2003 Mustang Cobra convertible getting e-level setup!

[dal]

Nice work, Awesome.

[Fastphil]

as for the front tire wear, i had 275/40/17 tires on the front of my car, and they kept getting worn like that. I replaced all the bushings and basically everything in the front suspension, but it still messed up like that.. turned out it was getting worn because at full lock, it was rubbing against the frame rail and the sway bar.. ugh.

Thanks for the input. I noticed the other day that the new tires still rub. I had aired down to setting 1 and was turning full lock when I heard it. It doesn't do it on setting 2 though. The stock front tires are 275s on a 9" wheel and they don't do this, so it must be a minor difference in offset or the fact that the wheels are a half inch wider. Anyways, I'll have a look but if it is the framerail, there's not much that can be done about it.

[manbeard]

this car is awesome. it makes me miss my old mustang


as for the front tire wear, i had 275/40/17 tires on the front of my car, and they kept getting worn like that. I replaced all the bushings and basically everything in the front suspension, but it still messed up like that.. turned out it was getting worn because at full lock, it was rubbing against the frame rail and the sway bar.. ugh.

[Fastphil]

Well, after a long wait, my car has finally been posted up as Car of the Month at www.MontrealRacing.com. There's not much text, but the pics are definitely worth a look. Check it out!

http://montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?784654-Octobre-2011-2003-Ford-Mustang

[Fastphil]

Great job dude! nice work!

*edit... you owe me money for my roof, as my boner just broke a hole in it.

lol I just saw this post! The check is in the mail!

I spent the evening at the drag strip and I made about 8 passes. I set a new personal best at 12.77 on my first run.

In other news, I've switched all the videos in this thread to embedded YouTube vids, to make it simpler for viewers to watch them. And this thread hit 10,000 posts yesterday, I think. I'm impressed, thanks for the support and interest!

[rowdydaoudy]

100% bad ass! love it

[Fastphil]

I've finally signed up to YouTube, so I'm uploading the videos that are in this thread there at the moment. I'm hoping I'll be able to embed them instead of having to click on them and be taken to another page to view them. If you're just getting to this post after having read through the whole thread (yeah right, like anybody actually does that!), you'll already have seen the vids on YouTube.

[Zack01GC]

I love this.

I've always love Mustangs, but Terminators are the bees knees to me. And properly low? Sheeeeeit.

[Fastphil]

Another quick update: I got the tires changed on the front today. I was watching the technician closely to make sure he didn't mess up my wheels, and also because I wasn't too sure about jacking the car up with the new suspension on it. Turns out there's nothing much to worry about, as long as you're smart about it. If you raise the suspension, turn the key off and then shove something under the car, you gotta think about turning the key on because the ride height resets to a lower setting than it was. It took 1.5 hours, but the guy did a good job, and we weren't in a rush anyways. I showed him the setup, and he thought it was pretty neat. As a side note on the tire that was down to the cord (of which I posted a pic earlier in this thread), There were a couple of spots that I could have pushed a ballpoint pen through! That's how near to a blowout I was. Kinda scary to think about it, but I was conscious of the situation, and I adjusted my driving accordingly.

I received a couple of teaser pics from the photoshoot, but I'm not sure if I have permission to share them or not, so I'll keep them under wraps for the moment. I will say, though, that I think viewers will like what they see. That reminds me, I spotted some serious neck snapping going on while the photoshoot was going down. It was amusing.

[Fastphil]

Phil - the water trap isn't meant to keep moisture out of the tank per say. It's placed between the tank and the VALVE to keep debris and some moisture out of the valve All air valves are susceptible to debris in the system which can cause them to stick open or closed which is what you're trying to avoid with having the filter in between the tank and valve manifold.

Looks good! Definitely a great stance and I bet the ride comfort has improved immensely!

That's what I figured it was, but I don't care too much about having water in the tank. I might put a drain valve on one of the lower fittings next time we take it apart.

Thanks for the compliments guys, I really do appreciate it. If you care to refer back to my original post, you'll see that I don't really care what everyone else thinks of my car because I modify it for my own pleasure. The fact that other people do like it is icing on the cake!

[AccuMike]

Phil - the water trap isn't meant to keep moisture out of the tank per say. It's placed between the tank and the VALVE to keep debris and some moisture out of the valve All air valves are susceptible to debris in the system which can cause them to stick open or closed which is what you're trying to avoid with having the filter in between the tank and valve manifold.

Looks good! Definitely a great stance and I bet the ride comfort has improved immensely!

[kaidotech]

Everything you do to this car is claaaayne

[garwee]

i really like this car.... best cobra ever

[Fastphil]

MontrealRacing.com's staff photographer Jeremy Glover (JagImaging.com) came out today to shoot the Cobra for a Car of the Month feature. I'll be getting copies of the final pics once he's done running them through the wringer, i.e. Photoshop. He said the feature might make it to www.CanIBeat.com as well. Cool!

[02Saleen]

cars looking really good man! "mixed reviews" on mustang forums to say the leasttt, although some are more welcoming of new concepts from time to time.