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It's a vehicle on the side of the road behind this hill, here:
He'd be home already but him and the tow truck driver got to talking, one thing led to another...
He thinks his buddy has a Ford TFI in a drawer. He said he'd call him back in a few minutes.
Very nice, I am headed up to the lake after work tomorrow like we do most of the summer weekends down here, so I'll be back to this by Saturday AM.
Came home, barely looked at the fox. Installed a mach 1 chin spoiler, clear fog lights with LED bulbs and cleaned the top.
Trying to find an ‘01-04 hood scoop
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Edited: don't put ambersol on your vinyl....thats for hurt teeth. Lmao.
Edited: don't put ambersol on your vinyl....thats for hurt teeth. Lmao.
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Stuffing this here because not a whole lot of traffic in the 4.6L forum.
Reached out to MM for some suspension advice for the convertible. I like how it rides, but it's soft like a marshmallow and as high as a truck. I asked them for a daily driver sort of suspension recommendation.
They recommended the Bilstien HD's (which i have on the fox and love) and a set of H&R race springs and the appropriate C/C plates.
Reached out to MM for some suspension advice for the convertible. I like how it rides, but it's soft like a marshmallow and as high as a truck. I asked them for a daily driver sort of suspension recommendation.
They recommended the Bilstien HD's (which i have on the fox and love) and a set of H&R race springs and the appropriate C/C plates.
Put the H&R race springs on my 83 vert.. The sport springs were NOT recommended on convertibles by MM... I " think" its a weight issue...
Not on the road yet so I cannot comment on ride quality....
I have pushed on each corner when its been on the ground, and all of the corners seem to be pretty stiff...
Not on the road yet so I cannot comment on ride quality....
I have pushed on each corner when its been on the ground, and all of the corners seem to be pretty stiff...
Hopefully the additional weight of a vert will soften the ride with the Race series. I had the Super Sports on my Coupe years ago and the ride was really good and still stiff enough for the twisties. Won’t be as good as coil overs but for a DD it was perfect.
I may still try my Bullitt springs. The spring rates are slightly softer than the race springs. With the bilstiens I think that may provide a decent ride.
To level it out, I may trim 1/8 coil off the front. They are linear rate springs. Stock GT is 450 in-lbs and the bullitt is 600. I think the race are 750-850.
To level it out, I may trim 1/8 coil off the front. They are linear rate springs. Stock GT is 450 in-lbs and the bullitt is 600. I think the race are 750-850.
I like it just fine. Not too soft, but not overly harsh on the street. However, while I don't think the shocks are blown out, they have been on there a while (since about 2009).
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I had H&R springs with MM camber plates and fox length tokico blues on my 96 GT. I think it rode well and handled great but it was a tad on the low side as the driveshaft would rub from time to time. Stance was perfect IMO. The D/S would rub when the car squatted during hard acceleration. We only drove it for ~1500 miles with the new suspension before some idiot totaled it out for us. Wife drove it way more than I did. I never did solve the D/S issue.
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Yeah, that's what i'm looking to avoid mostly. The minute the car starts banging over bumps, i'll lose my love for it. The fox can be the go-kart (and there is a list of roads i avoid driving down, which is easy to do when it's a fun car) , but I want the vert to be a somewhat comfortable cruiser that i drive anywhere since it has been a daily driver for me the past few weeks.
Since the bullitt springs are OE, it might be a good compromise as the ride height will still be factory OE given that it's an OE spring.
But this AM i took a curve in the vert and it felt like I was going to tip over. The mushy 23 year old suspension needs to go. I just don't want to turn the car into a lowered rattlebox. Right now it's pretty tight and takes minor bumps well. The wife might actually get in this one.
Since the bullitt springs are OE, it might be a good compromise as the ride height will still be factory OE given that it's an OE spring.
But this AM i took a curve in the vert and it felt like I was going to tip over. The mushy 23 year old suspension needs to go. I just don't want to turn the car into a lowered rattlebox. Right now it's pretty tight and takes minor bumps well. The wife might actually get in this one.
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