5 DOT 0

Probably. I waited until a week after my car was built thinking it would ship but it hasn't.

phiggs54

I did a 200 mile (over & back) road trip to my hometown today to give my mom and dad a ride in my Boss. My sister and bro-in-law were in town so I also got to take them for a spin. I took my dad first and when I went to take my mom he asked her if she wanted to take a sedative first. She said no, but stated that she was taking her purse in case we crashed so they could identify her body.

SoFlo Mustang

Reminds me of when my sister learned to drive. Wore a bike helmet. Inside the car. All the way to school lol

Jza1736

That was the hardest part for me too! Now I'm waiting for the dealer to finish the pdi & installing the LS parts, im ok. As long as I get it on Monday!

Bossdog

I pulled out the StopTech Stainless Steel brakes lines to look the the content. (this is one set)

The black plug is to put into the old brake line to keep Brake fluid from running out. I still don't know what the 2 black rubber spacers/ gromets are for.
The black and silver bracket is used to attach the top of the brake line to the L bracket. The factory L bracket (attachemnt point) sticks out away from the car about 1 inch further than the after market. You then must force the rigid barke line closer to the wheel well wall. Its a bit disconcerting but it did reach, finally. The Maximum Motorsports kit looks exactly the same as the StopTech based on the photo's on the MM Install instructions.
I had to cut away a bit of the black plastic shroud, only on the drivers side. That was no problem.

The hardest part was that the sliver bracket with the black sleeve was miss-shapen. When you squeezed it closed around the end of the brake line, the holes did not line up. I had to pull it off and wrestle with it several times before it lined up properly. Be sure you run the new brake line above/over the anti-lock line, it's that way from the factory and it secures together (zip ties) a bit cleaner. Of course I did it the other way first.

Now I just have to bleed the brakes. Everyone is gone at my house today and I bleed them the old fashon way, so I'm sutck for the moment.
I hope this helps anyone else that will be doing this themselves.
Just finished Bleeding them. I took her for a spin and She stops on a dime! Nice firm feel to the pedal!

smbstyle

PLEASE post up pics of those wheels on the KB when you get them on! I've been dying to see what that combo will look like (non-photoshop pic).

5 DOT 0

I have a good photo of a KB GT500 with the PP wheels on it and I'll post it this evening. I also have LS spoiler on order and will paint it white to match the stripes.

cloud9

Ok the new wing is on It is so much more massive (but not heavy) than the stock one, and I'm excited about the potential aero benefits at the track. I know there's been some discussion about using the GT500 spoiler as well, so I took some side by side shots comparing the two:

cloud9

Ok, so we've been discussing the potential grille mod to help cool the Boss on very hot and humid track days like we can get here in the Midwestern summer. We saw that Ford Racing has converted the 302S grille to cut out the fog openings and replace with wire mesh. We were heading down that path last night at my buddy's house, but took a detour. I had initially thought trying to just drill out the holes in the "fake" honeycomb mesh fog openings. We were going to start cutting out the entire fog by pilot drilling those holes until we got enough material to use a die grinder. After drilling the first 3 holes with a 1/4" bit and seeing how fast it was going, and how strong the structure appeared to be, we just kept going. 190 holes later and my "fake" mesh fogs are now functional! I calculated it created an additional 9.33 square inches of additional airflow. When you compare it to the rest of the grille opening visually, I would say it almost doubles the airflow into the upper radiator. The lower radiator is almost completely exposed already.

06GT

Nice work. Looks like the radiator ends about 1/3 of the way into each "foglight", though? Isn't this just sending extra air around the radiator, and not into it?

cloud9

Good question Drew and I asked myself the same thing when initially contemplating this mod. However, if you get a chance to look at the way they boxed in the radiator, I think you'll agree the air will still flow onto it and not around it. You have to pull the plastic radiator cover at the front of the engine bay to get a good look at it. They used foam/rubber material to seal off the radiator to force the air to flow into it. After seeing Ford Racing change the grille design on the 302S to this I figured they must have tested it and found a cooling benefit to opening them up.

06GT

I'll have to look at mine when it comes in to see for sure...but at any rate I like how you did the work, still looks clean and stock, which is what I would want.

Did you drill the holes w/ the grille on the car, or did you remove the grille and drill from the back?

cloud9

Yea thanks it does look clean still. I have to give my buddy credit for just tearing in as he's less nervous about cutting up the car than I get, but it's pretty straightforward as long as you just take it easy. We were a little worried about how well we'd be able to remove all the material and still have it look stock. It's really just opening up what appears to be the "intent" of them anyway. They're really just a faux mesh grille. I wonder if FRPP will offer the 302S grille as an aftermarket item with the plastic removed and wire mesh installed?

We drilled them with the grille in place. Just removed that plastic cover and put a blanket down in there to catch all the shavings. It worked better in place since it gave you a stable platform and reduced the chance of scratching something.

06GT

Dunno, but I'm sure Rehagen would be happy to make one for you if you so desired.

Jimmy Pribble

Okay, that mod rocks the house for this Texas track-head. I'm doing it. No questions asked. Well done, Gary. Now I just need to find a time when the missus isn't home. OMG, if she saw me take a drill to the new car...



Jimmy

cloud9

Why do you think I did this at my buddy's house and while my wife is out of town?

06GT

meh, it's a "stealth" mod...she'll never even notice

cloud9

Exactly......as long as she didn't see it happening In all seriousness, I don't think anyone would know it's not like that from the factory unless they knew these cars like we do.

Big Vito

Looking forward to see what this does at the track

Fenderaddict2

Nice work. Wish I was brave enough to try this.