Well my Ford Racing Suspension pack arrived today and I picked up a few extra parts from Steeda to complete the mods in this part of my build. The kit brings the following...

1) New Springs (Higher rate 1.5 inch drop F/R)
2) New shocks and front struts with more agressive damping to match the springs
3) New F/R sway bars and all new poly bushings and hardware...
4) Strut Tower Brace...

The Steeda parts...

1) Aluminum rear lower bars with poly bushings
2) New panhard bar with brace and spherical bearings...
3) Front rear lower control poly bushings...
5) G-Trac brace...
6) Front swaybar brackets...

I am picking up on Monday the rear upper adjustable links to complete the rear and when they do the alignment on Tuesday will install the bump steer kit along with the new front ball joints... After that will be performing my baseline dyno run before the Whipple and exhaust gets put on... Then it is brakes and stripes...

Will install tomorrow and post pics of the install, here are a few pics of the parts...

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A few more pics...

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One more of the Steeda parts...

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I hate you!
I expect a full review ASAP!

 

Way cool! That's what I want to work towards, only a little at a time.

 

Any reason why you went with the spherical rod ends on the panhard rod? I hear they make your teeth chatter they make so much noise compared to the poly bushings. If this is primarily a strip car and not a street car then i'm sure you will live.

 

Corcel,

Will post pics of the install and a review this weekend...

 

Zeio,

I was concerned about that when I was discussing with Fred from steeda and he assured me that the difference between the two in harshness was minimal and that the performance gain in handling was substantial... I have been dealing with them for over 10 years and they have never given me bad advise. On my SN95 I had every mod across the board, I must have had about 25-30K into that car and alot of Steeda parts... The spherical bushings on other components make it very rough but not the panhard... I went poly everywhere else for that reason...

I am not big into 1/4 mile, I set my cars up for auto-x...

Will post a followup once installed this weekend...

 

looks great, keep us posted.

 

Let me know how the Ford racing shocks/struts are. I'm thinking about buying them also, but heard that they are a pretty harsh ride. Thanks.

Richard