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Originally Posted by jayel579
I am sure you know your car would be in F-Stock with SCCA. And according to the "rules" the only modifications you can make are shocks, front sway bar, and cat-back exhaust. Ford Almost cloned the front suspension of your E36/46 BMW on these mustangs, so couple of the same rules can still apply.
Tires will be your best upgrade, depending on what tires you get will depend on pressures. I have never run on Victoracers so I cannot suggest an optimal psi to run but I had a set of Toyo RA-1s that I ran at 34 psi at all four corners. If you don't get adjustable shocks you might play with tire pressures to get a little more balance out of the car.
Brakes for the car are very good, an upgraded pad, maybe like a Hawk HPS or HP+ pad is really all you would need. But I do not rely on late braking when I run, the slow in fast out rule still applies.
You will not need a bigger front sway bar, it is huge already, leave the stock one in there.
The gas can be run down pretty low. I drive to the events but usually I have about 1/4 to 1/2 of tank left and then fill up on my way home. The low gas alert will sound during your runs but you can run it even lower, there wont be any fuel starvation issues.
I haven't done any exhaust work on my car yet, it is getting done as soon as spring starts to get here. I have the FFRP X-Pipe going on with a Dynomax 2.5" stainless kit. From what I have heard the sound seems to be tamed until you get on it, then it gets loud. But sound and noise are all personal opinion, loud to me might not be loud to you.
My last suggestion for you would be to contact Sam Strano, you have mentioned you have seen his posts on this forum. Call him, he has a wealth of knowledge that he is more then will to share. Pretty much 95% of the tips I have gotten for the setup on my car I have gotten from him.
Good Luck!
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jayel579, thanks for the reply. Yes, FS it is and I'm looking forward to it. Ran in various classes over the last 8 years, 5 of which was running my 328i in STS. Tired of spending stupid money. At least stock class slows that down (some).
I got another reply on mustang evolution from another autoxer and he gave some very good tips. He mimiced some of your advice, so I think I'm on the right track. As for your tire pressures, I'm surprised you ran that low. I was at 38 for the bimmer, but that was a more narrow tire, so this may be the trick. What width do you run?
As for the hawk + pads, not a big fan of those, no modulation. They are either on or off. I had a set of BHP CR6 pads on the 328 and like those a lot, but I think BHP is now of biz, so need to find something else.
Next year will be a search for shocks/struts and front sway. I see you said your changing out your catback. You doing that to remove weight or is there any performance gain? You have any dyno sheets to back your catback install?
thanks....