S550 2022 Mustang GT Twin Turbo Build Thread Profile - S550 Mustangs

[Jered_402]

Jet ski season is over so I can get back to this thing.
MCS installed to check everything out. Tire and wheel clearance is pretty solid. Rears clear the ford racing axles just fine. Just need to mount the canisters.



Using the slugs that add max negative camber at the knuckle still have plenty of clearance with the apex 18x11s 52 and recommend spacer.


Drilled out the shock towers. Used a 3 1/4 hole saw. That size is about perfect to get close the the vertical part as possible.

Drew up a quick guide for the hole saw. Fits into the factory hole and slides into the hole saw to keep everything centered.




Wanted to keep the fuel pump harness i already made when it was a street car still.
So used an Aj Hartman battery tray to mount my fuel pump controller on. Keeps it close enough I don’t have to change anything. But gets the weight in the correct side.




Going to move the abs into the cabin. Roughly here, I don’t have the original bracket so drew on of those up and will use some vibration isolators. Along side of it is the Gspeed brake pressure sensor block.

 

[Jered_402]

Cut out some brackets for a couple items. Don’t care for running nuts right on the paint of the shock towers and don’t like chasing washers. Quick spacer out of stainless. Turned out decent.

Also whipped up a bracket for the abs. .125 aluminum anodized. Going to grab 3 isolators and get the pump mounted inside.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

You appear to have cut more away of the shock tower hole than any photograph I have seen of a Mustang. Looking for more camber than we have ever seen used on a Mustang?

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Best thing so far is the MCS set up in my opinion ----- love that shock system.

 

[Jered_402]

You appear to have cut more away of the shock tower hole than any photograph I have seen of a Mustang. Looking for more camber than we have ever seen used on a Mustang?

Yeah I don’t really know why guys go so small honestly. Plenty of strength and room. Ford hogs that part out on the race cars and uses the larger bolt pattern. Nothing crazy on camber, but having plenty of room and options is nice. We will actually redesign the camber plates to throw more caster at it. Then the holes will make even more sense.

Best thing so far is the MCS set up in my opinion ----- love that shock system.

Heard great things about MCS. So should be pleased.

 

[Junkyard Dog]

We will actually redesign the camber plates to throw more caster at it. Then the holes will make even more sense.

Your post is the first mention of caster I have ever seen on this web site. Could you elaborate a little so I can follow along with the reasoning for increasing caster? Thank you in advance. (I know, it sucks to be educating the newbie, but I really do appreciate the effort)

 

[Jered_402]

Your post is the first mention of caster I have ever seen on this web site. Could you elaborate a little so I can follow along with the reasoning for increasing caster? Thank you in advance. (I know, it sucks to be educating the newbie, but I really do appreciate the

positive caster increases negative camber gain during turning. So what it allows us to do is run less static camber when the wheels are straight, increasing stability and braking performance. But once we turn into a corner, the dynamic negative camber will increase.
Just to put numbers on it, say going down the straight we can run say -2.5 degrees camber, then as soon as we turn into a corner we will have -3.5 degrees on the outside tire to keep it flat. This is setup and tire dependent.
Like my last car running spec Toyo RRs did not like a lot of caster.

 

[steveespo]

Your post is the first mention of caster I have ever seen on this web site. Could you elaborate a little so I can follow along with the reasoning for increasing caster? Thank you in advance. (I know, it sucks to be educating the newbie, but I really do appreciate the effort)

positive caster (what most cars have) adds straight line stability and self centering effect of the front wheels. Increasing it can also create a weight jacking effect from the inside front wheel (unloading) to the outside rear wheel (loading) in the turn in segment of a corner. This can aid in rotation. Strut based suspensions like as much as possible up to the point where the car gets unsettled or the steering effort increase over taxes the power steering.