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  • #16
    that right there is the best fox frontend, grille and all.
    areo ones are lame.

    This car looks like it smokes those really cheap cigarettes that taste like dead skin cells and cardboard.
    I mean that in the absolute best way possible.

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    • #17
      Love it man. I would love to see you continue building it.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Stupid Kid View Post
        that right there is the best fox frontend, grille and all.
        areo ones are lame.

        This car looks like it smokes those really cheap cigarettes that taste like dead skin cells and cardboard.
        I mean that in the absolute best way possible.
        I know exactly what you mean.

        Originally posted by laBeef View Post
        Love it man. I would love to see you continue building it.
        Thanks dude, I'm forced to drive the car this winter, so I'm gonna wait till spring for low. I've got a set of really friggin' stiff coil springs for it that i'm considering cutting. It feels a million times better now that the door closes better (I still have to do door pins, but it's a bitch on a ford, so I'm saving that for a father/son learning experience)

        I'm really lucky in the sense that my dad knows so much about stangs that I can just call him whenever I'm stuck working on something and he can diagnose it from memory over the phone and talk me through how to fix it. I've gotta get a new wiring harness for it at some point, it was severely fucked with at some point in time, it's got crimp connectors all over the place,everything is corroded from not being heat-shrunk and just wrapped in electrical tape.

        On a side note, having a speedometer that only goes to 85 is fun because you get to regularly pin it. I got the needle to point straight down at the odometer


        "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

        Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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        • #19
          Looks like a good start!


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          Originally posted by nickskater09
          I think Jody, along with Ashton, like to push the line between "street legal" and "realistically driveable".

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          • #20
            I wanna be the first truly slammed fox body. Every other "slammed" mustang is just barely tucking tire, and some even have gap! Subframe connectors are definitely on the wishlist, but I might make them myself considering I have a plasma cutter and welder and bar/tube stock. I'm considering side dump exhaust right before the rear wheels. Thoughts?


            "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

            Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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            • #21
              Haha awesome. I was actually thinking about getting an 87 vert to build specifically in stance and comfort.

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              • #22
                I've been practicing getting sideways, It's such a fuckin' awesome feeling. It's such a different car than anything I've driven lately. The subie and del sol handled pretty well, so at first it was weird driving it. But compared to my Torino the car handles like a Formula 1 car.


                "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

                Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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                • #23
                  What kind of mpgs are you getting?

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                  • #24
                    Haha I won't lie I've been driving the car pretty hard, being my first reasonably fast car,so i'm assuming around 11/12 mpg. Also the sending unit is junk so the gas gauge goes all over the place, but sometimes stays around the right level. it's sweet.


                    "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

                    Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Trif0rce View Post
                      I wanna be the first truly slammed fox body. Every other "slammed" mustang is just barely tucking tire, and some even have gap! Subframe connectors are definitely on the wishlist, but I might make them myself considering I have a plasma cutter and welder and bar/tube stock. I'm considering side dump exhaust right before the rear wheels. Thoughts?
                      I'll probably beat you to the slammed part, lol. I'm going to be tucking rim tomorrow on 18's. The pre-made subframe connectors are well worth it, because they're only a little over $100 and save a lot of time fabricating. I'm doing the same thing with my exhaust, but tucking it closer to the body, and making both pipes exit the passenger side. I'm starting on it tomorrow, and hopefully I'll get it finished.

                      You can be the first four-eyed slammed fox, lol.

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                      • #26
                        Originally posted by low89fox View Post
                        I'll probably beat you to the slammed part, lol. I'm going to be tucking rim tomorrow on 18's. The pre-made subframe connectors are well worth it, because they're only a little over $100 and save a lot of time fabricating. I'm doing the same thing with my exhaust, but tucking it closer to the body, and making both pipes exit the passenger side. I'm starting on it tomorrow, and hopefully I'll get it finished.

                        You can be the first four-eyed slammed fox, lol.
                        That's sweet man, I'm excited to see all these foxes suddenly springing up, nothing like a healthy dose of inspiration to get kick me in the ass and give me some motivation. The pre-made ones would be nice, but I've got plenty of time lately, and i've got the materials already, so I'll probably break out the bandsaw, plasma cutter, and welder and fab some up. Being the first slammed 4-eye would be sweet. Back when I owned the subaru, I was one of the lowest gc imprezas on this side of the country. I was defnitely the lowest GC at wicked big meet. It was a cool feeling.


                        "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

                        Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by Trif0rce View Post
                          That's sweet man, I'm excited to see all these foxes suddenly springing up, nothing like a healthy dose of inspiration to get kick me in the ass and give me some motivation.
                          There's some new edge guys around here too.

                          My vote is keep it 4-eye. Of course the only two styles I like are 4-eye and the late LX notches.

                          Going to stay SRA out back? If so, look into some control arms. If you want to go IRS, you'll probably want to get a bushing kit for it. I know I've done a number on mine already and it hasn't even seen much action.

                          Best of luck. Looks like it's going to be a ton of work.
                          I Have No Idea What I'm Doing

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                          • #28
                            Oh yeah, this is no light project. My plan is to stay solid rear axle, just for simplicity and strength. I'll definitely be getting control arms at some point, and might fab my own panhard bar to locate the rear end better. Having first hand experience with how well a solid rear axle can handle, I'm not worried about that being the limiting factor here. With a torque arm and panhard setup from maximum motorsports I won't have to worry about the rear end shucking around anymore. First thing i'm doing for power is gears, and it looks like i'll be getting a line lock for christmas


                            "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

                            Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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                            • #29
                              I'm definitely trying to keep this a clean build. Nothing ghetto or redneck. In the spring I'll really get to cleaning the car up. Right now the only space I have to work on the car is either a 45 min drive away, or is freezing cold out in the driveway. In the spring I plan on lowering it, putting gears in it, cleaning up the engine bay and tucking what little wiring harness there is. I wanna take a shot at building that panhard bar this winter though.


                              "Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.

                              Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you."

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                              • #30
                                Torque arm is the way to go with a SRA car, can't wait to get one in my car. I'm sure you already know about the problems with running a panhard bar and aftermarket upper control arms.

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