bknblk2 Tony Wood Ultra Moderator Location: Wichita Join Date: 02/02/2009 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 181 Rally Car: 83 Citation "Oskar" |
It's totally your choice but don't dismiss headwing seats. My codrive and I are both over 6'5" and 220ish. We love our OMP HTE XL headwing seats. No problem getting in and out, even w/o a removable steeringwheel and in a hurry. Yes, I hung up my HANS... on the cage,not the seat.
HANS only limit head travel in back to front direction. They do next to nothing side to side. The annoyance of my head ping-ponging in the seat on a rough stage just reminds me my neck would be really sore without it. Just 0.02 |
alkun Albert Kun Infallible Moderator Location: SF Ca. Join Date: 01/07/2008 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,732 Rally Car: volvo 242 |
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Hambone1966 Jason Hamilton Infallible Moderator Location: Phoenix, AZ Join Date: 04/08/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 32 Rally Car: 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 |
Here's my latest update... I picked up the Fox from American Motorsports today. We got a call from the owner, Kacy, who said he was losing sleep over a few extra tweaks he wanted to add to the cage. AFTER it was bought and paid for, you can't beat that. My co-driver pulled the trigger on some really cheap Futuras for us, so money ended up making that decision for me.
Last weekend we added an LX body kit we found used, and tore a donor '89 GT all to shreds picking up a few missing essentials like wiper motor, spare body parts, a few other small things. This weekend I'll be adding the aluminum dash to replace our hacked out one, drilling holes in that and adding new gauges. I'll re-wire the whole thing with an off road racing harness we found online as part of that project. At that point we'll probably have another meeting and arrange times/monies to complete: New rack, springs, spare wheels, tires, custom shocks we have lined up, SFI foam, HANS, harnesses, skid plate, lights, paint, fire suppression... the last 3 will be free through some sponsorship (family friends that own businesses in those areas). We've got our eyes on some nice coil over suspension stuff, but waiting on price/time frame to see if it's feasible this year. I'm sure I forgot some, but that's the basics of where we are. 8 weekends left to go. Jason Hamilton Phoenix, Arizona 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
given any thought all all to addressing the single biggest and obvious flaw in the car: the lack of rear wheel travel?
Ain't painted inside yet, still have time.... Its real simple.. been done for 40 years before on 10s of thousands of other rwd cars.. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Hambone1966 Jason Hamilton Infallible Moderator Location: Phoenix, AZ Join Date: 04/08/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 32 Rally Car: 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 |
Definitely interested in doing that 100%. The guy that built the cage does baja and he is working with his suspension guy to come up with an answer to that. The grading job they do on the Prescott roads seems to make the course less challenging on that particular front, but I only can tell what I see on youtube videos at this point. It's high desert, pretty flat dirt roads, not alot of tree roots and stuff I imagine they have in the NW or NE... but again I don't know until I'm out there.
So my questions are - John if you were going up there with us in October, what would you do to the car for that? 90% of what we're doing is just to make sure we're there... get some experience, have fun with this thing we've been sweating over. But beyond cage, seats, safety, tires, etc my absolute number one priority is with that suspension. Your advice doesn't fall on deaf ears. Jason Hamilton Phoenix, Arizona 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. |
Hambone1966 Jason Hamilton Infallible Moderator Location: Phoenix, AZ Join Date: 04/08/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 32 Rally Car: 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 |
It was already too late to do that when you told me that and I didn't want to make a big deal at the time because it was a friend. I guess what you'd do is cut the tops off the rear shock towers, increase their height, remove/realign the rear back stay to the top of the taller towers, and fit a 26.65" shock in there? I'm not sure what that will cost me or if I can do that and everything else, but it's worth an ask. Jason Hamilton Phoenix, Arizona 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
I think it would be very easy and very cheap to chop the tops of the little tower stumps , raise them, finish to accept the nice spherical bearing ends that come in the shocks---once you get the 15mm ID bearings...and then add a little stay or whatever from whatever to support the tubes... See in any RWD thing if we have travel, we can trade travel for grip...Grip is the paramount concern on gravel, bar none..and that's with sensible engines....the more brutal initial yank is, the bigger the problem... (hence the folly of big output and V8s fall into the catagory of Big Yank-you-back) Michael Hoche-Mong who lurks around here sometimes has a "loaner" shock i sent him so he could do some dimensional stuff on his Maz-dog RX3 Resurrection project (could we get an Angelic Choir here? Anybody?) You can barrow it if you want. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Hambone1966 Jason Hamilton Infallible Moderator Location: Phoenix, AZ Join Date: 04/08/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 32 Rally Car: 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 |
I'd love to size up your loaner shock, that would be great. Are we talking about adding enough travel that the wheel wells would start to be a problem? Would those need to be cut out or modified too?
Jason Hamilton Phoenix, Arizona 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be. |
Aaron Luptak Aaron Luptak Ultra Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
have you already addressed the 'quadrabind' rear arms?
Not sure how big a difference long shocks, towers, etc. are going to make while you're still running stubby little links at a 45 degree angle. (I do understand the looking-forward-to-a-proper-4-link aspect...) KF7RWG http://www.utahrallygroup.com |
Hambone1966 Jason Hamilton Infallible Moderator Location: Phoenix, AZ Join Date: 04/08/2015 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 32 Rally Car: 1990 Ford Mustang 5.0 |
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NoCoast Grant Hughes Godlike Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Hurst built his as follows:
Seems like that would be a cheap and easy starting point and then you can get more proper once you have first or second rally out of the way. Grant Hughes |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
This. Good god its as bad as a 1st gen RX7. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
tdrrally edward mucklow Infallible Moderator Location: charleston,wv Join Date: 05/31/2011 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 763 Rally Car: ford mustang LX 5.0, 1973 VW Beetle |
look at the steeda four link
with an sn95 rear axle or disk brake set up http://www.autotraderclassics.com/images/a/cms/48186/48186.jpg I would rather drive a slow car fast as a fast car slow! first rule of cars: get what makes you happy, your the one paying for it! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2015 01:42PM by tdrrally. |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
What the fuck is that shit? You are a deep cover troll.. nobody linking to that can be serious. Good god. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
Aaron Luptak Aaron Luptak Ultra Moderator Location: SLC Join Date: 02/15/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 776 Rally Car: Civic... |
http://www.steeda.com/steeda-mustang-5-link-rear-suspension-system-555-2501/ for $1300 it had better come with a 'happy ending'... (for rally use, I'd be pretty skeptical of the bolt-on mounts for the new upper arms.) KF7RWG http://www.utahrallygroup.com |