Fox Scaling car this week

[shovel_head2001]

I’m going to scale my car this week finally and am looking for any input on how to balance my car correctly.
I have coil overs in the rear with an ARB (stock style coil springs and struts up front). I believe I should scale it with me in the car. Do I balance the driver side and passenger side rear with the adjustable coil overs? Do I add preload with the ARB or leave it neutral? How much preload? What percentage should my cross be?

Let me know if you need more info, Thanks in advance.

 

[shovel_head2001]

Hello...chirp, chirp

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Hello...chirp, chirp

You're asking for input where only 1% know enough to offer an opinion about what you need advice on.

Now had you asked for advice on which muffler, which intake, which wheel, what color, or what would be the best personalized license plate...there woukdve been 10 guys jump all over it.

 

[shovel_head2001]

Hahaha...so what should I get on my personalized plates?

 

[Olivethefet]

SMRTA55

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

Hahaha...so what should I get on my personalized plates?

Thats easy:

BELEBTN

Only I’m sure some S550 guy already has one on their car in every state.

 

[2000xp8]

What are you doing with the car? Drag racing, road racing?
Coil overs in the back not the front? (which is NOT the norm)
Adjustable control arms?

While i'm not all that versed in distributing weight on a car, i know guys who are (for drag racing) and they have provisions for moving weight around in the car.
Somehow i doubt simply adjusting one set of rear coil overs is going to do it.

 

[shovel_head2001]

Drag racing. Yes I agree it’s not the norm but It’s a budget build so no front coil overs yet but I plan to. I’m just trying to make what I have work for now. I have double adjustable UCAs and LCAs.

 

[2000xp8]

Fox - Let's Plot My Rear Suspension...with Track Results!

I am tired of mediocre performances at the strip, so I have decided to put forth a real effort to make my car 60ft. I have read Kevin Slaby's Baseline website numerous times. Here is what we are working with: -93 GT 3350 lbs race weight -Estimated 360 rwhp 331 -G-Force T5 with 4.10 gears -UPR...

www.stangnet.com

This may be a good place to start, i remember he was totally into it.

 

[91TwighlightGT]

I’m going to scale my car this week finally and am looking for any input on how to balance my car correctly.
I have coil overs in the rear with an ARB (stock style coil springs and struts up front). I believe I should scale it with me in the car. Do I balance the driver side and passenger side rear with the adjustable coil overs? Do I add preload with the ARB or leave it neutral? How much preload? What percentage should my cross be?

Let me know if you need more info, Thanks in advance.

Definitely scale the car with you in it - unless you plan to drive it by remote control this is the most accurate way to do it.

I think it is going to be difficult to give you exact advice on tuning because there are too many variables. Have you run the car at the track? If you are tuning the car for a baseline I would just try to go with something fairly neutral. Once you have made a few runs then you can make adjustments accordingly based on what you need out of the car.

You should probably just do some reading, though. There is a lot of information about these cars and how they launch...

The Science of Straight

Tips and Tech for getting the Mustang chassis and suspension properly set up and tuned for drag racing

www.mustangandfords.com