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Suspension/Steering / project dirty bird
Quote from: Haystack;443396
275/60r15's fit perfectly on the rear of my tbird stock. Should have been a 28" tall tire and about 10.8" wide. With several hundred pounds in the trunk the lightly rubbed the quarters at full suspension travel. Use a 94-98 mustang axle and brakes to get you an easy 5 lug 10" rear disks cheap. The 94-98 mustang rear is the same width as our cars, if you don't want to swap everything.

Upfront, id run mark7 disks (with 87-93 spindles or turbo coupe). Should bolt in place and fit under the dust cap of skinnies.

Are you going to swap the k-member or fabricate your own mounts? The mustang 460 mounts won't bolt in unless you swap a k member.

In actually working on making my own mounts using speedway universal motor mounts and the stock brackets.


I plan to use the stock k member and fab mounts.  Now when hou say to use the 94-98 axles,  are you saying to just keep my curent rear end and run 94-98 axles int it or are you saying to use an 8.8 with 94-98 axles?
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Suspension/Steering / Project "dirty bird" suggestions
Hello all,  im new to the forum and am looking for suggestions. I have an 88 t-bird lx.  I am in the process of building a street/strip drag car.  It will eventually host a very nasty 460 bbf.  I am doing the subframe and the cage within the next few weeks.  I have reviewed all the threads and have reviewed opinions.  I am not concerned with the cars cornering ability or ride quality.  I want drag performance.  I dont have a ton of cash at this point and am having to work ot to pay for it.  I was hoping to get chassis setup suggestions for both the front and rear.  Heres what ive learned from you guys to this point (and thank you all for your excellent site).  I wamt to run as big a tire as possible without tubbing or back-halving. So: Rear: 8.8 rear end from a 86-93 fox to get the narrower rear end (should allow for a bit more tire). And then,  Che adjustable upper and lowers.  As for the front setup, im not sure here. I will eventually want a tube k member and lower a arms but im not sure what to use. I want to run 3.5 frontrunners in a 5 lug and mines a 4 pattern. Im not convinced that i need to use thousands of dollars in racing components for the front at this point.  Im not running in the nhra and its mainly for bracket racing or street fun.  Please give me guidance for this specific purpose as im kind of lost.  Thanks guys and god bless.

Clem