Holy , props to MM, emailed them with some questions and the response i got was waaayyy more than i could have imagined. Ill definitely be using them for my suspension parts.
I've already got the 28spline lightweight spooled center section with 6.0 gears. I've already got the disk brakes. Compared to buying a disk brake 8.8, finding gears and spool, 9" ends And new shafts, plus the labor to set up/weld in the ends, cost wise likely similar but if i want to switch gears in the future, 9' is the way to go
its an asphault car, I am torn between regular springs and coilovers, what's the diameter of the stock coils? ive got a slew of 5" diameter coils from my last car, but I think they're too wide. I like the adjustability of height/rate with coilovers, just not sure of what rates ill need, but speedway sells all kinds of springs in all kinds of rates so ill address that when the time comes haha. seems Im 50/50 with tubular K members too, am I reading that correctly with the bird chassis being slightly different than the rest of the fox chassis?
So my car is an 85 turbobird (well, was turbo in a previous life). circle track car so I need as much adjustability for camber as possible, and the least amount of bumpsteer, but I plan to use the bumpsteer kit/heim tie rods for that. My plan is the entire front knee swap ( as we call them in the junkyard, strut down to lower control arm) to achieve my 5lug and better brakes up front. I know there are different lengths of lower arms, and I *believe* mine are the longer of the two, ive tried searching and its all confusing as hell to me. strut lengths, LCA lengths, just shoot me haha. can anyone shed some light on it?? ive read that in the circl track world, the longer LCF is a common trick for the RF for added negative camber, but if ive already got the 'longer' arms (which aren't they the same as the 94+ arms?) couldn't I use a shorter LCF on the LF to help my positive camber where I need it on the driver's side? SN ball joint in a early 'short' LF LCA so it matches the spindles? Im considering coilovers too if it makes any difference.
I have the 8.8disk brakes on my other 9" But just measured, its like 6" wider than the 7.5 under the chicken now. Haha so much for that.
Gonna go junkyard crawling tomorrow to see if i can find anything narrow. I'm also throwing around the idea of 90s tbird IRS if it can be installed without too mush effort. My rulebook doesn't say i can't.. Just that it has to be factory for make and model. Thoughts?
I'm familiar with the fox Mustangs, had a few in the past. Just trying to decide if i want to spend all the time and money into an 8.8, 6.0 ish gears, spool, c-clip eliminators, etc or find a 9" to fit, I've already got the center section from my other racecar that i could use.
just picked up an 85 (former) turbo coupe that I'd like to throw in a 9" since this is my new circle track car. ive searched through these pages with no avail, but are there any bolt-in 9" units for these chassis?
