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As I am sure, most of you are familiar with my project. It is a mustang coupe w/ls swap and eventual plans for some decent hp via turbo.
The car is pretty well setup, has 10 point cage, everything is tubular (k member, a-arms, upper and lowers, etc.), welded up 8.8 w/33 splines, blah blah blah.
What the car does not have (I didn't build the roller, don't ask me how these got over looked).
1- Subframe connectors
2- Lower control arm reinforcement
3- Upper control arm reinforcement
4- Rear sway bar (anti-roll bar).
Here are my questions:
1- Since I already have a cage in the car I am afraid that doing through the floor subframes is going to be a major PITA if it is even possible with out hacking on the cage (which I dont want to do since it is already painted) and removing all of the interior. Should I be concerned about using standard weld-on subframes vs. through the floors, will the big cage offer any extra reinforcement to make up the difference? If the standard sfc's are okay any recommendation (summit has some they sell CHEAP).
2- I see you can get the pre-fabbed "battle boxes" for about 80 bucks, they look pretty simple to make (would be a lot more simple if someone has some I could use for measurements). This is a must for a car like this, right? Can't believe they are not already done
3- Upper control arm reinforcement looks like you just weld the hell out of all the mounting locations, a standard MIG welder would be okay I assume. Anything I should know, does the rear-end have to come completely out or can you just remove the uppers and get in there as best you can?
4- The anti-roll bar kits are pretty pricey, not sure I'll need one right off the bat with a massive 400hp or so, but I've never setup a car that had no sway bar/anti-roll bar of any kind. What will this do to the street manners and launching ability. Is this a must right off the bat?
Thanks!
The car is pretty well setup, has 10 point cage, everything is tubular (k member, a-arms, upper and lowers, etc.), welded up 8.8 w/33 splines, blah blah blah.
What the car does not have (I didn't build the roller, don't ask me how these got over looked).
1- Subframe connectors
2- Lower control arm reinforcement
3- Upper control arm reinforcement
4- Rear sway bar (anti-roll bar).
Here are my questions:
1- Since I already have a cage in the car I am afraid that doing through the floor subframes is going to be a major PITA if it is even possible with out hacking on the cage (which I dont want to do since it is already painted) and removing all of the interior. Should I be concerned about using standard weld-on subframes vs. through the floors, will the big cage offer any extra reinforcement to make up the difference? If the standard sfc's are okay any recommendation (summit has some they sell CHEAP).
2- I see you can get the pre-fabbed "battle boxes" for about 80 bucks, they look pretty simple to make (would be a lot more simple if someone has some I could use for measurements). This is a must for a car like this, right? Can't believe they are not already done
3- Upper control arm reinforcement looks like you just weld the hell out of all the mounting locations, a standard MIG welder would be okay I assume. Anything I should know, does the rear-end have to come completely out or can you just remove the uppers and get in there as best you can?
4- The anti-roll bar kits are pretty pricey, not sure I'll need one right off the bat with a massive 400hp or so, but I've never setup a car that had no sway bar/anti-roll bar of any kind. What will this do to the street manners and launching ability. Is this a must right off the bat?
Thanks!
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