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I have no real issues with daily driving. Even in the rain. Snows a no go though.Tri-bar, congrats on what looks like an amazing build and car. I'm jealous.
Question, what do you or others think about using your suspension on a true daily driver, as in 365/rain/snow/daily commute to work duty? Too much?
Old post Tribar, but just picked up the Hotchkis UCA. You said you replaced the rod end? Do you have a link to which one you replaced it with? And did you swap out the diff bushing to poly or another rod end? ThanksThe set up listed above is after a long list of parts that I have tried and tested .
Caster/Camber plates.
Roush/KW - Coil overs
J&M - Stock style springs
Maximum Motorsports -coil over & stock style springs
Struts/Shocks,
Roush/KW Track Pac set up with 515lbs front 400lbs rear springs, and other rates.
Koni yellow sports struts/shocks with Ford Racing P springs.
Koni Yellow sports struts/shocks with the Maximum Motorsports Road and track spring.
Roush/KW fronts with Cortex Koni rear coil overs all kind of spring rates
Roush/KW fronts JRI rears with all kind of spring rates
Roush fronts with Ford Racing Boss 302s Sachs rear double adjustable coil overs with 500lbs front 300lbs rear.
Bilstein HD Strut/Shocks with Maximum Motorsport road and track springs.
Bilstein HD struts with the front MM springs and Jri rear Coil overs with 200lbs (Was really nice)
JRI singles Strut/Shocks with 500lbs fronts and 300lbs rear.
Lower rear control arms,
J&M lower rear control arm - Poly Ball bushings
Ford Racing Boss 302r lower arms - Poly bushings
Ford Racing Boss 302s lower arms - Bearings
Scott Drake adjustable lower arms - poly/Rod end (junk)
Freedom Racing double adjustable lower arms - Rod ends
Kenny Brown aluminum double adjustable lower arms - Rod ends
Maximum Motorsports aluminum double adjustable lower arms - Rod ends
Upper rear control arms,
Stock OEM ford
BMR non-adjustable - Poly
Kenny Brown U-link rear control arm module
RTR Tactical Performance Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arm
Hotchkis Adjustable Rear Upper Control Arm (best upper IMHO after replacing the cheap rod end)
Cortex Torque arm.
Panhard bars,
J&M aluminum double adjustable - poly/poly
J&M steel adjustable (Ford racing style) - poly/poly
Cortex 1st gen Watts link - Rod ends
Ford Racing Boss 302R - poly/poly
Kenny Brown Roll Center Relocation Kit -rod ends
Steeda comp adjustable - rod ends (BIGGEST MISTAKE)
Cortex 2nd Gen Watts link - Poly/rod ends
Anti-squat brackets, * none on the car at present*
Ford racing Boss 302s (wielded on and cut off)
Kenny Brown 1st gen
Kenny Brown 2nd gen
Ford Racing Boss 302s (replacement)
I agree. Once all the stuff is over with my Wife's passing. Wider wheels and tires are on the list of things to do.Fun read and Mr. Tinker really should be your new moniker, ha. If you are fast on 275s , you will see dramatic improvement going to 305s or 315s. We often tend to get too technical in our answers , yet with a Mustang speed is a simple case of relieving a heavy car of it's tiny tires. The footprint on the ground can go from from close to 10 inches to close to 12 with a jump from 275 to 315. No offense, but all the cool stuff you have done to your car, this is probably the least expensive , overall, and the most effective to increase your speed. Four more inches on the payment is probably worth 2 seconds, imho. Might get in on the Apex special buy, then buy your tires in the future --- could work out well as there are a couple of sleeper donuts that are just now getting feedback in the market!