Greetings, I am about to embark on the long journey of restoring my 1987 GT to hopefully near-factory condition plus some racing-type mods.
I'm thinking I should start from the ground and work my way up. I want to begin my reinforcing the unibody. My question is if I spend the time installing the jack rail supports, subframe conenctors, etc. and I later decide on the rear axle I will use (probably just a Ford 9") do I need to further modify the chassis to accomodate the new rear end or will it just bolt-in?
I know this depends on the rear end in question, I'm just talking in general terms for a more common street-class rear end. I just dont know if I should be deciding on the rear axle before anything else and if these chassis' need heavy modification to support them. Thanks for your input, I'll be asking a zillion questions over the next decade I'm sure so please bear with me.
I'm thinking I should start from the ground and work my way up. I want to begin my reinforcing the unibody. My question is if I spend the time installing the jack rail supports, subframe conenctors, etc. and I later decide on the rear axle I will use (probably just a Ford 9") do I need to further modify the chassis to accomodate the new rear end or will it just bolt-in?
I know this depends on the rear end in question, I'm just talking in general terms for a more common street-class rear end. I just dont know if I should be deciding on the rear axle before anything else and if these chassis' need heavy modification to support them. Thanks for your input, I'll be asking a zillion questions over the next decade I'm sure so please bear with me.