98redstang

You can see my motor swap and my mods in my sig and my problem i think is going to be launching. I have 245/ 45 by 17 tires and when i only had like 250 260 hp to the crank i would spin when i launched at anywhere between 2000 and 2500. Im pretty sure when im over 330 to the crank there going to spin. Besides getting stickier tires what else could i do to help me launch without spinning. I was looking at upper and lower control arms. Would they help? The reason im not doing tires right now is because i just spent all that money on the motor swap and tires and rims are pretty expensive. So basically im looking to beef up my suspesion so i can launch better. Thanks

boduke0220

Do you have an intake manifold? i didnt see one listed in your build?

98redstang

oops thaks man i knew i forgot something its just a pi manifold though nothing special. I have another thread with all the specs and everything its rated at 330hp.

bs46488

I might be on my own here, but dollar for dollar, I think tires would help you the most.

When I first bought my Mustang (used) the guy had a set of bald DR on the car. I could barely get the tires to spin. When I replaced them, I went cheap. I put a pair of cheap tires on the car and I can sneeze and the tires spin. Needless to say, I'm now looking at replacing the tires because of wheel spin and they barely have any miles on my cheap-o fix.

Oh, also up your tire size. I think you can jump to 275 on that rim without having to replace anything.

98redstang

oh really? i didnt know i could go with 275's thanks. I was looking at some nittos but like on 245's cause i thought like i could only put the same tire size on. Are you absolutly sure i can go with 275?

bs46488

I have six rims for my car. Four 17X8 and two 17X10.5

The original set-up was 245 on the front and 275 on the rear with the 17X8 rims.

Currently I run 245 on the 17X8 in the front, and 315 on the 17X10.5 in the rear.

I bought cheap tires for the 315's and they spin all the time, I now wish I spent more $$ on better tires.

Search some old posts, you'll see that some people put even larger than 275 on a 17X8 rim. The way the tires look and fit on the rim, I personally would not recommend it, but that's just my .02 cents

Chubstang

Lower control arms will help some with the spin, as will stickier tires. You can up the size to a 275 on the stock 17x8"s, and Nittos tend to run a little narrow so you'll be good.

98redstang

ok thanks

mike08

drag radials and control arms should help.

SilvrStang

Upper and lower control arms + subframe connectors work wonders.