first mod
12-17-2013, 10:36 AM
#11
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 277
For S197-specific handling:
https://mustangforums.com/forum/s197...g-section-121/
Another source for handling information in general - and which occasionally gets some S197 specific topics:
https://mustangforums.com/forum/suspension-152/
A few thoughts:
Lowering by itself does not translate directly to better handling. Looks can be deceiving.
Since it ultimately comes down to what your tires are doing, better and somewhat wider tires on wider wheels really need to be at the beginning of any handling-oriented project.
It doesn't end with simply getting and installing the parts you want, there is still some tuning required to get the most benefit from them. Tire pressures and alignment, just to name a couple.
Norm
https://mustangforums.com/forum/s197...g-section-121/
Another source for handling information in general - and which occasionally gets some S197 specific topics:
https://mustangforums.com/forum/suspension-152/
A few thoughts:
Lowering by itself does not translate directly to better handling. Looks can be deceiving.
Since it ultimately comes down to what your tires are doing, better and somewhat wider tires on wider wheels really need to be at the beginning of any handling-oriented project.
It doesn't end with simply getting and installing the parts you want, there is still some tuning required to get the most benefit from them. Tire pressures and alignment, just to name a couple.
Norm
I will also say the way the car would torque hard to the left off the line and would spin out if I stayed in the throttle is gone now. It just does a shallow fishtail now and will go straight as hard as I am willing to push it. My '11 stock tires only have 8500 miles on them so I cant comment on that yet.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post