Project 1989 Mustang GT Convertible

[low89fox]

I had a great time drifting today. I did some 3rd gear drifts with no problems. I tried to do the 4th gear turns, but my car isn't powerful enough to get sideways at 60mph, lol, so I just gripped through those. The course I drove on is hella uneven and I drove off the course a couple times onto the rocks, with no bent parts. Then I drove 30 miles home on the freeway at 80mph and it handled perfectly, just as it had on the way there.

Overall, I am extremely satisfied with my suspension setup on the road course. I may upgrade to 400 or 450lb springs in the front because I have a little bit of body roll. It probably didn't help that I had my swaybar off, lol.

I'm also looking at getting a mini-spool for my rear end because my stock trac-lock sucks, even after I shimmed it to make it tighter.

And here's some pics of my car at the event:





I put in some harnesses to keep me and my passenger in our seats


My new 215/35/18's I bought performed pretty well. Here's a stretch shot:


I know you guys love the new paint on the hood


The thing I love most about having a convertible, is it doubles as a truck:




Drifting pics and video will come later when my friend is done editing the video.

[Belvader]

i'm so into this build ! keep it up , and the hood looks bad ass !

[low89fox]

i'm so into this build ! keep it up , and the hood looks bad ass !

Haha, thanks! Everyone loved it at the track. Being the only American car drifting there, I had to go all out, lol.

[keeton]

I'm actually impressed with how low you got this thing up front. The rear...well I ignored the rear.

I still don't understand most of the mods you're doing (read:hood).

[MommysLittleMonster]

I drove off the course a couple times onto the rocks, with no bent parts.

Lol newb. It's not the course's fault you don't know now to drive.

[motocaddy]

And in all honesty, in a fight with a curb, I'd trust this cut stock one:



Over this aftermarket tubular one:

In case we hadn't already established you have no clue what you're talking about...

[low89fox]

Lol newb. It's not the course's fault you don't know now to drive.

Lol, coming from a honda owner....

[Nagah]

Great. What a comeback. And why whould a Honda owner be a bad driver?

[RubbderDucky]

SRSLY... just burn your car the world would be a safer place without it (literally) .....

It's a Fox, we all know they are junk.

Lol, coming from a honda owner....

Lol, I know plenty of Hondas that would make your piece of shit Fox look stupid. I'd rather take his Prelude over that bastard of a Fox. Nobody gives a shit about it.

[MrDanguy]

This has so much potential... but OP is doing some stupid shit.

[Trif0rce]

Man this is making owning a fox really embarrassing...

[crxmarc]

i hope he posts when something breaks! Those control arms are scary as fuck, i cant wait till they've been through there cyclical loading life cycle and snap, a perfect notch effect has been made by those nice square cornered cuts.

But hey, who am i to say that this guys crazy or doesn't know what he's doing. My mech eng degree isn't worth shit when it comes to these arguments, only the reality of broken stuff can instill common sense .... hopefully

[Belvader]

Lol, coming from a honda owner....

hahahahahaha love this !!

[chuckie]

reading this is actually really funny! I hope you mounted your seatbelts better than you've done the rest of your car.. you'll probably need 'em!

[MommysLittleMonster]

Lol, coming from a honda owner....

You mean coming from someone with real racing experience.

Reading fails you. Read my signature again before taking shots at people you don't know.

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reading this is actually really funny! I hope you mounted your seatbelts better than you've done the rest of your car.. you'll probably need 'em!

I was shocked to see he used a harness bar. Here I was half-expecting him to go full-retard and bolt it to the floor behind the seats.

i hope he posts when something breaks! Those control arms are scary as fuck, i cant wait till they've been through there cyclical loading life cycle and snap, a perfect notch effect has been made by those nice square cornered cuts.

But hey, who am i to say that this guys crazy or doesn't know what he's doing. My mech eng degree isn't worth shit when it comes to these arguments, only the reality of broken stuff can instill common sense .... hopefully

None of us here with an engineering degree know anything, don't you know that? It's okay because racecar #yolo ratrod or some shit.