kkcalm5
11-10-2014, 08:06 PM
will try to keep it short, trying to finalize parts of my build plan to see what direction I need to go in some items. this will be a street car only, here in sunny SoCal lots of driving year round.
looking to do a 33 HR with a fox body donor, for a variety of reasons, won't explain unless needed.
Q-1: on the fox body RE can I use (put in) 94-95 length axles? These will give me the five lug also. Will 94-95 brakes and brackets bolt up?
Want to use the FFR Halibrand style wheels and they have a deeper back space so figuring with the longer axles could avoid using spacers at the back.
Planning on a no fender car.
Q-2: Trans, looking at the T-5. checking out the charts on this site and It has a .64 5th or ? T-5z has a .8? Would like to use a 3.27 RE and don't like the gap from 4 to 5 with the .64 and the .8 will run the RPM up on the freeway. Saw in the chart that the 83 T-5 came with a .73 5th which would be the perfect fit in between the others. can you put the .73 in the later T-5 Trans? Or does any one make a .73 5th for4 the T-5 or the TKO-500?
Q-3 Exhaust. I like the looks of the side (body) exits but from other posts there seams to be a problem with the fumes in the cockpit. I plan on using the hard top with elect. windows and don't want the smell. But I don't like the FFR rear exit at the outer edge of the body. Would much prefer the center exit, like in VMAN's rear renderings, on ether side of the Lic. plate. Does any one make a center exit Exhaust for the 33? If not would it be easier to by the FFR rear and modify it to center or get a local muffler shop to fab it?
thanks all this site has been a wealth of knowledge in starting my build plan.
Kevin
looking to do a 33 HR with a fox body donor, for a variety of reasons, won't explain unless needed.
Q-1: on the fox body RE can I use (put in) 94-95 length axles? These will give me the five lug also. Will 94-95 brakes and brackets bolt up?
Want to use the FFR Halibrand style wheels and they have a deeper back space so figuring with the longer axles could avoid using spacers at the back.
Planning on a no fender car.
Q-2: Trans, looking at the T-5. checking out the charts on this site and It has a .64 5th or ? T-5z has a .8? Would like to use a 3.27 RE and don't like the gap from 4 to 5 with the .64 and the .8 will run the RPM up on the freeway. Saw in the chart that the 83 T-5 came with a .73 5th which would be the perfect fit in between the others. can you put the .73 in the later T-5 Trans? Or does any one make a .73 5th for4 the T-5 or the TKO-500?
Q-3 Exhaust. I like the looks of the side (body) exits but from other posts there seams to be a problem with the fumes in the cockpit. I plan on using the hard top with elect. windows and don't want the smell. But I don't like the FFR rear exit at the outer edge of the body. Would much prefer the center exit, like in VMAN's rear renderings, on ether side of the Lic. plate. Does any one make a center exit Exhaust for the 33? If not would it be easier to by the FFR rear and modify it to center or get a local muffler shop to fab it?
thanks all this site has been a wealth of knowledge in starting my build plan.
Kevin