Progress Thread 1985 Gt I Finally Have A T Top Car.
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Depends brother, if they're hard to get in your area, you probably won't beat that with shipping cost for an out of state one.
housing is the same width, just the axles are longer. can be made to work with the right wheels or an axle swap.
Yes 3/4" per side. I already have the longer axles and am not worried about the extra width. This car is going to run some version of FoMoCo 17x8 all around so the extra width wont be a concern.
I think it pushes each side out about a 3/4 inch, correct?
LESS room for deep dish.
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since the wheel hub will be closer to the fender, that means (usually) spokes that are closer to outside of the wheel. the inside dish will be deeper though
I'd buy it.
Time is money IMHO. Cherry pick the best parts, get the rear in the car, and then sell off what you don't use. Can probably recoop ~$100 or so.
Plus I think 3.27's are a great cruising gear for a stock 5.0 that isn't going to be drag raced often. I wish I had 327's in my car.
QuietOne
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Same rotor, just either mod the caliper bracket to fit on the inside of the axle flange or get the nrc brackets.
Modifying the rear bracketry to pull the wheels in really is only needed if you are running 9" or wider rear wheels.
Since GroverDill has already committed to running a version of a Ford 17x8 wheel out back, it's not an issue to keep the SN95 width axles. In fact, the extra 0.75" out will help fill the wheel wells better. I have some old pics of 17x8's on my old 5-lug drum setup and the look was horrible. Rears were VERY sucked in. His decision to run the Sn95 axles in this case is the correct one.
EDIT: Had to dig waaay back for this one. 15-20 year old pic of my car with the '97 Cobra wheels and 5-lug drums out back. As you can see, those rear wheels are VERY sucked in.
Now, compare the above to the pic I posted here with 17x8's and the SN95 cobra rear disk setup.
Since GroverDill has already committed to running a version of a Ford 17x8 wheel out back, it's not an issue to keep the SN95 width axles. In fact, the extra 0.75" out will help fill the wheel wells better. I have some old pics of 17x8's on my old 5-lug drum setup and the look was horrible. Rears were VERY sucked in. His decision to run the Sn95 axles in this case is the correct one.
EDIT: Had to dig waaay back for this one. 15-20 year old pic of my car with the '97 Cobra wheels and 5-lug drums out back. As you can see, those rear wheels are VERY sucked in.
Now, compare the above to the pic I posted here with 17x8's and the SN95 cobra rear disk setup.
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QuietOne
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Aw yes very niceModifying the rear bracketry to pull the wheels in really is only needed if you are running 9" or wider rear wheels.
Since GroverDill has already committed to running a version of a Ford 17x8 wheel out back, it's not an issue to keep the SN95 width axles. In fact, the extra 0.75" out will help fill the wheel wells better. I have some old pics of 17x8's on my old 5-lug drum setup and the look was horrible. Rears were VERY sucked in. His decision to run the Sn95 axles in this case is the correct one.
EDIT: Had to dig waaay back for this one. 15-20 year old pic of my car with the '97 Cobra wheels and 5-lug drums out back. As you can see, those rear wheels are VERY sucked in.
Now, compare the above to the pic I posted here with 17x8's and the SN95 cobra rear disk setup.
https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-fo...-want-but-i-had-to.897717/page-2#post-9049975
Drive a stick shift 4-cylinder car for a while and then come back to the Mustang. I feel like the 3.73s in my Mustang are highway gears compared to the gearing in my Mazdaspeed6. That thing is horrible, you're in 6th gear by 45 mph.
Too mush tread on them, not enough burnouts, get busy!Modifying the rear bracketry to pull the wheels in really is only needed if you are running 9" or wider rear wheels.
Since GroverDill has already committed to running a version of a Ford 17x8 wheel out back, it's not an issue to keep the SN95 width axles. In fact, the extra 0.75" out will help fill the wheel wells better. I have some old pics of 17x8's on my old 5-lug drum setup and the look was horrible. Rears were VERY sucked in. His decision to run the Sn95 axles in this case is the correct one.
EDIT: Had to dig waaay back for this one. 15-20 year old pic of my car with the '97 Cobra wheels and 5-lug drums out back. As you can see, those rear wheels are VERY sucked in.
Now, compare the above to the pic I posted here with 17x8's and the SN95 cobra rear disk setup.
so complete! 106k miles 3.27 gears and all the bits! will tear down and paint prior to install.
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