S550 GT350R Race Car Build Build Thread Profile - S550 Mustangs

[Black Boss]

Made good progress today. Installed Engine Bay Harness:



Master Cylinder/Reservoir:


And Front Sway Bar:

 

[stangfever]

Making great progress.

 

[ford20]

You are making some really great progress since I last checked in! I think Ford copied your color with the new Lead Foot Grey haha

 

[8250RPM]

Any thoughts of replacing the sway bars? I use Eibach front and rear bars. They made a huge difference along with cortex adjustable end links and delrin bushings.


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[Black Boss]

@8250RPM I'm going to use the Ford Performance Rear bar to give adjustability.

Any replacement bars should have flanges next to the bushings (check the OE bars) to prevent lateral sway bar motion under loading. Lateral motion can take out the ride height sensors.

 

[8250RPM]

Exactly. That's why I use Eibach. They have the lateral locks just like stock and are in the same placement as oem. They are not clamp on like other brands.

http://eibach.com/m-america/en/performance-suspension/buy-online


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[bpracer]

Exactly. That's why I use Eibach. They have the lateral locks just like stock and are in the same placement as oem. They are not clamp on like other brands.

http://eibach.com/m-america/en/performance-suspension/buy-online


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The Eibach sway bars, especially the rear, are far bigger in diameter than I would want to use on a track car.

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[8250RPM]

It's a 25mm bar. Not much bigger then the stock R rear bar of 23.87mm.
.984 vs .940. Plus the Eibachs are adjustable.
The oem of course are not.


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[bpracer]

It's a 25mm bar. Not much bigger then the stock R rear bar of 23.87mm.
.984 vs .940. Plus the Eibachs are adjustable.
The oem of course are not.


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You are right, for some reason I thought the R was 13/16". Smallest rear sway bar I can get away with is what I like to run.

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[Black Boss]

More progress. Got the Mirrors on:

Then moved the car onto the lift:


Base IP in:

And Fuel Tank installed:


Will move on to the Rear subframe next....

 

[VoodooBoss]

Those mirrors look like Terminator mirrors.

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

This is coming together nicely...too bad John Colletti burned that trademark already:

 

[Black Boss]

Rear Subframe in position, along with lhs rear strut:

 

[VoodooBoss]

Looking good. No coilovers?

 

[Black Boss]

Phase 1 Build will be Magneride + Ford Performance Lowering springs. May go coilovers later.....

 

[ArizonaBOSS]

A little surprised to see this route myself, but I think it will offer good insight into the true performance potential of the MR system in a race application. From what I've seen in most rulebooks, these are either banned outright (pro level) or not yet considered (club level) for enforcement. You may be a pioneer here.

Are you planning to run the CorteX MR controller unit?

 

[Black Boss]

So here's my logic -- I salvaged more than half the MR stuff, and figured I'd give it a try, especially as there's no real data yet on MR v's coilovers. Other considerations were that the car needs a shake down, without too many changes to compare with the GT350R and the FR350S specs and parts will likely not be available for some time.

 

[Boss2458]

Everything is coming together great - off topic; where'd you get the Boss Track Attack stickers you've got on the lift?

Steve

 

[Black Boss]

Got a couple at Track Attack, and a few more when I went back to the track for another school....

 

[Black Boss]

Took some time out to travel with my son, but got back to work this week:

Installed Mike's Jacking plates:



And the Rocker Panels:



Plus the Mirror caps: