Will the new Mustang have a full chassis or will it be another, "buy Mustang on Friday, spend Saturday having subframe connectors welded in?"

 

anybody know????

 

patience young grasshopper, one hour on the forums is but a twinkling in the greater universe, people don't live on here ya know

 

Sorry. I'm used to the forum that I moderate on another site. It is incredibly fast - like instant messaging with a multiple of people instead of a few.

I will develop paitence.

 

The new stang chassis is much stiffer than the previous model...by around 50% I believe. Having said that, I'm almost positive it is still a unibody design and not a "full frame". I'm sure the new chassis is rigid enough to handle considerable abuse and allow the car to handle better, but I'm sure it could benefit from the subframe connectors. The aftermarket should have some out soon.

 

Do you think Ford will add subframe connects on the factory line for the verts?

 

Thanks.

 

I would think so. I know Chevy did that on the convertible F-body's. I mean you lose the structural rigidity of a hard top, they have to add connectors to make up for that don't they?

 

i live here.....:mellow:
not sure about the rest of you guys... but this is MY LIFE....

 

 

The '05 Stang is a unibody, but it has what you could call "frame rails" stamped in the floor pan which run the entire lenght of the floor pan.

I belive that what Ford said is that the Vert will be 50% stiffer than the 99-04 vert but the coupe is around 25% stiffer than the 99-04 coupe. I know that the first articles said 50%, but they didn't give any other specifics. In one of the later interviews with THT the vert vs. coupe improvements in unibody stiffness are clarified.

 

V10 is correct. According to information presented by the Mustang engineers at the MCA 40th, the chassis has 2 rails that essentially perform the function of subframe connectors. We were told something to the effect of "You don't have to add subframe connectors because we put them in for you."

 

Hau Thai-Tang, the chief engineer for the project, is a chassis engineer.....that definately bodes well for that aspect of the car.

 

Ba-da-bing, dude!

 

I talked to Steeda and they did a measurement on the chassis strength. The said the 05 chassis is as strong as a fox body with a 6 point cage. That will be sweet.

 

I called Steeda and the guy there wouldn't tell me anything! He didn't even admit that they had a Mustang for R&D.

 

I am a Steeda Distributor

 

I doubt the fresh sheet, fully modern S197 will need all the crutches, bandaids and supports to truss up the ancient Fox underpinnings of the current car. Should be much stiffer in all modes (bending, torsion, etc.) than the current Stang right out of the box.

While further bracing may give some incremental advantage, I think the difference may be much smaller than seen on the current chassis and one may have to balance the price and added weight vs potential small realized benefits.

 

The cahssis is 50% stiffer than, and you are correct with your comments about Hau Thai-Tang.

For the Convertible, the only added brace is a K brace (similiar to waht BMW does)

 

The car should be really solid. If you road race, you might want to add front and rear strut tower brace. This usually tightens up the car slightly and is bolt on for easy installation.