S550 My babying track car Build Thread Profile - S550 Mustangs

[Prashant J]

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[JDee]

This is the Build Thread for My babying track car. Reply below.

You're on the right plan with putting it on weight loss. Best bang for the buck there is.

 

[Bill Pemberton]

Rule of thumb is every 100 lbs lost is worth a second on a two mile road course!

 

[Prashant J]

Rule of thumb is every 100 lbs lost is worth a second on a two mile road course!

100%. Especially important for me in that most of my driving will likely be at Waterford Hills (my local track) which is rather optimized for smaller momentum-based cars... so basically Spec Miata. Only chance at setting good lap times will be to work towards making the car agile and planted in low- to mid-speed corners.

That being said, it's probably pretty obvious too that most of what I've done to the car and my future plans are oriented around building feel and confidence more than anything else. As far as I'm concerned, stock power output is more than enough for now, and probably for a good while.

Aero would be nice, but almost certainly not needed. Although the immature boy racer in me kinda wants to do an aero package for fun

 

[LuxurySportCoupe]

Congratulations on the baby girl! I love the idea of keeping her car seat as a permanent fixture in the mustang! Mine gets swapped between my s197 or the '67 cougar. Our daughter is 2 now, and finally forward facing which is super nice. The tricky time is the stage when they're out of the clip-in/seperate base style seat, but still rear facing. It takes dedication, but it can be done.
I've not made it down to waterford hills yet, but I will say both Gingerman and Grattan are worth the longer drive for you.