At what point are you stupid top not have some sort of reinforcement done to the lower and upper torque boxes?
I am going to ASSume that that point is reached once slicks are used on the car? What if you were to have the stock boxes welded to the floor? Or.. Is it better to buy battle boxes [from Wild Rides??] and install them? Are they a bolt in? or do you have to have them welded?
Basically my car will go to the track no more than 2-3 times a year on its slicks, but I am planning on ordering some upper and lower control arms [I like the looks of the Summit ones
], air bags, and some 90/10s in the next few days.
My goal is to make this thing cut consistent 1.6s - low 1.7s at its worst on a decently prepped track. Is my car a battle box candidate? I already have Kenny Brown subframe connectors that also bolt up to the rear seat bolts.
Funny because I have seen people run low 11s all season, for a couple seasons, [ones an 86 Capri RS back in the day - runs Renegade now] and he never had anything other than subframes and his torque boxes were fine I remember he cut a 1.51 60' the one time on a stock T5 too..
So...
Leave them be for now, till the car gets more serious [as in low 12s or faster]?
Or... Slicks = hard launches - just do it now?
Can I... Weld the stock ones to the floor? or get the battle boxes?
Thanks!
I am going to ASSume that that point is reached once slicks are used on the car? What if you were to have the stock boxes welded to the floor? Or.. Is it better to buy battle boxes [from Wild Rides??] and install them? Are they a bolt in? or do you have to have them welded?
Basically my car will go to the track no more than 2-3 times a year on its slicks, but I am planning on ordering some upper and lower control arms [I like the looks of the Summit ones
], air bags, and some 90/10s in the next few days. My goal is to make this thing cut consistent 1.6s - low 1.7s at its worst on a decently prepped track. Is my car a battle box candidate? I already have Kenny Brown subframe connectors that also bolt up to the rear seat bolts.
Funny because I have seen people run low 11s all season, for a couple seasons, [ones an 86 Capri RS back in the day - runs Renegade now] and he never had anything other than subframes and his torque boxes were fine
I remember he cut a 1.51 60' the one time on a stock T5 too..So...
Leave them be for now, till the car gets more serious [as in low 12s or faster]?
Or... Slicks = hard launches - just do it now?
Can I... Weld the stock ones to the floor? or get the battle boxes?
Thanks!
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