For the guys that drive during the week and go to the strip on the weekend do you lower the car? And if so how much? Im new to the Mustang world so what I was used to (71 Charger) wasnt a real street friendly car but was great on the strip. I want to lower it but Im going to start running in some local club events and Im looking into suspensions to do so. So Im looking to see what everyone else is doing.

 

Mate of mine with a KB supercharger and built motor, on a 2005GT, was running high 11s. Had it lowered...looked really good. Mostly a street car with occasional dragstrip visits. Then he decided to get really serious about dragracing and wanting low 10s. First thing he did was return vehicle to stock height.

 

v6 rear springs are better for the strip... That's what the cobra jet car is running.

 

The Cobra Jet is a bad ****. Good for deep 9's and someone recently hit the 8's with it.

Follow in its footsteps and you'll be on your way.

 

The FRPP FR-3-MGT is a good choice, it will lower car 1.0" all around so it will retain good road manners for driving, add some much needed stability around turns and high speed and wont kill the launch at the line. Top that off with CHE lower control arms and you're good. I have the older FR3 handling pack that dropped it 1.5" and it still rides well so the new one should ride great. If you decide to install that you may want to make sure the LCA's have a downward pitch towards the rear, if not then a set of CHE relocation brackets should be installed for better launching.

 

I know of a few who have Steeda Ultralights. They lower the car but keep very close to the original stock spring stiffness. The problem with most of the lowering springs is they stiffen up the suspension. This makes it harder to transfer the weight to the rear tires on a drag launch. Also it would be good to use adjustable shocks like the Tokico D-Specs. They give you great dampening for drag racing, street and open track. With that type of setup you would have suspension for every application. All you have to do is set the dampening rate for what you are doing.