shit got real.
Great job on the podium finish! What wheels are those in your latest pics?
Sir Senior. Manual.Steering rack?
As most people also have unfavorable reviews to staying four link and just adding all spherical bushings, I take most things with a grain of salt. With the Coyote swap it will be manual brakes and steering no matter what. I have had enough of the inconsistent hydroboost. Unfortunately I am still in the beta phase as I have not actually begun the swap yet. I will have as much info in a detailed write up as possible once 2017 practice/testing has completed. The swap has already exceeded my 2016 budget and I've had to corner work and train to become an instructor to pay for track time.Wonder on what your impression is with that rack. I remember reading some unfavorable reviews on c-c.com forums, most people said that with "quick" ratio (which is standard for all power steering mustangs) is hard to keep up without the assist in fast corners, or if the car is trying to get away from you. And the "standard" ratio is slow as hell, and requires a lot of steering input. Part of the reason why I went with 03 Cobra rack instead.
The field from Sunday's race.
As most people also have unfavorable reviews to staying four link and just adding all spherical bushings, I take most things with a grain of salt.
I do get the pleasure of running against a 97 Cobra with the full Maximum catalog on it. I don't doubt the grip, but I do doubt the ability to rotate as much as my car does. But then again, we have started to change rear spring rates in his car. And if I can ever get it running, I did purchase a 95 track car that has a pan hard bar, no torque arm, but I am anxious to get a feel for it.Cool, looking to hear what you have to say about it. Still disagree that your 4 link has more grip than a torque arm. Perhaps one day we'll be on the same course together...
I do get the pleasure of running against a 97 Cobra with the full Maximum catalog on it. I don't doubt the grip, but I do doubt the ability to rotate as much as my car does. But then again, we have started to change rear spring rates in his car. And if I can ever get it running, I did purchase a 95 track car that has a pan hard bar, no torque arm, but I am anxious to get a feel for it.
Here is my take on this. After upgrading the rear end to torque arm, I’ve been battling corner exit understeer for years. No matter what I was doing with setup, it would always wash out on the corner exit. This is how much more traction the torque arm has, that it exposes everything else that’s weak about the setup. Even going to MM K-member, I could not get rid of that corner exit understeer. At the end of the day, the part that resolved the understeer completely was the differential. Going from T-Lok with FRPP clutches to Torsen T2R allowed me to have my cake and eat it too. T-Lok would lock up most of the time, and torque arm provided so much traction, that it caused the front to wash out. Now I’ve got a lot of front end grip, pretty good rear traction, and ability to rotate like you would not believe. Your rod end 4 link is creating that condition artificially, by causing one tire to lift up under hard cornering. Sure it gives you an ability to rotate, but it’s doing so by taking the traction away. If you were to use torque arm with a good differential, you wouldn’t need to do this. You would have the axle articulation, you would be able to put the power down, and a good differential would not turn all that rear traction into understeer. Are you still using T-Lok still?
I'm not really advocating one way or another, but one thing that I would want to see gone is the 4 link. Whatever you use to replace it with is completely up to you. I like torque arm for almost everything except for all the unsprung weight it adds. The rear axle is already very heavy on it's own, and adding half the weight of torque arm does not help, when you're trying to make a responsive and composed chassis.