Koni's on the way
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Koni's on the way
Found a set of lightly used STR.T's for cheap, couldn't pass on the deal. Worst case I get 2 seasons out of them and upgrade. Wouldn't feel bad at all. Going to pair with the set of SR springs I got from AM's Black Friday deal. Setup will do the trick for a while I think. Might even have everything installed by the time I get out to the track again in May...
Planning to do the install with a friend, will be pre-assembling the shocks/springs with GT500 mounts for what hopefully is an easy install.
Obviously will be posting pictures once everything is in
Planning to do the install with a friend, will be pre-assembling the shocks/springs with GT500 mounts for what hopefully is an easy install.
Obviously will be posting pictures once everything is in
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Found a set of lightly used STR.T's for cheap, couldn't pass on the deal. Worst case I get 2 seasons out of them and upgrade. Wouldn't feel bad at all. Going to pair with the set of SR springs I got from AM's Black Friday deal. Setup will do the trick for a while I think. Might even have everything installed by the time I get out to the track again in May...
Planning to do the install with a friend, will be pre-assembling the shocks/springs with GT500 mounts for what hopefully is an easy install.
Obviously will be posting pictures once everything is in
Planning to do the install with a friend, will be pre-assembling the shocks/springs with GT500 mounts for what hopefully is an easy install.
Obviously will be posting pictures once everything is in
Do you always hit a road coarse track or do you sometimes autocross? I'm excited to hear your feedback come May!
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Good stuff man! The Koni STR.T's are one of the best budget dampeners I've seen to date. It's hard to beat their performance for less. I definitely think you'll be happy with the combo of SR springs too.
Do you always hit a road coarse track or do you sometimes autocross? I'm excited to hear your feedback come May!
Shane
Do you always hit a road coarse track or do you sometimes autocross? I'm excited to hear your feedback come May!
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I do just the road courses as there are a couple nearby and I love the speed. Will bring the mustang out for auto x at some point I'm sure tho
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For a budget setup it should be fine. I expect much better than stock. Last time out I felt I was driving at about the limit of the stock suspension. Before doing semi slicks the car needs a tighter more responsive setup.
I do just the road courses as there are a couple nearby and I love the speed. Will bring the mustang out for auto x at some point I'm sure tho
I do just the road courses as there are a couple nearby and I love the speed. Will bring the mustang out for auto x at some point I'm sure tho
Road races look like a ton of fun. I don't have any really near by my home. I've always setup my cars for drag racing because of that reason. The drag strip is about 40mins for me.
You'll definitely have to let me know what you think when the time comes!
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As you should! This combo blows the stock suspension away. It's honestly not even comparable, which is pretty wild for how little is actually modified.
Road races look like a ton of fun. I don't have any really near by my home. I've always setup my cars for drag racing because of that reason. The drag strip is about 40mins for me.
You'll definitely have to let me know what you think when the time comes!
Shane
Road races look like a ton of fun. I don't have any really near by my home. I've always setup my cars for drag racing because of that reason. The drag strip is about 40mins for me.
You'll definitely have to let me know what you think when the time comes!
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I'm running STR.T's with BMR springs and it handles MUCH better than stock V6 suspension. It feels like it will just never lose grip.
Good find man, you'll enjoy it.
Good find man, you'll enjoy it.
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The road racing is a blast. Shameless post of my " intermediate level " driving below ![Wink](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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I did autocross a few years ago for a couple seasons. REALLY enjoyed it, even though it was a base model Subaru Impreza wagon with OEM all seasons. I wasn't competitive, but I did have a great time. Getting narrowly missed by a guy that lost control of a Ford GT mid-slalom? That part wasn't so much fun.
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The road racing is a blast. Shameless post of my " intermediate level " driving below ![Wink](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLvc69pgqN4
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What program did you use to monitor your OBDII parameters and display them onto the video? I've seen this a few times before, but never really looked into it. It would be a pretty cool thing to have on a drag strip video too. Especially because it's hard for the view to see exactly how hard you're accelerating and at what speed.
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Very cool! Night bad driving either man. It looks like a blast, I gotta try this sometime soon.
What program did you use to monitor your OBDII parameters and display them onto the video? I've seen this a few times before, but never really looked into it. It would be a pretty cool thing to have on a drag strip video too. Especially because it's hard for the view to see exactly how hard you're accelerating and at what speed.
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What program did you use to monitor your OBDII parameters and display them onto the video? I've seen this a few times before, but never really looked into it. It would be a pretty cool thing to have on a drag strip video too. Especially because it's hard for the view to see exactly how hard you're accelerating and at what speed.
Shane
Would be great to see some drag strip video footage captured with this or something similar... see how hard the car launches and such!
Hope you get out to a road course sometime, it's a blast. Where are you guys located??
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I'm running the SR springs and Koni STR-T's on my GT along with the rest of the rear suspension is aftermarket and I love the way the handles now compared to stock. I'm sure you'll be more then happy with the end results. Check
My sig for the mods I have done to the suspension.
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My sig for the mods I have done to the suspension.
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I use my iphone with the Harry's Lap Timer Pro app. For the linkage with the OBDII, I use the GoPoint BT1 bluetooth OBDII plug in. Syncs right up with Harry's Lap Timer and the video overlay is pretty impressive for a fairly cheap setup!
Would be great to see some drag strip video footage captured with this or something similar... see how hard the car launches and such!
Hope you get out to a road course sometime, it's a blast. Where are you guys located??
Would be great to see some drag strip video footage captured with this or something similar... see how hard the car launches and such!
Hope you get out to a road course sometime, it's a blast. Where are you guys located??
We're located in Malvern, PA. However, I'm personally located about 40mins south east of Malvern, so Atco Raceway and Cecil County drag strips are very close to me.
I'll definitely give some road course a shot one day soon. Definitely looks like fun!
Shane
Feel free to shoot me a PM if you have any other questions or concerns!
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Didn't realize AM is so close to my Inlaws in Lansdale, PA... Maybe I'll stop in sometime when I'm down that way. Try getting to the pocono road course sometime!
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