tinman

I'm using ARP studs on my 4 lug system. Those studs can purchased just about anywhere and installed at home, there is nothing exclusive about them........

yurizx6r

Never said they were exclusive. I even run ARP on my Chevy Cobalt, and I don't worry about anything breaking no matter how hard I drive it. But 5 lug ARP will be always be stronger than 4 lug ARP. There's no denying that.

tinman

With myself on board my car right off the dragstrip it weights 2775. When Ford built it it was probably about 3350#.
Point being with that sort of weight reduction it has the same effect as using a bigger brake system.......
Car stops really well and any 4 lug system is lighter than any 5 lug system, have no plans to ever change.

bluebeastsrt

Id like to hear all of the weight reduction you did. I removed close to 400 pounds from my car and I bet it'll still weight 3200 with me in it. (I'm 6'4, 260) I've read foxes are about 150 pounds lighter than a SN95. I still need to do some more. My car still has the air bags and stock drive shaft but I'm always looking for ideas.

yurizx6r

Remove all interior, tubular K-member, MM front control arms w/ coil overs, aluminum drive shaft, fiberglass hatch, fiberglass hood, get rid of A/C, get rid of spare tire, heads, intake, smog pump, and all unnecessary systems such as wiper system, power steering, charcoal canister/EGR, etc. if you're going to have a trailer queen

yurizx6r

Tinman, I don't care if you want to stay 4 lug, it's your car and you can do what you want with it. That's what modding is, you have a goal for the car and you do it. Cars would be so boring if everybody did the same thing. Keep your 4 lug, be happy. I say 5 lug is better because it's stronger, comes with way more benefits, and a more direct way to get the stopping power you want. Why jump through so many hoops to avoid a stronger set up? What you're going to put in a 31 spline axles in, put in a weaker brake system, go through the trouble to shed more weight to keep up with mine, and stick with 4 lug? Does not make sense to me, but go for it. My car is light weight too and I have good brakes with 31 spine axles. My car can do track, daily drive, and do the drag strip. That was my goal, and I'm happy with my results. Not everybody would want an all around car, but that's what makes mine unique. Stick with your 4 lug system, it's fine for your application, but don't knock the fact that you can do more with the 5 lug system. I realize people work on budgets, so do I, but a better system is a better system. Even if the brakes added on another 50 pounds (which it does not), it more than pulls it's weight. I'm done with it at this point.