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1/6/15, 08:17 PM
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I am currently using 275/35/18 BFG R1 tires on them. Could probably put on up to a 295 tire, but 275-285 is ideal.
They are nice and light and seem to do well at the track. Far lighter than OEM
1/6/15, 09:19 PM
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Awesome...Thank you, Sir!!!
2/7/15, 11:24 AM
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Roll bar shipped out, picking up tomorrow, and also got my new helmet which is full face and HANS prepped.
First 6-pt harness showed up too!
Roll bar (picture by Watson - many more pics coming when I install mine):
New helmet:
6-pt harness (non-HANS for passenger side)
First 6-pt harness showed up too!
Roll bar (picture by Watson - many more pics coming when I install mine):
New helmet:
6-pt harness (non-HANS for passenger side)
2/10/15, 06:01 PM
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Wow, your Stang is turning into a real track monster! Are you planning on driving it on the street with the roll cage in? We have a rule at work that if you drive a vehicle with a roll cage you HAVE to wear your helmet. It looks funny on the street at times. 
Quick question. You have Koni STR.Ts, right? Those are not adjustable if I remember right. How do you like them so far? Is the damping good enough on road courses? I've got my list of mods for this year, and starting to plan what I want to do next year. Springs and shocks/struts at the least. I'm trying to decide between adjustable/non adjustable setup. In terms of springs I'm thinking either Steeda Sports or FRPP P springs. I still plan to drive my car daily so I don't want to go lower than ~1"
Quick question. You have Koni STR.Ts, right? Those are not adjustable if I remember right. How do you like them so far? Is the damping good enough on road courses? I've got my list of mods for this year, and starting to plan what I want to do next year. Springs and shocks/struts at the least. I'm trying to decide between adjustable/non adjustable setup. In terms of springs I'm thinking either Steeda Sports or FRPP P springs. I still plan to drive my car daily so I don't want to go lower than ~1"
2/10/15, 06:07 PM
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This is somewhat pertinent to your questions^...
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
2/10/15, 06:41 PM
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2/10/15, 08:59 PM
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This is somewhat pertinent to your questions^...
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
2/10/15, 09:12 PM
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This is somewhat pertinent to your questions^...
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
2/10/15, 10:42 PM
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2/11/15, 05:45 AM
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This is somewhat pertinent to your questions^...
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
Today I softened up my Koni Yellows a quarter turn, both front and rear and holy hell! I am running the Steeda Boss 302 springs and thought all along that they were too stiff for a daily driver, but I thought I barely had the Koni's up from full-soft. Apparently I was wrong. I had them about half a turn from full-soft and now they're a quarter turn from full-soft, which is a LOT better. The ride is still firm, but it's much more tolerable now. I was ready to bite the bullet and get coilovers, so I could adjust a lot more, but I know I can hold off for now. I encourage those with Koni Yellows to try all different settings before rendering a final verdict. I was in love with the Konis and was bad mouthing the Steeda Boss 302 springs (for daily driver use, on my favorite twisty road my previous settings were amazing!), and here I was not realizing I had a lot more adjustment to experiment with!
TJ, perhaps you can comment?
So the ride is better now that you turned them 1/4 from full soft? Have you tried full soft? Have you tried full firm? Sorry, lots of questions, hahaha. Thanks!
I may consider going this route as well.
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2/11/15, 08:29 AM
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Nice! Yeah, I noticed you were using Boss springs on a Track Pack GT. How is the figment and how much did it lower your car? For some reason I assumed those were only recommended for Boss cars. TJ, perhaps you can comment? So the ride is better now that you turned them 1/4 from full soft? Have you tried full soft? Have you tried full firm? Sorry, lots of questions, hahaha. Thanks! I may consider going this route as well.
TJ, perhaps you can comment? So the ride is better now that you turned them 1/4 from full soft? Have you tried full soft? Have you tried full firm? Sorry, lots of questions, hahaha. Thanks! I may consider going this route as well. I have not gone full soft yet. I may try it this weekend and let you know.
As far as the springs, they lowered the car about 1.2" in front and 1.7" in rear - I wish the front was lower though. I'm going to ask TJ what my options are to bring the front down a little more (most likely only going to be new springs or coilovers).
2/11/15, 09:17 AM
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Whoa, that's way more of a drop I expected! So Boss must be sitting way lower than GT in a first place 
Patrick, do you have a thread a thread where you discuss Boss springs and usage? I hate to hijack Dmichael's thread to ask my questions 
Patrick, do you have a thread a thread where you discuss Boss springs and usage? I hate to hijack Dmichael's thread to ask my questions
2/11/15, 11:12 AM
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I don't, sorry! I have a build thread but never update it. I'll post some more info there when I get a chance. I think the front was more like 1" now that I think about it. I just know the rear came down a lot more, to the point where it almost looks lower than the front and it's squatting.
2/15/15, 04:03 PM
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Wow, your Stang is turning into a real track monster! Are you planning on driving it on the street with the roll cage in? We have a rule at work that if you drive a vehicle with a roll cage you HAVE to wear your helmet. It looks funny on the street at times.
Quick question. You have Koni STR.Ts, right? Those are not adjustable if I remember right. How do you like them so far? Is the damping good enough on road courses? I've got my list of mods for this year, and starting to plan what I want to do next year. Springs and shocks/struts at the least. I'm trying to decide between adjustable/non adjustable setup. In terms of springs I'm thinking either Steeda Sports or FRPP P springs. I still plan to drive my car daily so I don't want to go lower than ~1"
Quick question. You have Koni STR.Ts, right? Those are not adjustable if I remember right. How do you like them so far? Is the damping good enough on road courses? I've got my list of mods for this year, and starting to plan what I want to do next year. Springs and shocks/struts at the least. I'm trying to decide between adjustable/non adjustable setup. In terms of springs I'm thinking either Steeda Sports or FRPP P springs. I still plan to drive my car daily so I don't want to go lower than ~1"
And yes, will be driving it on the road with the roll bar in. I'll probably use the OEM seat belts for street driving, since I won't be using my helmet and HANS for street driving! Although I would consider it... believe it's actually illegal to drive with a full face helmet on here though. Anyways, project race car is under way as the budget allows! Gotta get my track time in before I give into the wife's desire to have a kid... but that might give me a good excuse to drop the registration on the car and "save money" by not insuring and not registering. Full race car Responded to your other thread on suspension stuff
4/3/15, 05:29 PM
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Got my Watson 4-point roll bar installed today. About 4.5 hours install time, plus a little more to get my rear seat delete adjusted tomorrow to accomodate the rear bars. Looks really good, and if I had to do it again, I'd only make a few adjustments.
Harnesses have started going in as well, just need a bit more hardware. Getting very ready for the track season!!
Bolts put in order for re-install of the gussets (different lengths)
Clearance hole for nut plate
Gusset with nut plates installed
Bar is in!!
Harnesses have started going in as well, just need a bit more hardware. Getting very ready for the track season!!
Bolts put in order for re-install of the gussets (different lengths)
Clearance hole for nut plate
Gusset with nut plates installed
Bar is in!!
So has the wife figured out it's a race car yet? 
4/9/15, 03:57 PM
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