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Old 01-27-2002, 09:20 PM   #3
Idhomustang
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Default Um Horse Power

Wow,

You have raised many questions suspension, and gearing, even a shouting match can- not answer all of these but, I will add my two cents, just cuz!

Loose as much weight up front as possible, run 90/10 up front, loose your sway bar, run 50/50 in the back, with a good set of springs, run a locker or spool them up. Gears in the 4:10 plus range 4:30-4:56 will make things go quicker. Keep the weight down with your tire and wheel combinations as well. Move your battery and anything you can to the trunk.
Weigh you car on a good set of scales each wheel do a starting weight, and start transfering weight until you change the balance point by moving it rearward, not to much you don't want to do a wheel stand all the way down the track, now remember this, once you make some of these changes the car, will handle badly on the street. The front end will feel light and it will be more reactive steer wise, but the balance has changed and it will nolonger want to corner, like it once did. But the front tires will come off the ground. Sounds easy huh. Oh get a roll cage if you don't already have one, with this much twisting you will need the added strength.
So still interested?
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