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67 Demon · 07-23-2003, 07:43 PM

Hey Jeff thanks alot for your reply. Now maybe you can help me out once again. I just came back from a local Classic Mustang shop and asked them the same questions i presented to this forum.

First, the guy told me that the FR replacement gearbox was not a good box because it would still make my steering difficult for the type of driving i want to do. BTW, i want my car to be more like a weekend warrior and an occasional car i can drive to work without killing myself in turning the car or trying to get it to stop. Yes i would like performance out of it, but more of an occasional driver. So what he proposed was that he could "rebuild" my stock one into a "powered" (power steering) box. He said it would run me about $250 for him to do that. Does that make any sense???? He also told me that if i went to the rack and pinion system that it would SIGNIFICANTLY depreciate the value of my car. I'm not trying to sell it or anything, but i figured it would keep its value strong enough with or without the rack.

Now about the brakes, he told me he it would run me about $975 or something like that. I just looked on the Wilwood website and the closest thing i could find to the price you mentioned was the Medium Duty front brake kit, part number 140-4307-B for $517. Is this the kit you have? And if so, what other parts would i need so that i could "bolt" it up to my car. I dont know jack about brakes Thanks once again for your help. I like the reading of the Willwood system. Thanks again for your time!!!

07-23-2003, 07:43 PM	#3
67 Demon Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 12	Hey Jeff thanks alot for your reply. Now maybe you can help me out once again. I just came back from a local Classic Mustang shop and asked them the same questions i presented to this forum. First, the guy told me that the FR replacement gearbox was not a good box because it would still make my steering difficult for the type of driving i want to do. BTW, i want my car to be more like a weekend warrior and an occasional car i can drive to work without killing myself in turning the car or trying to get it to stop. Yes i would like performance out of it, but more of an occasional driver. So what he proposed was that he could "rebuild" my stock one into a "powered" (power steering) box. He said it would run me about $250 for him to do that. Does that make any sense???? He also told me that if i went to the rack and pinion system that it would SIGNIFICANTLY depreciate the value of my car. I'm not trying to sell it or anything, but i figured it would keep its value strong enough with or without the rack. Now about the brakes, he told me he it would run me about $975 or something like that. I just looked on the Wilwood website and the closest thing i could find to the price you mentioned was the Medium Duty front brake kit, part number 140-4307-B for $517. Is this the kit you have? And if so, what other parts would i need so that i could "bolt" it up to my car. I dont know jack about brakes Thanks once again for your help. I like the reading of the Willwood system. Thanks again for your time!!!