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by 96Mustang460cid
Mon May 18, 2009 8:01 am
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Through the floor subframe connectors: I beam vs 2x3x0.120
Replies: 6
Views: 5041

Re: Through the floor subframe connectors: I beam vs 2x3x0.120

Thanks for your input guys!

Have a good day!
Michael
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue May 12, 2009 1:32 pm
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Through the floor subframe connectors: I beam vs 2x3x0.120
Replies: 6
Views: 5041

Through the floor subframe connectors: I beam vs 2x3x0.120

I was watching Dave's DVD's when something popped into my head... 2"x3"x0.120" rectangular tubing weighs ~3.9 lbs/ft and has an second moment of area of 1.42 in^4. In contrast, S3x5.7 I beam weighs 5.7 lbs/ft, but has a second moment of area of 2.52 in^4. It weighs 46% more, but is 77...
by 96Mustang460cid
Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:53 pm
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Did I help the situation? Or was it overkill? With Pics
Replies: 6
Views: 6145

'96 Mastang, Wouldn't it be more of a benefit to move the engine back towards the firewall, if you still can? For weight transfer. I was told that it will always help the 60' times. Nice job on the fab. work. I already have the engine mounted as far back and low as possible. The bellhousing bolts a...
by 96Mustang460cid
Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:28 am
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Did I help the situation? Or was it overkill? With Pics
Replies: 6
Views: 6145

Guys, thanks for the input! To ease the mounting of the intercooler, I ended up welding in a bumper brace too... :-P . http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/96Mustang460cid/96%20Mustang/Radiator%20Crossmember%20Mod/RadiatorCrossmember1-18-08008.jpg http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/96Mustang460c...
by 96Mustang460cid
Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:23 am
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Did I help the situation? Or was it overkill? With Pics
Replies: 6
Views: 6145

Did I help the situation? Or was it overkill? With Pics

My winter project has been to clean up my engine bay. In doing this, I have welded up all my engine bay seams and replaced the inner fenders & radiator crossmember. I used 14 gauge low carbon, hot rolled sheet metal for the inner fenders (I cut the OEM inner fenders out). Then, I used 14 gauge a...
by 96Mustang460cid
Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:29 am
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Where Dave Morgan's DVD thread?
Replies: 4
Views: 4347

I spoke with Dave two evenings ago and he expressed his apologies and said my DVDs were on there way. I received them yesterday!

I'm sure it was worth the wait :).

Have a good day!
Michael
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:54 pm
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Where Dave Morgan's DVD thread?
Replies: 4
Views: 4347

Where Dave Morgan's DVD thread?

It was on its third page. About two weeks ago, Dave said he found people that hadn't received their DVDs (I'm one of them). Now, I can find no trace of the thread?

I'm doing my best to be patient...

Any updates? Anybody know where that thread went? Anybody...anything???
by 96Mustang460cid
Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:59 pm
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Importance of front suspension travel
Replies: 4
Views: 4473

A small tired car needs all the weight transfer it can get, especially when footbraking. 96Mustang...were you at the CDRA finals? I am still amazed at how much I picked up for this simple modification. I've still haven't done the, "instant WOT" method yet (not far from it though), so I th...
by 96Mustang460cid
Mon Nov 05, 2007 1:32 pm
Forum: Chassis and Suspension
Topic: Importance of front suspension travel
Replies: 4
Views: 4473

Importance of front suspension travel

I don't frequently post on this board, but I do read and learn quite a bit from here. And, it's not too often I can contribute, but I feel I recently tried something that people could learn from. My car is a 96 Mustang with a 460 BBF. Front suspension: --Strange 10 way struts --coilover conversion -...
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:05 pm
Forum: Drivetrain
Topic: hypothetic dyno hp question
Replies: 6
Views: 6573

I remember an article in Car Craft or Hot Rod Magazine that done exactly this. I think they found a ~5 hp difference, but I don't remember which direction the difference went. I would think the 3.55 gear would make more hp due to less frictional losses. I don't know if the losses would be measurable...
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:31 pm
Forum: Data Logging - Randy McMahon RPM Performance
Topic: Logging shock/strut travel
Replies: 22
Views: 31626

Okay, that being said, i gather he means that from all the input channels it puts together 12 datapoints per second. But can actually handle and show you 1000 samples/second on for instance one channel... Let me put it this way... 12 samples per second, is 1 sample per 0.08 sec. So in actual fact y...
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:57 pm
Forum: Data Logging - Randy McMahon RPM Performance
Topic: Logging shock/strut travel
Replies: 22
Views: 31626

To seriously SEE anything concerning dragrace shocks, you need a data logger, capable of doing at least 100 samples/second... I know the LM-1 is introduced as 44 minutes worth of data at 12 samples/second... But can you crank it up to more samples per second and less data time??? Cause you really n...
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:35 pm
Forum: Data Logging - Randy McMahon RPM Performance
Topic: Logging shock/strut travel
Replies: 22
Views: 31626

Racepak(now MSD brand), has some really good, precise liniar travel sensor in different strokes. Also race-technology.co.uk sells real good tested and proven liniar sensors. What is the framerate of your datalogger??? Thanks for the suggestions, I will follow up on those. The LM-1 logs at a rate of...
by 96Mustang460cid
Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:21 pm
Forum: Data Logging - Randy McMahon RPM Performance
Topic: Logging shock/strut travel
Replies: 22
Views: 31626

Logging shock/strut travel

I am just starting to get some good suspension parts put on my car that have some decent adjustability. I have a Innovative LMA-3 datalogger. I think it would be much quicker to properly tune the chassis if I datalogged exactly what the front and rear shocks/struts were doing at launch/shifts instea...