My Fox Project: Details, let me know what you think

[MustangGlx]

So I was a little bored in class today, so i wrote down and catigorized everything I am doing to my Fox body, its going to be a street and road coarse use project, most of these things i have already many of them done, some of them im still working on getting the parts i want but here it goes, let me know what you think

89 Mustang LX V8

ENGINE:
Ford Racing 2-Bolt Block
Coast High Performance 347 Stroker kit
Probe SRS forged pistons
Probe forged steel full floating connecting rods
Probe Stroker crank
Trick Flow Twisted wedge heads
Trick Flow stage II cam 542/563 lift, 228/232 durration
Trick Flow 1.6 roller rockers
Trick Flow pusrods
Trick flow double roller timing chain
Trick flow Track heat intake (might trade up to a box R intake)
BBK 75mm throttle body
BBK high flow fuel rails
Ford Racing 30lb/hr injectors
Ford Racing A/C and smog pump delete kids
Ford Racing Hydraulic roller lifters
Granitelli Motorsports MAF
Canton Racing 7qt oil pan w/pickup
Canton Racing main support girdle
Canton Racing windage tray
Ford Racing high volume oil pump
Valley girdle pro lifter valley girdle
edelbrock 190lph electric furl pump
aeromotive fuel presure regulator
Mallory Hyfire 6AL ignition
MSD superconductor wires
MSD distributor
Anderson Motorsports programable engine management system
CSR electric water pump
electric fan
aluminum radiator
EXHAUST:
Heddman long tube headers, ceramic coted
3 inch header back exhaust, custom made, side exit
DRIVETRAIN:
Lakewood Blowshield
Centerforce clutch
tremec t56
Svt Cobra IRS set up
4.36 ring and pinion
trick flow 8.8 dif cover
short throw shifter
ford racing aluminum drive shaft
SUSPENSION, STEERING, and BRAKES:
Maximum Motorsports IRS grip package
Maximum Motorsports front grip package
Progressive rate springs (havnt decided what yet, for like a 2-ish inch drop)
Svt cobra disk brake conversion
(Looking for 17x12 rear wheels and 17x10 fronts)
CHASSIS:
subframe connectors with X-member
Roll cage (Im not sure how many point, Im fabing it up and havnt finished design yet)
Engery Suspension Polyurethan motor and tranny mounts
steel braided fuel line
Trunk mount battery
INTERIOR/EXTERIOR:
Maier racing 3 inch wider fiberglass fenders and quarters
fiberglass lift of hatch
fiberglass lift of cowl hood
racing seats (not sure what, but the fox power seats gotta go)
4pt harnesses
clear headlights
smoked tail lights
black window tint (30%)
93 cobra spoiler
Back seat delete
probobly going to go with some more accurate gauges too

I think thats everything, in the future i might go with some low boost set up, but not yet, theres gonna be enough power here for me to have fun for a while, so what do you guys think?

 

[grey5.0beast]

Very nice sounding setup, how much of it do you have?

 

[MustangGlx]

all of the engine stuff, most of the chassis stuff, none of the suspension stuff yet most the drivetrain and most of the interior exterior stuff

 

[85ragtop]

Wow. That is a nice setup.

 

[Busted07]

with long tubes and that oil pan, buy a good starter that you wont have to replace often... that is a pain in the ass

 

[Jaswir]

can't you put header wrap near the starter so heat doesnt mess it up? might help some?

 

[MustangGlx]

Thanks for mentioning the starter, i wasnt sure if it would be a problem from the heat or not, i was thinking about getting a ford racing mini-starter, and wrapping it in header wrap but wasnt sure if ild need to

 

[Busted07]

i think that wrap would help preserve the life of it, so its probably worth it.. i just helped my buddy change his out and it was a PITA.. he has BBK longtubes and the canton 7 quart pan.. (he had a stock starter) i told him i wasnt doing that crap for a long time again and to buy a good starter... i think he went with the ford mini starter as well..


(by the way, follow the instructions on the pan gasket.. it recommends a 4 piece... we didnt use one.. it leaked, so use a 4 piece gasket)

 

[MustangGlx]

wow thanks, i wasnt going to use the 4 piece either, glad you mentiond that

 

[GT89Mustang]

(Looking for 17x12 rear wheels and 17x10 fronts)

Not going to fit. You can run a 9in rim up front and with some work a 10.5 out back but thats about it.

 

[MustangGlx]

i know, but im getting wide fenders and quarters which give me an additional 3 inches up front and out back, so i can tuck them under http://www.maierracing.com/

 

[GT89Mustang]

Looks kinda wierd but if it works for you...

 

[MustangGlx]

theres a road race track right near me, and ill be spending a lot of time with the car there, the wide track quarters and fenders are the easiest way to get more width to the car and more rubber underneith

** edit**I may just roll the fenders and quarters i have out a little, both options, im just thinking about makin the car as fast around the track as i can

** edit** i might go with the 1.5 inch wider fenders, i think they look pretty good, and ill be able to run 11s and 10s which should be enough in a fox for some real grip

 

[bryce93lx]

cobra irs is more work than it's worth the three link setup from mm is just as good and is on a ton of track cars (just not mm's) the difference in handling is only a little and the effort and time dosen't make it worth it, also makes the ass end wider and even with the big fenders(which are fugly, but i anin't paying the bills so that's up to you) i would think would limit tire width, also the ford racing two bolt block is a waste of money, stock is fine up to about 450, and a good 4-bolt is needed for more, other that that it all sounds cool, how bout some pics of this beast

 

[MustangGlx]

i got the ford racing 2 bolt block because i didnt hae a 5.0 block to start with, and I main girdled and valley girdled it as well as ground away all of the casting lines and sharp edges,(which for those who dont know makes the block substantially stronger), im goig with the cobra IRS more so because of the challenge then anything else, plus i like to be a little bit different sometimes, pictures are here CLICK though theres still a real lot more to go so it doesnt look like much yet in the pictures i dont even have the main girdle on in the pictures, i just got the block clearenced and back together and the main support on and the bottem end all buttoned up, no pics yet

 

[bryce93lx]

coo, i love a clean lx, even though i like the body kit on my car it is hard to beat the lines of a lx, keep us updated

 

[bob331T76]

i know, but im getting wide fenders and quarters which give me an additional 3 inches up front and out back, so i can tuck them under http://www.maierracing.com/

why not mini-tub it instead of the fenders??

 

[MustangGlx]

i thought about that, but that wont give me more space for rubber up front, ive looked into minitubing but for racing with turns you want to be as wide as possible, i dont think that the 1.5 inch per side looks bad, i think it looks ok, pic i wish i could get a picture of them on a lx hatch before i decided, either way its gonna be a while before i get there, the body is gonna be the last thing to get played with, engine drivetrain suspension and chassis are more important. its hard for me to picture the hatch with them, i might not like it, the 3 inch ones do look way overboard on the hatch. ive been trying to find a good picture the last thing i want is for the car to look like "rice" with a "widebody kit". the other thing i have to get a definate answer on is how wide you can actually go with the wheels and tires on a fox, i dont want to spend all that money and put all that work in and get a half an inch of tire, width. Im definatly set on doing the IRS just because i like the idea of it, ive only seen it in magazines, ive never see one in person that was done. So i think it would be pretty neat to do.

 

[98gtconvt]

i really like it. good luck with the project. also the trickflow in black is just amazing!

 

[MustangGlx]

hey thanks i was really back and forth on the silver or black finish on the trickflow stuff, im so glad i went for the black finish i cant wait to be done, see it and hear it and drive it, itl be great. Anyone have any idea what kind of numbers ill be making? ive talked to a lot of people and gotten a very wide veriety of numbers, Im less concernd with numbers than i am with weather itl be fast or not, i know it wont be a 9 second car but it should move pretty good, i was hoping for between 350 and 400 rwhp i was told everything from 300 to 500 rwhp and i just dont know whos right, of coarse its all speculation, only wat to know is finish it and put it on the dyno