Spring Upgrades, Round 2

Installed a bunch of stuff on the Fox again Saturday!  A lot of it was because these parts have not been touched since I bought the car 5 years ago and also in part to try to mitigate a lot of my vibration issues.

Did it at the DIY shop in PA again


Old rear drum setup


New rear shoes... It was my first time messing with drums and it was a lot easier than I had thought


So I noticed that on my driver side rear drum, this eyehook and wire piece is missing



New rear springs upper and lower prothane isolators  (before, there were no lowers so it was just metal on metal)


Old front setup... There was a lot of play in the rotor, so that told me the wheel bearings had to be changed


New OE replacement rotors


Comparison.. the old rotors surfaces' were not smooth whatsoever


New rotors, installed, with no play in the rotor.  Bearing install was again much easier than I had originally thought



Spindle shot... Lower ball joints were tested for play and there existed none so good on that!


Old brakes.... down to the rivets


New Hawk HPS front brake pads


I also put my o/r h pipe back on the car, and hopefully fixed an oil leak at the supercharger/oil pressure sending unit T splitter


Does anyone know which strut tower braces will fit a Trickflow intake and vortech S/C?

theres a diy shop in PA? where? that sounds cool!

Ryan, I didnt know you had a 4 lug, what size rear is it, I'm shoping for the 2 and would like some first hand knowlage from someone running a 4 lug setup.

Jaysfiveohhh wrote:theres a diy shop in PA?  where?  that sounds cool!

Mont alto, PA. It's called Shadetree garage

Big Blue wrote:Ryan, I didnt know you had a 4 lug, what size rear is it, I'm shoping for the 2 and would like some first hand knowlage from someone running a 4 lug setup.

It's an 8.8

I didnt know they made that in a 4 lug, the V8 II had an 8 inch 4 lug, well back to the drawling board

Just so you know if you need any wheel mods, Bolt pattern, Changing offsets (Back pad shaving or spacers/adapters) I can help you fit it. I do it at work for all the rim shops in Baltimore. Im just saying if you find a rear that works and the hub is different from what you need let me know.

Resonator deletes for me. Throwing around the idea of going catless, but getting a more chambered muffler. Not sure quite yet -- mostly because I know Coyotes have a bad reputation for frying O2 sensors every 3k miles with no cats... so we're just gonna stay put for a little.

rgoddard wrote:Just so you know if you need any wheel mods, Bolt pattern, Changing offsets (Back pad shaving or spacers/adapters) I can help you fit it. I do it at work for all the rim shops in Baltimore. Im just saying if you find a rear that works and the hub is different from what you need let me know.

Thanks I'll keep that in mind, I'm looking for a V8 Granada, they have exactly what I need, and the axle housing bolts rite into a Mustang II, so if anyone hears of one, or sees one in a junk yard, let me know, even if its a 6er, they may have the same rear

I got a Brand new BBK Catted X pipe to install ASAP.  

I took my car out Monday at hwy speeds and it seems like a lot of the vibrations from the front have been mitigated... but now that those are gone I csn hear the vibrations from the rear more now. And it sounds like it all from the gears.. ((

So you think you need new Gears?  

Dominican7 wrote:So you think you need new Gears?  

I really hope not. I don't hear any of it while going from 1st to 4th. It's cruising in 5th when I hear it. I hear whine on deceleration and when I go from no acceleration to a slight tap on the pedal, I can hear and feel the gears engaging and disengaging.

Cdude2010 wrote:Resonator deletes for me. Throwing around the idea of going catless, but getting a more chambered muffler. Not sure quite yet -- mostly because I know Coyotes have a bad reputation for frying O2 sensors every 3k miles with no cats... so we're just gonna stay put for a little.

You won't do it....

RTW0223 wrote:

Dominican7 wrote:So you think you need new Gears?  

I really hope not. I don't hear any of it while going from 1st to 4th. It's cruising in 5th when I hear it. I hear whine on deceleration and when I go from no acceleration to a slight tap on the pedal, I can hear and feel the gears engaging and disengaging.

You may just be out of adjustment on your backlash, probably more of an annoyance then a problem, but I would check that first and of course as long as it’s all open you can see if the gears are actually worn

Big Blue wrote:

RTW0223 wrote:

Dominican7 wrote:So you think you need new Gears?  

I really hope not. I don't hear any of it while going from 1st to 4th. It's cruising in 5th when I hear it. I hear whine on deceleration and when I go from no acceleration to a slight tap on the pedal, I can hear and feel the gears engaging and disengaging.

You may just be out of adjustment on your backlash, probably more of an annoyance then a problem, but I would check that first and of course as long as it’s all open you can see if the gears are actually worn

My thoughts exactly.

Line lock needs installed. It's time to change some rubber.   

its always good to change out the rubber from time to time....

Wait, what are we talking about gain? Tires right....   

Bethelism wrote:Line lock needs installed. It's time to change some rubber.   

Do we remember what happened the last time you burned off some rubber, Hmmmmmmmmmmm?    

Big Blue wrote:

Bethelism wrote:Line lock needs installed. It's time to change some rubber.   

Do we remember what happened the last time you burned off some rubber, Hmmmmmmmmmmm?    

You mean the time I got my h/c/I? ??

Actually I meant the time The Clutch Queen AKA Bethel blew her clutch out doing a burnout in OC, you see these are the things you miss when you don’t go to OC Cruisin weekend  

RTW0223 wrote:

Big Blue wrote:

Bethelism wrote:Line lock needs installed. It's time to change some rubber.   

Do we remember what happened the last time you burned off some rubber, Hmmmmmmmmmmm?    

You mean the time I got my h/c/I? ??

do tell what you did after h/c/i??

mjr46 wrote:

RTW0223 wrote:

Big Blue wrote:

Bethelism wrote:Line lock needs installed. It's time to change some rubber.   

Do we remember what happened the last time you burned off some rubber, Hmmmmmmmmmmm?    

You mean the time I got my h/c/I? ??

do tell what you did after h/c/i??

Whatcha mean?

did yopu do some tire burning after h/c/i install??  lol