A-Arm Rebuild
Filed Under Fox Mustang
Due to the amount of cost and work it takes to do an a-arm rebuild, swapping bushings and ball joints, you can’t beat the price of a set of new Ford Racing arms with the low friction ball joints and stiffer bushings (part # M-3075-A). However, if you’re a glutton …
Fabricating a Rear Seat Delete Kit
Filed Under Fox Mustang
In an effort to lighten up the interior I’d removed all sound deadening, as well as the rear seat. For what it’s worth, the 93 Cobra R was sold without a rear seat, which makes this a legal modification for autocrossing my car in Street Prepared. The 93 R had …
Gutting a Fox’s Innards
Filed Under Fox Mustang
As the Mustang takes another step toward becoming a dedicated autocrosser and loses it’s status as a semi-daily driver, certain niceties are no longer a necessity. A little extra road and engine noise, a little extra heat, and the option of hauling around more than a single passenger become …
Cool Tool: Pneumatic Cleaning Gun
Filed Under Tools & Work Space
Always on the lookout for tools that make my wrenching easier, I ran across this Campbell Hausfeld cleaning gun at Summit Racing. It was less than $15 and looked pretty cool, so I decided to give it a shot.
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Working on cars is always much easier and much more pleasant when …
Camber/Caster Plates
Filed Under Fox Mustang
Good old camber/caster plates.
Not all camber/caster (CC) plates are created equal. Having purchased a Mustang with a set of CC plates installed by a previous owner that ended up being too worn out to continue to use, I purchased a new set from Maximum Motorsports. At first glance, the polished …
Big Brake Swap
Filed Under Fox Mustang
Swapping big brakes onto a Fox is nothing new. Most people swap over the front and rear brakes off an sn95 and are done. In my particular case, I had a 94/95 V6/GT booster and master cylinder, 94/95 V6/GT spindles and hubs, and a complete SVO rear brake setup laying …
The Elusive Black Fox Seat Belt
Filed Under Fox Mustang
The previous owner of my car installed some Corbeau 4-point harnesses and ditched the stock seat belts. In de-pimping my ride, I wanted to ditch the 4-point harnesses (they aren’t competition or DOT approved, nor was the installation safe) and reinstall some stock belts….
AOD to T5: A 12 Step Program
Filed Under Fox Mustang
I originally purchased my 92 GT with a bad AOD, with the intention of dropping in a DOHC modular motor and 4R70W transmission. To get the car going as a short-term solution, I was going to have the AOD rebuilt on the cheap. When a “friend-of-a-friend” deal went south and …
Autocrossing the Fox: ESP
Filed Under Fox Mustang
ESP
In Street Prepared and Prepared, cars are classified along “lines.†The 79-93 Mustang and 79-86 Capri are all listed on the same line, so parts can be updated and backdated between them. Here intake and exhaust are open, struts, springs, wheels, tires, swaybars, panhards, torque …
Autocrossing the Fox: A Primer
Filed Under Fox Mustang
At this point, my autocross experience is pretty limited and my knowledge of Mustangs is only a little better than that. What follows is …
408w Swap Part 2
Filed Under 90 F-150
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So, what’s going on with the swap? I’ve built up probably half a dozen shortblocks and the worst I’ve had were a mis-adjusted TV cable, failed to tighten an upper radiator hose, and a distributor that was 180 out. This one broke my streak, and my pride. The first …
408w Swap Part 1
Filed Under 90 F-150
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There are a few things to know when swapping from a 302 to a 351 in a 90 F150. You’ll need to swap the headers and y-pipe as the 351w is wider and uses different pieces. Also, the 351 is a 28oz balance motor vs. the 302s 50oz, so …