this crap we are going through
Oh, and "Flower" by Moby is my jam.
I have a 1993 mustang coupe, with IRS from 2003 cobra and 315 tires on 18x 11 wheels. I did have to cut the fenders and put on plastic flares. I built this car to have fun at the autocross in the CAM class. The white fiberglass hood is now sprayed hot rod black.
Sigh...just because you put a band aid on the cut, doesn’t change the fact that it should’ve had stitches.
[/QUOTEI have no idea what you mean by stiches?
That had me laughing out loud in spite of the fact I agree with Mike.I think you need a hug.
Oh Angelo from Alabama, you are so judgemental. I am not building a show car or a daily driver. It is an autocross car and all the work is in suspension. chassis and engine. I will get around to making it look nice, right now I am working on making it handle nice. I think you need a hug.
I somewhat agree ( obviously, I take issue with the swap). For those that claim improved ride quality, I‘m always thinking “Compared to what?Maximimum motorsports rear grip package with HD lowers, panhard bar and torque arm is $1100.
An IRS alone costs almost as much as that and out of the box other than ride quality, it's inferior in every way.
I take no issue with IRS swaps (I personally don't like limited wheel choice).
But for many users it really needs to be heavily upgraded.
MM upgrade kit's range from $600 to $1200 and level 5 half shafts are $1600.
Maximimum motorsports rear grip package with HD lowers, panhard bar and torque arm is $1100.
An IRS alone costs almost as much as that and out of the box other than ride quality, it's inferior in every way.
I take no issue with IRS swaps (I personally don't like limited wheel choice).
But for many users it really needs to be heavily upgraded.
MM upgrade kit's range from $600 to $1200 and level 5 half shafts are $1600.
People will have many regrets on what they have done to 03/04 cobras. Many of them went mod nuts on those cars.One day people will be looking for the factory cobra IRS to restore their cobras back to near stock. They will regret the choice to go SRA. Maybe I'll get 5k for it when milk is 10 bucks a gallon.
@Keionte - I finally watched your videos the other day, they were fun! It's fun to see someone who's excited and getting their hands dirty trying to learn. One thing about it all is that there's definitely more than one way to skin a cat. Whether it's a solid axle set up or an IRS, both have been proven to work well and both have their pros and cons. It's up to you to decide which way you want to take it. My personal opinions don't mean squat if that's not what you want to do so I'll refrain from that, but I believe you said you already have an IRS purchased, correct? Now is the time to commit to which way you want to go - before any installation work begins. I don't know what that setup is going for, but I'd imagine that if you were to sell it, it would put a big chunk of money toward improvements to the suspension setup you already have. Things like a Panhard bar, new lower control arms, etc etc. Like Mike said earlier before everything seems to have gotten derailed again, you'll want to build the car for what you'll be doing with it the majority of the time. Is it going to be a street car or a dedicated racer? How much money do you have that you'll want to sink into it? Those are all questions that you'll need to have some kind of ball park answer to for yourself. Obviously things can snowball pretty quickly - ask Mike about how that happens! I'm sure he'll be happy to tell you about some of the things he's done over the years that had to be redone or rethought because something didn't work the way he wanted or he changed his mind about something. It all adds up - your time, parts lists, money, downtime, etc. I guess what I'm trying to say is be realistic with your goals and plan accordingly.