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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RichV" data-source="post: 1153988" data-attributes="member: 17007">Nice! Another CMC candidate!On the coilovers ... are they a drag setup? C/Os are not CMC legal, these may work for you now, but Lakewood builds drag stuff right? Billstein and H&R Super Race.IRS, you can use it for now, although not CMC legal, you may want to swap it just to get used to the car with SRA. The SRA will likely be better on track anyway. PHB, SRA, MM LCAs.Check your bushings everywhere and replace them with poly, at least. Is the cage welded? Is it just missing the NASCAR door bars? Why is it not legal? You can take it to a cage builder and they can add to it, or make it legal. Talk to other racers in your are on who they use.Cooling needs to be a priority, make sure you have plenty of radiator. Oil/water get some gauges. Autometers preferably to monitor oil temp/pressure and coolant temp/pressure, yes I said coolant pressure. Ask me how I killed a perfecly good motor, radiator hose blew, didn't know till it was too late. I got a coolant pressure gauge, and last year I noticed pressure at zero. I pulled in to the pits and saw my alternator pulley had cut into my upper hose. That $30 gauge saved a motor that day. Longacre sells idiot lights for coolant pressure too. Same with oil pressure and temperature. They will tell you if there's a problem because you don't have much time to glance at gauges when at 5000+RPM for 20 minutes straight.The Towncar motor should be fine. IIRC they are a HO motor with a different cam and heads, is the firing order the same as a 95 GT? You'll need a e-cam and GT40 heads anyway, and GT40 intake. Explorer stuff is fine. I'm still back-and-forth on the 3:73s, almost too much gear. I may swap to 3:27s or get a road race 5th. 4th gear runs out too fast, but shifting to 5th is like dropping an anchor out the window.Get the basics, get the safety stuff, and get your license. Then just add to your car every year. Seems easy, but there's allways something broken or needs attention. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>