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The plan with the build was to use as much from the Mustang as possible, ie power brakes, steering, ABS, traction control, etc.

The 2003 Mustang used a Hydro boost system which powered the brakes and steering. The hydro boost unit needed to be modified for mounting. Part of the unit had to be removed so an aluminum mounting spacer could be added.

The 99-04 Mustang V8's steering rack came with a 2.62 lock to lock turn ratio. The 03 Cobra had an improved 2.38 lock ...

On the Driver's side I made a bump out so there is more room with the dead pedal.
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I may bump out the gas pedal side down the road, but for now it seems ok with the Russ Thompson Gas Pedal. The other mod for the driver's side was a access panel from the engine compartment. I wanted ...

First Mod to the foot box was to move the curved bar out to the corner to get more room for a dead pedal. I opted not the cut the lower curved tube and welded in and boxed a mounting point for the down tube. I also picked up some thick tubing to go inside the cut tube to reinforce it.
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Notching the 4" cross tube to fit lower crank.
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Plate fitted and welded.
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The final product
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I knew going into this project (thanks to Sergio Venomxs.com) I would either have to notch the frame to clear the supercharger pulley crank or raise the engine and have possible hood clearance issues. I decided to notch the frame and have enough clearance for a larger lower pulley. As you may know once you get comfortable with one mod, you break the ice and everything is fair game. The game plan was to mock up the entire car then send out for powder coat. Even though the build took a lot longer ...