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Rear end tubbed

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93cobraJ

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Does anyone make a sheetmetal kit for tubbing the rear on the 2005+ mustangs yet? If so, who and for what $?
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what would you need to tub it for you can fit a HUGE tire in it with a coil over conversion the stock wheel well should hold a 29 10.5W no problem.

that said there are universal kits and any competent shop would have no problem useing them on a 05
 
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Tell me more abou this coil over conversion. Who makes them? Is anyone actually running a 10.5 wheel with one? What kind of backspacing do you need on a wheel that size, and who makes them?

Ive been looking at the '05 and '06 GT's, I recently sold my '02 Camaro SS with some slight modifications that included 17 x 10 inch wheels. The fatest tire I could shoehorne in there was a 315 and it still wouldnt hook up properly (best 1/4 was 12.9 at 108, but never could get the 60' under 1.9).

Before you ask about the screen name, my car before that was a '93 cobra.

The main concern I have about the stang is the puny stock rear tires / wheels. I've looked under the wheelwell and it doesn't look like there is a lot of room to expand, but if anyone has done it. . . please post here!

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i know 305s have been done with 20" wheels. wide tires are possible on a stock suspension.
 
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I'm not really interested in "20's" here. I would much rather have a 15" wheel with a large sidewall (we are talking about a rear wheel drive vehicle that is capable of making some serious horsepowere here). What is the minimum diameter that will fit over the stock brakes without grinding to much? I can handle taking a little off, but I dont want to get crazy.
 
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remove the rear sway bar and you can fit a 15 x 10 wheel with easily a 29 x 10.5 slick or drag radial tire.
 
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if anyone else is interested in putting their Horsepower to the pavement, here is a great build going on over at BMR
http://www.bmrfabrication.com/ProjectY92.htm
That rear end is absolutely sick for a street/strip driver. This is exactly what I plan to do, but with a supercharger rather than the remote turbo's
 
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