I have owned several mustangs and normal I am "have at it" but this is a boss with a serial number and I dont want to make mods like that to the car. if it was a run of the mill gt (no offense) I would cut weld hack away....

 

It is funny when changing both fronts takes the same as changing one rear.

 

I hate the rear brakes on mustangs. that screw in piston is retarded. just make it like the front....easy

 

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Originally Posted by Brandon302
The LCA's are a little lacking for the Boss, should have come with the tubular FRPP ones.

Has anyone broken a stock control arm here? Just wondering what they are lacking?

Upgraded the LCAs to the tubular FRPP LCAs.

Issues with stock LCAs was not a durability issue. Issue was wheel hop as well as flex in the stock arms inducing a rear steer problem. Solid tubular arms cured both issues.

 

Case in point what is lacking in the stock LCA's

 

Well,

1) Which gear will I get on the downshift.

2) Hesitation when pushing on electric accelerator pedal. Feels like a carb going lean for a second.

3) Wish the recaros were leather. Probably cloth has better adhesion for ones backside when on the track but I like the ones in my GT 500 better.

4) The Track Key scam.

5) Why not put the battery in the trunk for weight distribution? Worked for the Boss 429s.

Bill

 

Good point on the battery and the throttle response.

 

I agree with the people that said the transmisson/shifter. It is terrible! I drove my friends 12 Gt500 and liked that trans/shifter/clutch feel way more. Wish they would have put that in the Boss.

 

I actually find the drive-by-wire OK in the Boss. Response is fairly good. I used to have a '05 BMW M3 and that one was horrible. It wasn't drive-by-wire, more like drive-by-semaphore!!!

But that MT82 transmission... sigh. When I get into my '71 Corvette with a Tremec TKO 5-speed it is soooo nice.

 

thats for the parking brake to work.

 

Ditto on that clunky trans.
And the lack of usb & bt.

 

i miss my sat radio but i dont drive it all the time so its ok. fixed my shifter slop with a barton bracket. wheel hop fix is next

 

The drive by wire isn't bad, though I don't like on rev matches having to sometimes double tap the throttle, and the lack of throttle on shifts sometimes still doesn't make sense to me.

 

As to throttle response, I just turn traction control all the way off. No problems there...

 

1) Lack of a telescoping wheel.

2) The terrible sounds system. The base Mustang stereo is really that bad. Even with a speaker upgrade since it pulls bass when you raise the volume because it thinks the stock speakers are still in place.

 

I am more talking about at higher rpm shifts where it might think you would lose traction, plus I always drive with TC all the way off, I heard from Sean at AED that there is a "power reducer" tuned in for warranty reasons, not sure the validity of this though.

 

Cameros and Challengers wont play with me.

 

+1 to this, it's no fun to not have anyone to play with.

 

It is kind of awesome though Brandon, in an extremely flattering sort of way, when you think about it. hahahaha
--------Bill

 

It is in it's own way.