Let me start off by saying hope everyone is safe during covid. Safety first right?
My name is Christian. New to the forums but not quite so new to the mustang world. I've owned one 2011 v6 mustang and have finally recently been able to upgrade to a 2014 mustang gt; dream car to me since I've always wanted an american muscle car with a stick instead of the bmws and porsches I've been exposed to having been born in germany (not that they are bad cars by any means). I've recently been able to get more and more into building my car towards the end goal of a weekend HPDE car but for now it seems primarily 90 percent of its life on public roads. My goal with the car are to make it a stout daily driver that performs well on road course events. On my last session at carolina motorsports park last October I've found the steering responsiveness to be less than confident inspiring going into and out of corners, but more on that in a bit. Currently the car has the following mods:
Steeda upper adjustable control arm
Whiteline front and rear adjustable sway bars with adjustable end links
Whiteline rear control arms
Koni adjustable yellow shocks and struts
Steeda ultra lite springs
Gt500 strut mounts
Boss 302 mid pipe
Shorty headers
Stock cats
Resonator delete
Sve gt500 quad axelback
Whiteline adjustable panhard bar and brace
3.73 rear gears
Barton short throw shifter assembly
Ferrodo pads
Hancook ventus v12 evo tires
Brembo brakes
Recently ive been wanting to tackle the task of either upgrading or replacing my mt82. The oem trans currently chirps going into 2nd on upshifts and sometimes into fifth as well. I've considered either the ben calimer route for a stage 1 or 2, or the tr6060 route. I'm currently leaning towards the ben calimer stage 1 trans along with one piece driveshaft, blowfish bracket, and mgw shifter assembly as well. I'm looking to get more info on recommendations for clutch, flywheel, and pressure plate options for this set up. So that would be the first question. What set up do you recommend for a car that spends 90% of it's life on public roads, although driven spiritedly, and the occasional one to two events at an HPDE course a year. I'd like to keep driveability within a reasonable amount, although I would not be opposed to a more performance oriented setup.
Second question is as follows. Currently my front lower control arms are stock and I'd like to upgrade these as well. I've considered the boss 302 control arms and bump steer kit offered by steeda. Has anyone used this setup? Recommendations? Feedback? Input?
Future parts for the car are as follows: boss 302 intake manifold, long tube headers, appropriate cold air intake, required tune as well as a decent set of tires and forged wheels.
I'm looking forward to learning more about the sport and hope to make a lot of friends along the way. Any and ALL input is greatly appreciated, since as stated I'm quite new to this world of auto sports. Thanks for reading! Cheers!
I have a somewhat decent knowledge about working on cars and terminology, although most of the bigger projects will be done by a reputable shop here in Charleston sc.
So here I go. Fire away! And thank you for any and all input!
My name is Christian. New to the forums but not quite so new to the mustang world. I've owned one 2011 v6 mustang and have finally recently been able to upgrade to a 2014 mustang gt; dream car to me since I've always wanted an american muscle car with a stick instead of the bmws and porsches I've been exposed to having been born in germany (not that they are bad cars by any means). I've recently been able to get more and more into building my car towards the end goal of a weekend HPDE car but for now it seems primarily 90 percent of its life on public roads. My goal with the car are to make it a stout daily driver that performs well on road course events. On my last session at carolina motorsports park last October I've found the steering responsiveness to be less than confident inspiring going into and out of corners, but more on that in a bit. Currently the car has the following mods:
Steeda upper adjustable control arm
Whiteline front and rear adjustable sway bars with adjustable end links
Whiteline rear control arms
Koni adjustable yellow shocks and struts
Steeda ultra lite springs
Gt500 strut mounts
Boss 302 mid pipe
Shorty headers
Stock cats
Resonator delete
Sve gt500 quad axelback
Whiteline adjustable panhard bar and brace
3.73 rear gears
Barton short throw shifter assembly
Ferrodo pads
Hancook ventus v12 evo tires
Brembo brakes
Recently ive been wanting to tackle the task of either upgrading or replacing my mt82. The oem trans currently chirps going into 2nd on upshifts and sometimes into fifth as well. I've considered either the ben calimer route for a stage 1 or 2, or the tr6060 route. I'm currently leaning towards the ben calimer stage 1 trans along with one piece driveshaft, blowfish bracket, and mgw shifter assembly as well. I'm looking to get more info on recommendations for clutch, flywheel, and pressure plate options for this set up. So that would be the first question. What set up do you recommend for a car that spends 90% of it's life on public roads, although driven spiritedly, and the occasional one to two events at an HPDE course a year. I'd like to keep driveability within a reasonable amount, although I would not be opposed to a more performance oriented setup.
Second question is as follows. Currently my front lower control arms are stock and I'd like to upgrade these as well. I've considered the boss 302 control arms and bump steer kit offered by steeda. Has anyone used this setup? Recommendations? Feedback? Input?
Future parts for the car are as follows: boss 302 intake manifold, long tube headers, appropriate cold air intake, required tune as well as a decent set of tires and forged wheels.
I'm looking forward to learning more about the sport and hope to make a lot of friends along the way. Any and ALL input is greatly appreciated, since as stated I'm quite new to this world of auto sports. Thanks for reading! Cheers!
I have a somewhat decent knowledge about working on cars and terminology, although most of the bigger projects will be done by a reputable shop here in Charleston sc.
So here I go. Fire away! And thank you for any and all input!